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Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime BEFORE READING Activity pages 30–31
1 (in order) f, d, b READING CHECK

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2 (in order) d, a, c 1 b1 c3 d8 e4 f7 g3 h3 i2 j6 k5
2 b palmist
Activity pages 6–7 c 103A West Moon Street

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READING CHECK d short fat man with a large bald head and gold glasses
1 b T e by the River Thames
c T f at 7 o’clock in the morning
d F (Podgers looks like a family doctor.) g a guest from the Ship Hotel
e F (Podgers reads the Duchess of Paisley’s hand.) h he killed himself because he was working too hard
f T WORD WORK
g T a Liberty c alarm clock e tears
h F (Podgers only says one or two unimportant things.) b niece d aunt f umbrella
WORD WORK GUESS WHAT
1 b balloon d thumb f bald Open Answers
c manicurist e glove g heart
2 b guest The Model Millionaire BEFORE READING page 32
c romantic e Lord g line 1 The Old Beggar: beggar, sad, poor, old, mean, hard-hearted
d Duchess f future h vicar Hughie Erskine: millionaire, happy, rich, young, generous,
GUESS WHAT charming
a2 b3 2 a, c

Activity pages 12–13 Activity pages 36–37

READING CHECK READING CHECK
b1 c6 d7 e2 f8 g4 h9 i5 a F (Hughie has no money.)
WORD WORK b T
1 cousin, servant, scar, library, park, reward, poison, poster, c T
whisper, list d F (Laura’s father likes him.)
2 b list f scar i whisper e T
c poster g servant j poison f F (Alan’s painting a picture of an old beggar.)
d library h cousin k reward g T
e park h F (Hughie gives the man a pound.)
i T
GUESS WHAT
c, e, g WORD WORK
b sword e painting h percentage
Activity pages 18–19 c colonel f beggar i frame
d wine g model
READING CHECK
1 b Mr Pestle e Lady Clem h Sybil GUESS WHAT
c Lord Arthur f Lord Arthur i Sybil Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
d Mr Pestle g Lord Arthur now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
2 a2 b4 c3 d8 e1 f6 g5 h9 i7 a Yes b Yes c No d Yes e No
WORD WORK Activity pages 42–43
b sad e chemist h yacht
c wedding f postpone i telegram READING CHECK
d bite g medicine b clothes d colonel, money f stupid
c Laura e millionaire g wedding
GUESS WHAT
a3 b3 WORD WORK
b joking f gentleman i model
Activity pages 24–25 c Baron g envelope j best man
d millionaire h cheque k kissed
READING CHECK e generous
Mr Merton isn’t very happy … Lord Arthur decides to kill his
uncle … The Dean loves clocks … bomb in a clock … He visits a GUESS WHAT
Russian revolutionary … an address in Soho … kill any English Open answers
policemen … a beautiful French clock with a revolutionary
woman standing on it … the Dean is having lunch on Friday. The Sphinx without a Secret BEFORE READING page 44
1 mysterious, romantic, charming, lonely, sad
WORD WORK
2 d
b clock, explode, uncle, Dean e monster
c Count, foreign, revolutionaries f club
d politics g promises, gunpowder,
trust
GUESS WHAT
b, d, e

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Activity pages 48–49 Project B pages 58–60
1 a2 b3 c5 d1 e4

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READING CHECK
1 b F (He loved going to parties.) 2 1f 2c 3e 4a
c T 3 a One theme is: It’s good to help people who are poorer than
you.

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d F (He was always truthful.)
e F (He looks worried and has lines on his face.) How we see this in the story: Hughie helps the ‘beggar’, the
f F (He’s single.) Baron helps Hughie.
g T Another theme is: You cannot know the inside of a person
2 b They were friends at Oxford University. from looking at the outside.
c They go to a restaurant far from the centre of town to talk. How we see this in the story: Baron Hausberg looks like a
d He shows a photograph of a woman with long hair. beggar but he is really a millionaire.
e After dinner Lord Murchison talks about Lady Alroy. b One theme is: Empty people want to live interesting lives
f He saw her, sitting in a little yellow carriage. like someone in a book.
g He met her again at Lady de Rastail’s house for dinner. How we see this in the story: Lady Alroy’s life is boring so
h She wasn’t happy when he said ‘I saw you in Bond Street.’ she wants to make a mystery in her life.
i She wanted to meet him again the next day. Another theme is: Strangers are often more interesting
than people that you know really well.
WORD WORK
How we see this in the story: Lord Murchison is interested
b invitation e admire h university
in Lady Alroy because she has a mystery in her life.
c dream f truth i café
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d carriage g handsome
GUESS WHAT
b, c

Activity pages 54–55

READING CHECK
a8 b2 c4 d1 e5 f9 g3 h7 i6
WORD WORK
b steps e sofa h lodger
c sphinx f handkerchief i rent
d sitting room g veil
GUESS WHAT
Open answers

Project A pages 56–57

1 These sentences do not help the summary:
I think I’ve heard of him before. / I don’t really believe in
palmists, but this story is about one of them. / My uncle is a
businessman. / It took me a long time to read it. / The ending
surprised me, at least.
2 Story title: The Model Millionaire Author: Oscar Wilde
Main characters: Hughie Erskine, Baron Hausberg
Other characters: Laura Merton and Alan Trevor
Setting: Alan Trevor’s studio, Hughie’s club
How does the story begin? when Hughie gives a pound to an old
beggar in Alan’s studio.
Plot: how Hughie can get the money he needs to marry Laura
Kind of story: humorous Ending: surprise ‘twist’ at the end
3 … short story by Oscar Wilde … Hughie Erskine … man, and
Baron Hausberg … Hughie’s girlfriend Laura Merton, and his
painter friend, Alan Trevor … in Alan Trevor’s studio and in
Hughie’s club … Hughie gives a pound to an old beggar in
Alan’s studio. The plot is about how Hughie … to marry Laura.
4 Story title: The Sphinx without a Secret Author: Oscar Wilde
Main characters: Lady Alroy and Lord Murchison
Other characters: the storyteller, the woman in Cumnor Street
Setting: in London and also in Paris
How does the story begin? When Lord Murchison sees the
storyteller sitting outside a Paris café and shows him a photo
Plot: how Lord Murchison finds out about Lady Alroy’s mystery
Kind of story: mystery story
Ending: a ‘twist’ at the end
5 Open answers

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