Bram Stoker: Dracula
Oxford Bookworms Stage 2
Chapter 4
Task 1 - True or false
1) ……… Jack Seward couldn’t look after Lucy one night because he had to
work.
2) ……… Van Helsing came twice to England in this chapter.
3) ……… Both Arthur’s and Lucy’s parent died.
4) ………Lucy killed little children.
5) ……… Lucy said something to Van Helsing before her death.
6) ……… Arthur had to kill Lucy.
7) ……… Jack read the newspaper from where he learnt about the strange
stories happening at night.
8) ……… Lucy became a vampire.
9) ……… Lucy talked to Arthur after he died.
10) ……… Lucy was afraid of Van Helsing.
Task 2 - Define these words in English. Don’t use the book.
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4) ill
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5) servant
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Oxford Bookworms Stage 2
Task 3 - Complete the following sentences with the suitable word or
expression from the list below. There is an extra word or expression you
don’t need to use. Don’t use the book.
a.
b.
c.
d.
as
at first
both
either
e.
f.
g.
h.
for
herself
looked at
shaking
i.
j.
k.
l.
side to side
the lid of
this piece of
went over
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2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)
She was white ________ a ghost …
I decided to send ________ my old teacher …
Lucy’s mother was ill ________ …
With white faces and ________ hands, we opened the door …
The faces of ________ women were white …
Van Helsing ________ to Lucy and ________ her.
________ I could not believe it.
The next day we went back into the tomb again and opened ________ the
coffin.
9) You must take ________ wood in your left hand …
10) The body turned from ________ …
Task 4 - Collect adjectives from chapter 4.
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Task 5 - Make the following sentences true, if they aren’t. If they are true,
put a tick after the sentence. In the incorrect sentences the mistakes can
be grammatical or contextual.
1) When night came, Lucy was afraid of sleep …
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2) Lucy was lose blood.
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3) Lucy’s mother was dying.
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4) Jack got a note from Van Helsing at home.
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5) The five servants were asleep.
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Bram Stoker: Dracula
Oxford Bookworms Stage 2
6) When Jack and Van Helsing found Lucy and her dead mother, Lucy
didn’t have the garlic flowers round her neck.
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7) It was just before midday when they got to the churchyard.
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8) Jack was in Lucy’s tomb four times.
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9) The vampire Lucy had pale face.
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10) Arthur suggested finding Lucy’s murderer.
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Task 6 - Write a summary to chapter 4 in about 15 sentences.
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Bram Stoker: Dracula
Oxford Bookworms Stage 2
SOLUTION
Task 1 - True or false
1
2
3
F
T
T
4
F
5
T
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T
7
F
8
T
9
T
10
F
Task 2 - Describe these words in English.
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
Tomb: where the coffin lays.
Un-Dead: He is still alive but he is dead, too
Empty: There is nothing in it.
Ill: when somebody has a headache or a sore throat. Or not healthy
Servant: someone who works in another person’s house
Task 3 - Complete the following sentences with the suitable word or expression
from the list below. There is an extra word or expression you don’t need to use.
a.
b.
c.
d.
as
at first
both
either
e.
f.
g.
h.
for
herself
looked at
shaking
i.
j.
k.
l.
side to side
the lid of
this piece of
went over
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)
She was white ___as__A___ a ghost …
I decided to send ___for__E___ my old teacher …
Lucy’s mother was ill _____herself_F__ …
With white faces and ___shaking__H___ hands, we opened the door …
The faces of _____both__C_ women were white …
Van Helsing ___went over__L___ to Lucy and __looked at___G___ her.
_____At first__B_ I could not believe it.
The next day we went back into the tomb again and opened __the lid of___J___
the coffin.
9) You must take __this piece of___K___ wood in your left hand …
10) The body turned from ___side to side___I__ …
Task 4 - Collect adjectives from chapter 4.
terrible, strange, white, thin, old, better, strong, tired, new, dark, broken, poor, hot,
warm, weak, unhappy, lovely, hard, angry, long, sharp, beautiful, young, strange,
dead, empty, little, red, smelly, gold, easy, pale, real, still, quiet, restful, difficult,
dangerous,
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Bram Stoker: Dracula
Oxford Bookworms Stage 2
Task 5 - Make the following sentences true, if they aren’t. If they are true, put a
tick after the sentence. In the incorrect sentences the mistakes can be grammatical
or contextual.
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)
9)
10)
When night came, Lucy was afraid to sleep …
Lucy was losing blood.
Arthur’s father was dying.
Jack got a note from Van Helsing at the hospital.
The four servants were asleep.
When Jack and Van Helsing found Lucy and her dead mother, Lucy didn’t have
the garlic flowers round her neck.
It was just before midnight when they got to the churchyard.
Jack was in Lucy’s tomb four times.
The vampire Lucy had more beautiful face then ever.
Van Helsing suggested finding Lucy’s murderer.
Task 6 - Write a summary to chapter 4 in about 15 sentences. This is an example.
Jack Seward went to his friend and his bride who was very ill, she was losing blood.
Jack couldn’t really help her so he sent for his teacher, Professor Van Helsing from
Holland. Van Helsing knew what happened with Lucy and he tried to help her.
Arthur gave blood to Lucy and she began to get better. They brought some flowers
with a strong smell, and they put a circle of them round Lucy’s neck. Jack watched
Lucy for a week every night and after a week he was tired, so Lucy’s mother looked
after her one night. That night Dracula visited Lucy and he was taking blood from
her. Lucy became a vampire and she was un-dead, she took blood from children.
One night Van Helsing took Jack to Lucy’s tomb, and he saw that Lucy’s coffin was
empty, but the next day they found her on it. They spoke with Arthur about it, but
he didn’t believe them. They showed Lucy’s empty coffin, and they met her outside,
she was afraid of the gold cross. Next day Arthur, Van Helsing and Jack went back
to the tomb, and Arthur drove a long piece of wood trough Lucy’s heart. They
decided to find the vampire who killed Lucy.
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