COLEGIO NACIONAL RAFAÉL HERNÁNDEZ

Sección Inglés - 5to Año - 2009

READING TIME: THE TURN OF THE SCREW - Chapter 6– The Lake.

1- Chapter 6 is called The lake. Why? Explain.

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2- At the beginning of the chapter Mrs Groose and the governess are talking
about a letter. Who is it for? What is it about?
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3- Find something in the text which makes the governess feel...

A) WORRIED.........................................................................................................
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B) GLAD................................................................................................................
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C) SAD..................................................................................................................
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D) PLEASED...........................................................................................................
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4- What do the underlined words refer to? Who said them?

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A) That was still a mystery.
B) That woman is always without one.

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C) It was a clever little plan.
D) With them?

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E) And now her brother has helped her to do it.
F) Tell you what?

5- Write one of the “beautiful letters” from Miles or Flora to their uncle.

6- Miles and Quint are alone in the schoolroom. What do they talk about? Write
a short dialogue.

7- Artwork: Which is the ‘strange and beautiful music’ that Miles plays to the
governess? Bring it to class and explain why you have chosen it.