The stranger by Norman Whitney !Worksheet page 1 The Stranger Norman Whitney 1) Before reading 1a) Look at the front cover and read the back of the book. What does it suggest and what impression do you have. What do you think? Write a short text where you answer the following questions: ✗ What will the story be about? ✗ Will it be a sad/ happy/ romantic/ frightening story? ✗ What sort of story will it be (detective, romance, comedy...)? 1b) Look at the cover of this book. Here is a diagram of the cover. What are these things? Guess if you do not know. 2) While reading 2a) Make list of all the important characters that appear in the story and add an adjective that best describes the person! (e.g. interesting, funny, dangerous, strange...) Draw lines between the people and the things they said. ! ! (a) D—L (b) S—N 3b) Explain why each of these things was important in the story. Remember .The stranger by Norman Whitney ! Worksheet page 2 2b) Here are some of the people from the story.Dave Slatin is an evil man. 3) After reading 3a) Did you notice anything strange about Dave Slatin’s name? Look again: DAVE SLATIN. Change the letters round to make two new words. diamond rings a doll with a broken arm a torn photograph of a goal keeper a briefcase full of money a broken aeroplane . . Heading in Book ! 1 A Stranger in Woodend 2 The Village Meeting 3 The Corner Shop 4 A Beautiful Customer 5 A Page in Film News 6 A Quick Kiss 7 Another Special Order 9 A Secret Weekend 10 A Quarrel 11 Arthur Riseman 12 Anna Waits for News 13 The Special Orders Room 14 The Special Customers 15 31st October 3d) Complete the gaps. One month later. and it didn’t have a __________. Dave Slatin came _________ to Woodend and __________ an empty house. He turned the house _______ a shop. spare and came where night a of stay unusual know back it locked villagers bought to on in into hotel New Heading Nobody knew __________ Dave Slatin _________ from. but she wanted to __________ what was inside the _________ room. One of the _________ let Dave Slatin _________ for one ________ in a _________ room. Use each word in the box once. Woodend was _________ small village. He called _________ The Corner Shop. His name was __________. She liked him. Write a new chapter heading for each chapter after you have read it. He appeared _________ the village ___________ the last day __________ October 1964 ________ he wanted ___________ stay for the night.The stranger by Norman Whitney ! Worksheet page 3 3c) Here are the chapter titles for this story. Anna worked for Dave Slatin. Mr. Use each word in the box once. T F ? 3f) Complete the gaps. Mike Bailey scored three ___________ in a ____________ soccer match. She became the __________ of a big _________ called Beautiful Woman when the original star __________. His house was empty and for sale.her arm. She was __________ film star. T F • Nobody was living in the house. T F • The price of the house was cheap. The goalkeeper broke his _________ trying to _________ the third goal. • The shop sold both new and old things. _____________ Afterwards. • Anyone could look inside the room. T F • Mr. T • No one had seen him before. Her __________ appeared in the newspaper. T • He appeared at 7:00 pm. Dave __________ them into the locked ____________. Room A Neck Corner goals Businessman Name Footballer Customers That Soon Him Said Came Special Important Later Took film Save Was Visitor broke Star Day Three special __________ visited. He told Anna __________ his name was Arthur Roberts. T F A new sign on the old house read: The Corner Shop. • The shop was at a place where 2 roads meet.C. Riseman. T F ? • The room had only one small window. T • The weather was fine.S. T F ? • We do not know what was in the room. The next __________ Anna saw ________ on TV. A month __________ the chairman of I. Smith had died in the summer. The third visitor was a ______________ form International Computer Services. • The sign on the house was old. Each customer ____________ for a __________ order. • He appeared on 31st October. The __________ shop. ? ? ? ? T T T T F F F F ? ? ? ? The door to the special orders room was locked and only Dave had the key. T F F F F ? ? ? ? Mr. Arthur Riseman became the Chairman of the company. . The Stranger appeared on the last day of October in the evening. then write T (True). F (False) or ? (Don’t Know) next to the statements below. T F ? • Only Dave could go into the room. The second visitor was a ____________ called Mike Bailey.The stranger by Norman Whitney ! Worksheet page 4 3e) Read the sentences. • It was possible to buy the house. Smith had died a long time ago. • Dave Slatin was the owner of the shop. The first ______________ was Greta Gordon. but Dave ___________: Good Morning. _________ killed in a plane crash. She (found / was finding) _____________ money. At eleven o’clock Dave (had left / left) __________ the shop. She (thinks / was thinking) ____________ about Dave and the special orders. Anna (opened / was opening) _________ the door and (locked / looking) _________ inside.The stranger by Norman Whitney ! Complete the gaps with the correct verb form from the brackets. I (use / was used) ____________ these powers (to help / to helping) ____________ my special customers. he (said / was saying) ___________. Worksheet page 5 Anna got back from London in the evening but she (didn’t sleep / hasn’t sleep) ______________ that night. That morning the special orders room (didn’t be locked / wasn’t locked) ___________. . And I (can use / can be using) them (to help / to be helping) __________ you too. lots of money. What (was / were) ____________ they? What (was / were) ___________ Dave (do / doing) __________ in that room? She (has gone / went) _________ to work. “Now you (know / have known) ________________. They (broke / were broken) _________________. Suddenly Dave (came / was Coming) ______________ into the room. the next morning. She (began / begun) ______________ (search / to search) _________ through boxes. I (have / am having) __________ strange powers. as usual. There (is / was) __________ also a doll and a model aeroplane. He (has got / got) ________ in his car and (drove / droven) _________ off.