The Ghosts …

This atmospheric video animation is based on a short story by Lord Dunsany. In the story, set in a decaying 17th-
century English mansion, two brothers argue over the existence of supernatural creatures such as ghosts. One
brother is convinced that ghosts haunt the old house. His older brother scorns the idea and stays up all night with
"other plans in mind"...
Main Characters: • Dan is the narrator in the film. • Tim is Dan’s younger brother.
Exercise 1. Select the correct word according to what you see in the video clip.
1. The film starts with images of traveling…
a) by road b) by rail c) by air
2. The narrator starts talking about an argument that he had
a) about a house b) with his brother c) about an experiment
3. The film shows two figures in the window of a house. What are they doing?
a) having dinner b) arguing about something c) drinking wine
4. Dan, the narrator, and his brother, Tim, then have a conversation about
a) weather reports b) fairy tales c) ghosts
5. Tim offers Dan some food, but Dan
a) doesn’t want it b) doesn’t like it c) doesn’t mind it
6. After Tim goes to bed, Dan
a) goes to bed as well b) walks up some stairs c) sits in distant corners
7. Dan goes to a door that he says was
a) never closed b) always locked c) often opened
8. He says something once happened near the door that his family
a) never talk about b) are proud of c) don’t know about
9. Dan goes through the door, along a passage, and then into a room in which he appears to see
a) a smiling man and a sad dog b) an angry man and a cute dog c) a sad man and an ugly dog
10. The film ends after Dan appears to shoot
a) the man with the dog b) the dog c) his brother
Exercise 2- record an audio of the statement with the correct responses. Send them to the WhatsApp.
1. Someone who has scarcely any money is
a) quite wealthy b) very wealthy c) rather poor
2. After the boat sank, the navy undertook the rescue operation because they
a) wanted to save people b) couldn’t save anyone c) weren’t allowed to
3. Which activity is the most hazardous?
a) playing chess b) climbing mountains c) flying kites
4. If you want to locate a region, you should look for it in
a) an atlas b) a dictionary c) a supermarket
5. If someone speaks very ignorantly about a topic, they
a) know something about it b) know everything about it c) know little about it
6. Which are used as evidence to support Darwin’s theory of evolution?
a) old dinosaur bones b) old Roman temples c) old religious books
7. Scientists will dismiss a new theory if they think it is
a) possibly true b) definitely untrue c) definitely true
8. A myth is
a) a science-fiction story b) a children’s story c) an ancient story
9. If someone is very stubborn, they will not
a) change their mind b) tell the truth c) spend much money
10. A cedar is a type of
a) drink b) tree c) dog
11. If somebody is muttering, they are difficult to
a) hear b) see c) touch
12. A chaperone is sent with somebody in order to
a) watch them b) entertain them c) kiss them