COLEGIO NACIONAL

SECCIÓN: INGLÉS
AUGUST 2009

READING TIME: THE TURN OF THE SCREW

Chapter 4 - The end of SUMMER
1. Read the chapter carefully and do the activities on page 26 of the book.

2. Match the adjectives on the right column with the characters on the left.

Mrs. Grose shy

Flora absent
Miles smart
The kids´Uncle mysterious
The Governess cold

3. Who were those ghosts in the story? Why do they appear all the time?

4-. Read chapter 4. Which of the following sentences is true?

I­ Miles went out to the garden in the middle of the night to...
a- frighten the governess
b- meet Peter Quint
c-show the governess he was a bad boy

II ­ The governess believes ...
a- the kids are ghosts
b-the ghosts want to possess the kids
c-the ghosts and the kids want to frighten her.

III­ The children need...
a- their uncle
b-to be at school with other kids
c-to frighten the governess with ghosts

IV­ The kids...
a-could see the ghosts
b-could hear the ghosts
c-could see but not hear the ghosts

V­ Miles wants to go back to school to...
a- meet his companions
b- to meet other ghosts like him
c- to learn more about life

6- The Governess decides to write a letter to the kids’ Uncle. Write It !

 READING TIME: THE TURN OF THE SCREW
Chapter 5 - THE SCHOOLROOM
 1 ­ Look at the governess on page 33. Describe her and how she feels at that moment.
Now compare that picture to the one on page 9. Can you find any differences?
Yes? No? Mention them.
2- How many times has the governess met the ghosts? Mention them. Has she
changed her attitude to them?
3- This time the governess is not so enthusiastic about the idea of staying in that
house any longer. Her feelings have changed and she writes about them in her
diary.

Dear diary,
I´m.........................................................................

4 - Read the chapter carefully and do the activities on page 33 of the book.