Reading 2º ESO

Pre-reading

What things are scary for you?

Are you afraid of things related to death, tombs, cemeteries, ghosts, etc?

What can you see in the pictures on chapter 1 and 2? 

Can you predict what the story is going to be about?

THE MYSTERY OF THE TOMB

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                       don't forget                 scary                     quickly                 anything
                           must                      the best                                              maybe
                          want                                                                                something
                       thought

COMPREHENSION CHAPTERS 1, 2, 3
1. What time did the bell ring?
2. What day of the week was it?
3. What must the students do for Miss Wilson?
4.. Why is it difficult for Tom to write a scary story?

5. What do they plan to do in order to write their scary story?

6. Where are the boys and what are they doing in the pictures?

7. What can you see in a cemetery?

8. Why did Tom shout?
9. Why is Danny frightened?
10. Where did the boys see the cat?

COMPREHENSION CHAPTER 4: In the Cemetery
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1. What time was it when the three friends separated?
2. What did Jack advice Danny to do if he saw a ghost?
3. Which path did Jack take?
4. Why was it suddenly very dark?
5. Why was Jack so scared when it got dark?
6. What does Jack imagine? Choose the correct picture: A, B, C, D.

COMPREHENSION CHAPTER 5: The Ghost
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1. What did Jack see just before he heard the clock church?
2. What did he try to do?
3. Who put a hand over Jack's mouth?
4. What did the boys watch the white figure do?
5. What does Jack want to do to escape from the ghost?  Choose the correct picture: A, B, C,

6. Why did the ghost fall on the grass?

7. What did the boys hear the ghost say?

8. Who was the "ghost"?

9. What can the boys see in the bag?  Choose the correct picture. A, B, C, D.

COMPREHENSION CHAPTER 6: An Idea
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1. What were the burglar's names?

2. What was the second man like?

3. What did they often do together?

4. Where was Bill when he heard the noise? Choose the correct picture: A, B, C,

COMPREHENSION CHAPTER 7: Jack and Tom Try to Escape.
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1. Why was Bill very frightened?

2. What did the white figure say?

3. What did Bill reply?

4. Who was the "ghost"?

5. Why did they fall on the grass?

6. Why does Bill want to teach the boys a lesson?

7. Why did Tom fall? Choose the correct picture. A, B, C, 

COMPREHENSION CHAPTER 8: Strange events
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1. Who appeared suddenly in front of the boys?

2. What did she do to stop the burglars from escaping?

3. What happened to Bill? Choose the correct picture: A, B, C, 

4. What did she do to Joe?

5. Who did Danny phone?

6. What did he say when he saw the ghost?

COMPREHENSION CHAPTER 9: The Police Arrive
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1. Why did most people in the houses neat the cemetery wake up?

2. What did the people see?

3. Why is everybody angry?  Choose the correct picture: A, B, C, 

4. Why did the police officers start to laugh?

5. What did they do with the burglars?

6. Why will there be a reward for the boys?
7. What is going to happen to the boys? Choose the correct pictures: A, B, C, D

COMPREHENSION CHAPTER 10: At Home
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1. Why was Jack sad on the way home?
2. What did he tell his parents when he got home?
3. Jack can't sleep. What does he do? Choose the correct pictures: A, B, C
4. What happened to Jack when he lay down again?
5. What was in the box?
6. What do you think Jack will write about in his scary story, the ghost or the burglars in the cemetery? Why?