Oscar Wilde - The Canterville Ghost

Oxford University Press Stage 2

Chapter 4

Task 1
What were the regular job of the Canterville ghost?
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Task 2
Answer the following questions.
1) How much did the ghost rest?
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2) When did the ghost walk along the passages?
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3) What did the ghost think about the Tammany’s Sun Oil?
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4) Why did the ghost become ill?
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5) What did Mrs Otis do after they didn’t see the ghost again?
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6) From where did the ghost know the Duke’s family?
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7) Why didn’t the ghost leave his room?
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Task 3
True or false? Decide whether the statements below are true, false or don’t
know. Don’t use the book.
1) … One night the twins put nutshells on the top stairs, so the ghost went
crashing down the stairs to the bottom.
2) … The ghost wanted to frighten the boys as a Horseman of Death.
3) … Mr Otis wrote a book.
4) … The ghost could see the bloodstain in the library.
5) … The ghost carried an old gun because he wanted to kill the twins.
6) … There was fire in the fireplace.
7) … The Duke stayed at Canterville Chase.
8) … The ghost didn’t stop his ghostly work.

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Task 4
Define the following words. Don’t use the book.
1) enemy __________________________________________________
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2) job __________________________________________________
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3) trick __________________________________________________
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4) fireplace __________________________________________________
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5) go away __________________________________________________
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Task 5
Look for … as much as you can.
1) adjectives
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2) adverbs of manner
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3) adverbs of time
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4) adverbs of place
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5) conjunctions / transition /linking words
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Task 6
Gap filling exercise. Write your answers in the boxes below. Don’t use the book.
A with E to I off M of
B down F into J through N from
C between G at K on O out
D for H along L out P to

1) He walked _________ (1) the passage ___________ (2) midnight and 3

o’clock.
2) He took _________ (3) his shoes and walked as quietly as he could.
3) The twins still went _________ (4) _________ (5) their tricks.
4) _________ (6) quarter past one he walked _________ (7) the wall …
5) The ghost walked _________ (8) the twins’ room.
6) The ghost decided to walk _________ (9) _________ (10) the library.
7) Washington was waiting _________ (11) him there.
8) Turn _________ (12) the light.
9) He was too frightened _________ (13) the twins to go _________ (14).
10)The ghost – wet _________ (15) top _________ (16) bottom – turned and
ran from the room.

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Task 7
Which one was earlier? Don’t use the book. Circle the correct letter or
underline the correct sentence.
1) A) The ghost stayed 5 days in his room
B) He got wet.

2) A) The ghost took the bottle of oil from Mr Otis’ room.

B) Mr Otis began to work again on his book.

3) A) The ghost was wet.

B) The ghost was dirty.

4) A) The ghost didn’t appear again.

B) Mr Otis wrote to Lord Canterville.

5) A) Mrs Otis gave parties.

B) The ghost appeared as the Horseman of Death.

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Solution

Task 1
What were the regular job of the Canterville ghost?
 He put the bloodstain in the library (but in this chapter he stopped putting it)
 He appeared in the passage once a week, and said ‘Oooooh!’ and ‘Aaaaagh!’ from the
great window on the stairs on the first and third Wednesday in every month.
 On Saturdays he walked along the passages between midnight and three o’clock.

Task 2
Answer the following questions.
1) Five days.
2) On Saturdays between midnight and 3 o’clock.
3) It was useful. / It was really very useful.
4) Because of the twins’ trick. / When he wanted to frighten the twins, a heavy jug of
water fell right down on him and he got soaking wet / wet from top to bottom.
5) She gave a number of big ‘American parties’ for the English people who lived near
them.
6) Once he frightened the brother of the Duke’s grandfather with a trick called
Horseman of Death.
7) Because he was so frightened of the twins.

Task 3
True or false? Decide whether the statements below are true, false or don’t know. Don’t use
the book.
9) 10) 11) 12) 13) 14) 15) 16)
F F T F DK F T T

Task 4
Describe the following words. Don’t use the book.
1) enemy someone who tries to harm someone else
2) job work you do to earn money / something you have to do
3) trick unpleasant thing done to harm someone / something annoying or funny
done to someone
4) fireplace place in room where a fire burns
5) go away leave

Task 5
There are lots of potential answers.

Task 6
Gap filling exercise. Write your answers in the boxes below. Don’t use the book.
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H C I K A G J F B P/E D O/L M O/L N P/E

Task 7
Which one was earlier? Don’t use the book.
6) A) The ghost stayed 5 days in his room
B) He got wet.

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7) A) The ghost took the bottle of oil from Mr Otis’ room.
B) Mr Otis began to work again on his book.
8) A) The ghost was wet.
B) The ghost was dirty.
9) A) The ghost didn’t appear again.
B) Mr Otis wrote to Lord Canterville.
10) A) Mrs Otis gave parties.
B) The ghost appeared as the Horseman of Death.