The Turn of The Screw

The turn of the screw
Paula Andrea Gomez
Chapter 1-3: BEFORE YOU READ

1. Do you think that this story will be happy,sad frightening? Why?
I think that is frightening story because the horror story have children. That picture in front
of book is mysterious.
2.
 Alone: Solo  Lady: Dama/ la señora  Servant: Sirviente
 Dreadful: Terrible  Innocence: inocencia  Stare: mirar fijamente
 Employ:  Master:Maestro/patron,jefe  Tower: torre

Empleado
 Ghost: Fantasma  Naughty: Travieso 
1. Which words mean the same as the following:

- To look at something for a long time: stare
- A tall, narrow building: tower
- Without other people: alone
- A woman who teaches young children in their home: Lady
- A person who comes back after he or she is dead: dreadful
a. Choose the right words from the list above and put them in these sentences:
- The factory now employ more than 200 workers
- One child is good but the other is very naughty.
- The man was not a criminal: he was able to prove his innocence
- The dog always comes when its master calls its name.
- This beautiful lady is married to a very rich man.
- Rich people usually have servant to cook their meals.
- There has been a dreadful accident in Oxford Road.
2. What are the names of these people?

a) The housekeeper at the big house: Mrs Grose
b) The child with gold hair: Flora
c) The beautiful boy: Miles
d) The man with the strange eyes: Peter Quint
3. Answer these questions:

a) Who shows the governess around the house and garden?
Flora teach the governess each places of the house and the garden
b) Why does the head at Miles's school want Miles to leave the school?
Because he think that Mile is dangerous to the other children
c) Where is the strange man when governess first sees him?
R- He was in the roof of tower when governess see him the first time.
d) What is he doing the second time she sees him?
She sees him for second time in dinning room trough the glass
e) How do we know that he is a ghost?
Because the housekeeper said governess that he is Peter Quint and he was
died.
Chapter 4-5: BEFORE YOU READ
4. Find these words in your dictionary. They are all in this part of the story.
 Candle: Vela
 Suffer: Sufrir
 Wicked: Malvado
Which word means:

a) to feel great pain:Suffer
b) a simple kind of light:Candle
c) very, very bad:Wicked
5. Answer these questions:

a) What do you think that Peter Quint wants?
I think that Peter Quint want to say who killed him because his dead wasn`t a
natural death.
b) Can you name all the people in the pictures for these three chapters?
I can only identify two people: the governess and Mrs Groose. I don`t know
who is other people in pictures.
AFTER YOU READ
6. Who says these words? Who are they talking to?
a. 'She was a lady and he was only a servant!: Mr Groose

b. 'You were crying:
c. I wanted to be bad: Miles
d. 'You're a wicked, terrible woman!': Governess
e. 'I cannot teach a boy who is wicked.': Governess
BEFORE YOU READ

7. In these last two chapters one person dies. Who do you think it will be?
I think that who dies is some child, can be Miles or Flora.
8. Who will win in the end: the good people or the ghosts?
Perhaps the ghosts win in the end because some child dies
AFTER YOU READ

9. The governess writes a letter. What happens to it?
He had written the letter and put it on the table by the front door. After that disappeared
from table and none servant saw him. Miles had taken it.
10. At the end of chapter 7, the governess cries for a long time. Why is she criying?
Because nobody believed in her, Mrs Groove didn’t see Miss Jessel when they were
at the lake. She felt that she was losing everything.
11. At the end of the story, Peter Quint returns. He wants to stop Miles - from doing
what?
Peter Quint wanted to keep Miles from saying everything he knew. The boy was saying
why he couldn't go back to school and why he said wicked things to other people.
WRITING
12. Write five things you know about Flora: what she looks like etc.
 Flora hair is gold in color
 She has big and blue eyes
 She seemed so sweet and innocent but she wasn`t
 To her the high, dangerous or strange places were exciting.
 She is a little naughty
13. In Chapter 6, the governess writes a letter to her employer. What do you think
she says? Write the letter.
Master,
I knew that you don’t like that anybody write you. But this is an urgent situation. Miles had
been kicked out of school, he cannot return to study there. At home, the children are behaving
in an unusual way. In the nights or differents momments of day, they go to dangerous places
of the large house.
I`m afraid that they can hurt themselves or can die when they putting themselves in danger.
In the house, strange thins are happening; at night ther is noise and I have seen a man and a
woman who were your employees. However, Mr Groove told me they are dead. I know this
is crazy; but I would like if you come as soon as you can. Your nephews need your help.
I hope to hear from you soon,

The governess
14. Think of a ghost story you know, Write a paragraph telling the story.
In the eastern plains, there is a house where a married couple lives. They say that before
buying that house, there lived a family made up of parents and 2 children. One day a terrible
accident happened, part of the house caught fire and the children died. Since then, in the
nights it is heard how they knock on the doors. When the couple is visited they make more
noise and knock on windows and doors with more force.
15. You are a scientist: you don't believe in ghosts. Explain that the governess
imagined everything. Give another reason why Miles dies at the end of the story.
Dear governess, you are imagining all about ghost. What you have seen are rays of light
caused by a serious vision and hearing problem that you have. The frequency of your senses
is different from that of others causing strange sensations. Miles died of heart problem.

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Paula Andrea Gomez

Chapter 1-3: BEFORE YOU READ

 Dreadful: Terrible  Innocence: inocencia  Stare: mirar fijamente

 Employ:  Master:Maestro/patron,jefe  Tower: torre

 Ghost: Fantasma  Naughty: Travieso 

1. Which words mean the same as the following:

2. What are the names of these people?

3. Answer these questions:

Which word means:

5. Answer these questions:

a. 'She was a lady and he was only a servant!: Mr Groose

BEFORE YOU READ

AFTER YOU READ

I hope to hear from you soon,

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