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1. Answer the questions:

1. Why was the United States Minister a little annoyed?

2. When did the ghost appear for the second time?

3. What did the twins do to the ghost?

4. What did Mrs. Otis bring to the ghost?

5. Did the ghost make a third attempt to frighten the United States Minister and his family?

6. What was his plan of action?

7. What did the ghost see when he turned the corner?

8. What did the terrible spectre look like?

9. Why was the ghost frightened?

10. Who constructed the terrible spectre?

When did the ghost return to his room?

2. True or false?

1. The United States Minister was naturally a little annoyed to find that his present had not been accepted.

2. The twins were very sorry for the things they had done to the ghost.

3. The second appearance of the ghost was on Saturday night.

4. Mrs. Otis brought the ghost some pills.

5. The ghost felt distressed because he had been unable to wear the suit of mail.

6. The ghost resolved to make a third attempt to frighten the United States Minister and his family.

7. The ghost bore Virginia a special grudge, being quite aware that it was she who was in the habit of removing the famous Canterville blood-stain by means of Pinkerton’s Paragon Detergent.

8. When the ghost turned the corner he saw a beautiful lady right in front of him.

9. The twins managed to outwit the ghost.

10. At half-past seven the ghost returned back to his room, thinking of his vain oath and ruined hopes.

3. Find in the text the English equivalents to the following words and expressions:

справедливое замечание, по некоторой необъяснимой причине, в соответствии с, в полной темноте, несварение желудка, в бешенстве, турнир, в надлежащем состоянии, ржавый, безрассудный юнец, преподать урок, табличка, живописный, кровавые деяния, свинцовый гроб.

4. Write questions to the following answers.

1. The United States Minister was a little annoyed because his present had not been accepted.

2. The chameleon-like colour of the stain excited a good deal of comment.

3. The second appearance of the ghost was on Sunday night.

4. They discharged two pellets on the ghost.

5. Mrs. Otis gave the ghost a bottle of Doctor Dobell’s tincture.

6. Longfello is a famous poet.

7. He fell back because he saw an awful phantom.

8. Its head was bald and burnished; its face round, and fat, and white.

9. There was a placard with strange writing on its breast.

10. He retired to a comfortable lead coffin.

5. Fill in the gaps with the words from the box.

1. If he really ___________________ to use the Rising Sun Lubricator, we shall have to take his chains from him.

2. The only thing that excited any attention being the ___________________ of the blood-stain on the library floor.

3. The second ___________________ of the ghost was on Sunday night.

4. The ghost was rubbing his knees with an ___________________ of agony on his face.

5. Towards evening a ___________________storm of rain came on, and the wind was so high that all the windows and doors in the old house shook and rattled.

6. ___________________ little Virginia, he had not quite made up his mind.

7. He ___________________ to himself, and turned the corner.

8. Right in front of him was standing a horrible spectre, motionless as a _______ ____________ image, and monstrous as a madman’s dream!

9. It bore a ___________________ of gleaming steel.

10. But the cock, __________________, did not crow again.