THE DOLL by Jan Carew

Key vocabulary: PART A

a- Match

1. pretty…………… a. made tired because you don’t know what to do

2. bored…………… b. get out of

3. warm…………… c. attractive, charming

4. around…………… d. having moderate heat

5. lonely…………… e. ask oneself about something

6. pound…………… f. similar to laugh

7. smile…………… g. without company

8. wonder……….…… h. in another direction

9. somebody…………… i. polite

10. away…………… j. monetary unit of England

11. everybody…………… k. remove from a place

12. take out…………… l. someone not specified

13. shine…………… m. bag, luggage

14. something…….…… n. all the people

15. case……….…… o. in all directions

16. kind…………… p. a certain thing not specified

17. get off…………… q. glow with light

b- Order the words to make sentences. Then, listen to the first part of the story, from “Mr
Brown lived near…” to “Oh that. Three pounds, he said” and check.

1- Brown /near /centre /lived / of / Mr / town /the

2- there / Mr / in / sitting / Brown / evenings / liked / the

3- often / work / He / bus / went / the / to / on

4- talk / people / He / many / didn’t / to

5- was / shop / there / in / one / a / street / small

6- things / window / There / old / were / very / the / in

7- doll / old / the / was / a / man / little

c- Listen from “Oh that. Three pounds, he said” to “Mr Brown got on with his case and sat
down” and tick he correct option.

Mr Brown wanted a doll a bus a case

Three pounds was a little money a lot of money some money

He went out with the doll in his hand his case his umbrella

He was tired now, so he got off the bus he got out the bus he got on the bus

Suddenly, somebody on the bus shouted spoke smiled

The doll had a smile on its eyes face arms

He only ate some bread and cheese ham butter

The sun shone into the room the garden the kitchen

There was something on the floor his bed in the street

His bus came and left with him stopped for him waited for him

Key vocabulary: PART B

turn run away go to sleep suddenly go into floor bury

ground nobody quiet noise dirty afraid wood

light die end loud cry wrong

a- Complete the sentences with words from the box in the correct form.

1. Suddenly there was a loud ………………………….………...

2. He ………………………..………in an accident last week

3. What´s ……………………..…….? They shouted

4. He always ……………………..………a cigarette when he is nervous.

5. This is the ……………………………..of your journey. Please get off the bus.

6. My little sister is ………………………..………of snakes.

7. He fell on the ……………………………….and hurt his knee.

8. He ……………………………..…..from prison in the middle of the night.

9. What´s that………………………………………? Why are those people shouting?

10. I knocked on the door but ……………………………….……..answered.

11. …………………………………….something horrible happened.

12. He ………………………………and said goodbye

13. I always ………………………….………..on the bus.

14. The music was too ………………………….………I couldn’t hear anything

15. He took the doll into the garden and …………………………..…….it in the ground.

16. Your hands are ……………………..…… Go and wash them now!

17. This beautiful table is made of ………………………..……….

18. Be ……………………….…….! The baby is sleeping.

19. He …………………………….the room and started doing the exam.

20. The kitchen ……………………………….was really dirty this morning.

B- Listen from “Mr Brown got on with his case and sat down” to “That’s the end of that doll,
he thought” and answer True or False. If false, correct the sentences.

1- One old man couldn`t sit down.

2- Mr Brown was a kind man.

3- The woman turned and shouted at Mr Brown.

4- Then he remembered the bag.

5- Mr Brown opened his case and looked outside.

6- His face went blue.

7- The doll was there, with a small smile on its ugly face.

8- He put the doll down on the street.

 Listen from “That’s the end of that doll, he thought” to “Please! go away!” and asnwer
What happened first?

a- He looked at the doll and said go away!! ………………..

b- He turned and ran away from the bus stop. ………………..

c- The noise was at the back door. ………………..

d- Mr Brown came home again that night. ………………..

e- He sat down in a chair and went to sleep. ………………..

f- It was dirty from the ground, but it looked at Mr Brown and smiled. ………………..

g- He took the doll into the garden and buried it in the ground. ………………..

h- There was a big noise in another room. ………………..

i- Mr Brown sat up in bed. ………………..

j- He had to walk three kilometres to his house. ………………..

Listen from ““Please! go away!” to “And there was a smile on its face” and fill in the blanks.

The doll ……………. …….….. It only smiled again. Mr Brown was …….…. ……… …. now.

He …………..…….the doll into the ………….…..again. He ………………some wood, and he made

a ………..…..………….…. He lit the fire. Then he …………….…….the doll on the ……………….

“Now die!” said Mr Brown. It’s………..……….….this ……………..….. . This will be the ……..………
of you.

And Mr Brown smiled. The fire was ………………..…….and ……….………………..

The fire got ……………………… and bigger. Suddenly there was a ………..… ………..…. and

…………..….. ran out of their …………………. What’s …………….……? They shouted.

Listen to the end of the story and tick the sentences you don’t hear.

There was a big fire.

Suddenly he appeared.

The people looked around the house and garden.

They couldn’t find Mr Brown.

There was a doll with white hair and back clothes.

Mr Brown couldn't believe his eyes

It wasn’t a pretty doll.

And there was a smile on its face.

Then he left his house.

 THE DOLL by Jan Carew
QUIZ

1) There is something wrong in each of these sentences. Make them right. (10p)

a. Mr Brown lived in a big house near the center of town. ………………....……………………………………….

b. Mr Brown didn’t have many friends but he was never bored. ………....……………………………………….

c. Mr Brown thought the doll was cheap. …………………………………………....……………………………………….

d. The ticket man on the train didn’t like Mr Brown. ………………………....……………………………………….

e. Mr Brown put the doll on the floor when he had his dinner.

……………………….

2) Which word is wrong? Cross it out. (6p)

a. Mr Brown is a happy / bored / lonely man.

b. He buys a sad/old/pretty doll

c. The doll can talk/walk/eat.

d. He leaves the doll in the street / on the bus/on his way to work.

e. The doll waits for/walks away from/ follows him.

f. Mr Brown tries to sell / bury/ kill the doll.

3) Finish the sentences with words from the box. (8p)

AFTER / BEFORE / SO / WHEN

a. The doll opened Mr Brown’s letters ………………..……Mr Brown had his breakfast.

b. The old woman on the bus was very angry …………..…… somebody said ‘you stupid old thing’.

c. …………….… the doll smashed Mr Brown’s cups and plates, he decided to bury it in the garden.

d. Mr Brown was very angry with the doll, …………………..… he put it on the fire.