Gost in Love and Other Plays

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A Ghost in Love and Other Plays

Before Reading

scenes 2 And 3

before reading

Open answers.
Activity 2

1 F

before reading

2 T 3 F 4 T

Jenny to Henry.
Henry to Jenny.
Jenny to Henry.
Laura to Jenny.
Jennys father to Jenny.
Woman 2 to Woman 1 and Man (at the airport).
British Airways man to Jenny.

activities answers

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2
3
4
5
6
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Before reading activities (page 42)


Activity 1

Stage 1

scene 4
Activity 3

before reading

1 T 2 F

One Ghost for the Day, One Ghost for the Night:
prison, knife, judge
Sleep now, My Darling: airport, telephone, actress
A Ghost in Love: hotel, bicycle, witch

A ghost in love

one ghost for the dAy, one ghost for the


while reading

while reading

Brad and Jerry arrive in a village in England.


Brads father died one month ago.
Brad sees the ghost of Ellen in his hotel room.
A long time ago, Matthew was Ellens boyfriend.
Mrs Finch works at the hotel.

scenes 2 And 3

Matthew stole things, and Ellen sold them.


The men loved Ellen, but the women didnt love her so
much.
Matthew took all Ellens money, but she loved him.
When Ellen looked at people, they were ill the next day.

scene 1

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2
3
4
5

5 T

scene 1

1
2
3
4
5

While Reading
night

3 F 4 T

Mary can hear nothing outside.


Richard is afraid when he sees Heston.
Heston is angry with Richard.
Last year, Keech killed a man.
Keech now has Hestons sons money.

scene 4

Twenty men came for Matthew and Ellen, but they ran
away. Matthew went to America. Ellen wasnt with him
because the ship went early. She died in prison.

scenes 2 And 3

In the court, Reynolds asked Keech about Toms money.


Keech showed the money to everyone. Then Richard told
the court about the ghost, and everyone laughed at him.
But then everyone heard the dead mans voice. Keech
killed a man and took / stole his money, Heston said.
Keech ran away from the court. Later, he killed Richard.

Before reAding scenes 5 And 6

Do not give the answer now, but ask students to


wait and see if their guess was correct as they read
the plays. The correct answer is: 2

scene 4

1 Keech is in prison. He is afraid because strange


things are happening to him.
2 Because Richard is a ghost.
3 Hestons ghost is going to be with Keech every night.
sleep noW, My dArling

while reading

scene 1

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1 Where is Gilbert going today?


Hes going to America.
2 Who made the bread?
Jenny made the bread.
3 What was the name of Gilberts best film?
My New Friend.
4 Why must Gilbert go to America?
Because he is making a new film.
5 What does Jenny want to do?
She wants to go to America with him/be an actress
again.

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a ghost in love and other plays

After Reading
Activity 1

Activity 5

Activity 6

after reading

activities answers

after reading

1 WITCH
2 HARBOUR
3 CRASHED
4 PRISON
5 WAITRESS
6 COWS
7 STOLE
8 VOICE
The missing word is CHARACTER. It means a
person in a play or a book.

6, 3, 12, 1, 10, 8, 2, 11, 4, 9, 7, 5


riChArd: What must I do?
heston: You must tell everyone about Keech.
riChArd: How can I do that?
heston: You can take Keech to court. Then you can
tell the judge about my sons money.
riChArd: I can say Keech took the money. But how
can I show that its true?
heston: Thats easy. Tell the judge to call me. Im
going to come to the court!
riChArd: What! A ghost! In court?
heston: Yes. Im going to tell the court about Keech
and his money! I know some bad things about
him!
riChArd: But Keech is going to be angry! Im afraid
of him!
heston: Dont worry. The judge is going to send
Keech to prison. Keech is going to die there. He
cant hurt you.
riChArd: Well, I need to think. Maybe next week...
heston: No! Do it tomorrow! Go to court and get
my boys money. Do it! Or do you want to go
mad?
Activity 2

after reading

Open answers.

after reading

Gilbert went to America today. Hes going to make


a film. Hes a good director, and he often works in
America. I cant go with him, because I have work to do
in the house and garden. I feel very unhappy because Im
at home all the time. Perhaps next year Gilbert and I can
go to America together. Perhaps I can be in his next film.
Im a good actress, I think.
Activity 3

after reading

One Ghost for the Day, One Ghost for the Night: The
Man with the Knife, A Dead Man in Court, No Peace
for a Killer
Sleep now, My Darling: Jenny Learns to Live, Time to
be Happy Again, Thank you, Gilbert
A Ghost in Love: Matthew Comes Home, Two
Americans on Holiday, No More Waiting

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Activity 4

after reading

1 Brad: when he goes into the hotel room for the first
time.
2 Mrs Finch: when she comes up to the boys room
and sees Brad.
3 Ellen: when she is at the harbour, looking for
Matthew.
4 Mrs Morgan: when Brad and Jerry visit her shop
and ask about Ellen.
5 Jerry: when he sees Ellens ghost for the first time, in
the hotel room.

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