THE ROAD THROUGH

THE HILLS
WORKSHEET N1
NAME:
GRADE:
OBJECTIVE: Show understanding of the book The road through the hills by completing
different kinds of exercises in a written way.

I.

Complete with the correct information.

Name of the author of the book:

The story takes place in:
Characters

Main ideas of the story:

New Vocabulary:

Who is he or she?

Physical appearance
and personality

II.

Match the definitions with the correct words.

1.Period of time when you are not at work or school.

_____ Gate.
2.A building that is used for Christian religious services.
_____ Holiday.
3.A man who manages a pub, an inn, etc.
_____ Accident.
4.When a vehicles engine suddenly stops working.
_____ Memory
5.A door in a fence or wall that you go through to enter or leave a place.
_____ Hills.
6.A long, thin way on which people can walk.
_____ Road.
7.A hard surface for vehicles, people and animals to travel on.
_____ Railway line.
8.An area of land that is smaller than a mountain.
_____ Path.
9.A road in a city or town with houses or other buildings.
_____ Landlord.
10.
Parallel metal lines on which trains run.
_____ Stall.
11.
A crush involving a car, train, plane, etc. that results in damage, injury, or deat
_____ Church.
12.
The state of being dead, not alive.
_____ Street.
13.
Something you remember from the past.
_____ Killed.

III.

Look at the pages 13-14. Read the news cutting again and
select the correct reporters question for each answer given
by the witness, Mr. Charles Webb.

At that time, was the

R: 1) _________________________________________________________
train coming?
Mr. Webb: I was walking on the hills with my dog.
R: 2) _________________________________________________________
Mr. Webb: I saw the car yesterday morning.
What did she do after
R: 3) _________________________________________________________
What happened to
Mr. Webb: I think she was going to the seaside.
R: 4) _________________________________________________________
Mary and Laurence?
Mr. Webb: She was driving very fast.
How was she driving?
R: 5) _________________________________________________________
Why did she want to
Mr. Webb: Because the gates were closed.
stop the car if she
R: 6) _________________________________________________________
was halfway across?
Mr. Webb: No, no train was coming.
What did you do?
R: 7) _________________________________________________________
Mr. Webb: She did a very stupid thing: opened the gates and droveWhen
over did
theyou
line.
see
R: 8) _________________________________________________________
Marys car?
Mr. Webb: She didnt want to stop, but the car stalled.
Why did she have to
R: 9) _________________________________________________________
Mr. Webb: Yes, I saw the train. It came round the corner very fast. stop in the railway
R: 10) ________________________________________________________
Where was she
Mr. Webb: I called to her but I was too far away.
After the car stalled,
R: 11) ________________________________________________________
did you see the train?
Mr. Webb: She was thrown to the side of the road. But Laurence was no so lucky.

Where were you when

the accident

IV.
A.

Answer the following questions.

Who tells Jamie about Mary Walgrave?

the terrible accident?
C.
Who takes Jamies photograph?
in a car?
E.
Who sees a photograph of himself on a bedroom wall?
F.
What is the first thing Mary Walgrave says to Jamie and why?
G.
Who was Laurence and what happened to him?
H.
At the end of the story, what did Jamie did and why?

B. Who saw
D. Who was killed