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 CHAPTER 1

A. Choose a, b or cto answer the following questions.

Why is the narrator travelling through Eastern Europe?
1
a. In order to explore Bistritz.
b. He is looking for a property to buy.
c. To visit a client.

2 What made Jonathan Harker feel afraid on his coach ride to the
castle?
a. The mysterious coachman.
b. The sound of wild animals.
c. The stories the hotel keeper had told him.

3 When did Harker get to bed on his first night at the castle?
a. After he had eaten.
b. At daybreak.
c. At the same time as his host.

4 What did Jonathan find strange about the castle?

a. The absence of mirrors and people.
b. The presence of so many English books.
c. That all the doors were locked.

5 What did the Count do with the mirror in Jonathan's room?

a. He used it to help him shave.
b. He looked at his reflection in it.
c. He got rid of it.

6 What does Count Dracula instruct Jonathan to do?

a. Stay for longer in his country.
b. Explore the bedrooms of the castle.
c. Wear the cross at all times.

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1 What did Jonathan find in Dracula's room?

a. A winding stairway.
b. The key to the front door.
c. Dracula asleep in a coffin.

88 Why couldn't Jonathan destroy Dracula?

a. The spade was broken.
b. Dracula stared at him and frightened him.
c. The gypsies stopped him.

B. Match 1-4 with a-d to answer the questions and then match them
with the pictures by writing a-d in the boxes.

a. Jonathan's b. Count c. The coach d. The hotel

fiancée Mina Dracula driver owner's wife

1 Who wore a hood and was extremely uncommunicative? C

2 Who advised someone who was staying with them not
to visit a certain place because they thought was evil? D
3 Who was strange looking and could not see himself in
the mirror? B
4 Who is waiting in England for someone to return? A

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Chapter

from him and i

has received a letter
C. Mina, Jonathan's fiancée,
telling a friend of hers
his news. Expand the notes into sentences
to see what she said.

1 Jonathan/tell/hotel owner/and/wife/that/go/Dracula castle

Jonathan told the hotel owner and his wife that he was going
to Dracula’s castle.

2 They/shock/when/hear/where/go
They were shocked when they heard where he was going.

3 Hotel owner/wife/beg/him/not/go/she/say/evil place

The hotel owner’s wife begged him not to go because she said
it was an evil place.

4 Hotel owner/wife/give/cross/protection
The hotel owner’s wife gave him a cross for protection.

5 He/not/want/take/cross/but/not want/say/no/either

He did not want to take the cross, but he did not want to say
no either.

6 All this/be/strange/but/1/hope/everything/be/well/Jonathan/now
All this was strange, but I hope everything is well with
Jonathan now.

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D. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in capitals.
thoroughly enjoyed the film THOROUGH
1 I
I watched yesterday. It was very exciting.
2 You must always wear a helmet for
protection when you ride a motorbike! PROTECT
3 Don't be so . superstitious ! Black SUPERSTITION
cats don't bring bad luck, thate's nonsense.
4 I would love to come to the theatre with you
butunfortunately I can't tonight. FORTUNATE
5 The young man could see his reflection REFLECT
in the shop window.
6 Kite surfing is quite a . dangerous sport. DANGER
7 Meg was furious shen she saw FURY
her sister wearing her new dress.
8 Barry rarely watches horror films and he was

absolutely. terrified by the one that was TERROR

on TV last night.

E. Before you read Chapter 2, try to guess what will happen.

I Do you think Jonathan Harker will manage to escape from the castle?
I think he won't manage to escape.

2 Will Mina find out what out what happened to her fiancé at Dracula's castle?
Yes, Mina will find out what happened.

3 Where will Dracula go and what are his plans?

Dracula will try to make sure no one gets involved in his
plans.
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questions.
A. Answer the following
worried about Jonathan?
1 Why is Mina so
Mina is worried about Jonathan because she hasn’t heard from him in
a long time,
so happy?
2 Why is Lucy Westenra
Lucy is happy because she has received multiple marriage proposals.
3 Where will Mina stay in Whitby?
Mina will stay in a house near the harbor with Lucy and her mother.
4 Why is Lucy's mother concerned about her?
Lucy’s mother is concerned because Lucy has been sleepwalking
frequently, which puts her at risk, especially at night.
5 What happened during the storm?
The Demeter, ran aground, and a large black dog was seen jumping
from the ship and disappearing.
6 Where did the coastguard find the Demeter captain's body?
The coastguard found the captain’s body tied to the wheel of the ship,
holding a crucifix.
7 What was the Demeter carrying?
was carrying boxes of Transylvanian earth, which Dracula needed to rest
and regain strength.
B. Complete the following sentences using the prepositions in the box
up for in from to about with on at

Mina is in order to help Jonathan with his

1 learning to type.
work.
to
2 Mina will go visit her friend Lucy in Whitby.
3 Lucy is very much in love with .
her fiancé.
4 When Mina arrived in Whitby Lucy picked her. up at the

station.
5 The Westenras and Mina all at Lucy's family's
are staying
summer house.
6 There is a beautiful view from the terrace of the house.
7 Lucy and Mina spent their time relaxing and going - for walks
8 Mina can't enjoy herself because she is thinking about
Jonathan all the time.
ch
9 on
They said that there was a
big black dog. the ship w

was washed ashore by the storm.

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in the correct order. Write 1-8 in the boxes.

C. Put the sentences

3 She was also worried about Lucy as her friend's mother had told her

that Lucy wasn't well lately.

board but
7 The storm washed a strange ship ashore with nothing on

fifty boxes of soil.

it
4 Lucy had sleepwalked as a child and had recently started doing
again.
1 Mina received an invitation to visit her old friend Lucy at her country
house.
5 Although Mina enjoyed Lucy's company she couldn't stop worrying about
her fiancé Jonathan.
6 Mina had been in Whitby for some time when there was a terrible
storm one night.
2 When Mina arrived in Whitby, Lucy met her at the station.
8 The captain was dead, the crew was missing and the only being alive
was a huge black dog which strangely vanished.

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crossword with words from Chapter 2

D. Complete the
1
S

s t a t i o n
4 2 i
R o
u g
G r
m h
a m 7
A t
H a r b o u r
u s m
d
e r s a

n OODIO
S o l i c i
s
t o r
e
s
t
E n g a g e d
n
10 I n v eL s t i g a t e

ACROSS
2 We catch a train there.
6 A secure place for ships.
8 Another word for lawyer.
9 two people have formally
When
agreed to marry.
10 To look for information or clues.

DOWN
1 Extreme weather conditions.
3 A bad dream.
4
Information told by people to
others, that may not be true.
5 Open area outside a house.
7
Somebody who helps somebody
else with something.
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with words from the box.

E. Lucy is thinking. Complete the blanks
beloved washed shore board woke stay
restless worried lovely

Mina has to. stay with us a while.

I am so happy that come
lovely
When we met at the station she told me that I am looking
beloved Arthur. However,
That is because I am going t0 marry my -

worried about
sometimes I feel strange and I know that mother is
woke
me. The other night I. up and found myself in the garden,
but I don't know how I got there. The storm last night also made

me very restless And that awful story Mr. Swales told us about a
washed up on the, shore with only a large black
ship bein8-
dog on_ board I t seriously disturbed me!

F. Before you read Chapter 3, try to guess what will happen.

1 Will Mina hear from Jonathan?
Mina won't hear from Joanthan

2 What will Lucy's night adventure in Whitby be?

She will lost in Whitby

3 When will Lucy and Mina see each other

They don't see again
again

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A. Use the notes below to write a summary of Chapter 3.

1 Mina/wake/bad/feelingsgo/Lucy/room/she/not there
Mina woke up with bad feelings and went to Lucy’s room, but she was
not there.

2 Lucy/ sleepwalking/Mina/find/her/bench/churchyard
Lucy was sleepwalking, and Mina found her on a bench in the
churchyard.

3 Man/white/face/red/eyes/over/her/Mina/go/close/man/vanish
A man with a white face and red eyes was over her. When Mina went
close, the man vanished.

4 Morning/Lucy/better/make/Mina/promise/not/tell/anyone
/sleepwalkinglincident
In the morning, Lucy was better and made Mina promise not to tell
anyone about the sleepwalking incident.

5 Mina /receive letter/nurse /hospital /Budapest /tell /Jonathan lalive

leave/immediately/Budapest
Mina received a letter from a nurse at a hospital in Budapest, telling
her that Jonathan was alive, so she left immediately for Budapest.

6 Mina/arrive/Budapest/Jonathan/give/diary/then/they/ask for

priest/and/get/married
Mina arrived in Budapest, and Jonathan gave her his diary. Then, they
asked for a priest and got married.

7 Lucy/write/letter/Mina/tell/get/married/September/but/not/recel

well/doctor/come/London/examine/her
Lucy wrote a letter to Mina, telling her she would get married in
September, but she did not feel well. A doctor was coming from London
to examine her.

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B. Match the people with the sentences.

that her
a Was full of joy on realising
fiancé was still alive. 2

b Has asked a doctor from Amsterdam

to come and examine a patient. 5

2 C Wrote a letter to give information

about a patient in the hospitalin
Budapest. 4

3 d Is not feeling very well and wanders

around during the night. 1

4 e Has had a terrible experience and is

in hospital trying to recover. 3

5
C. Choose a, b or c the
following questions.
to answer

1 Why was Lucy lying on a bench in the churchyard?

a. She went there in her
sleep.
b. A man put her there.
c. Mina took her there.
2 What does Mina believe made the marks on
Lucy's neck?
a. The with the white face and the red
man
eyes.
b. Lucy herself.
c. A safety pin.
3 What made Mina decide to leave
Whitby?
a. A
journal she received.
b. A letter she received.
c. A notebook she
received.
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What made
Mina really happy?
4
Jonathan's journal.
a. What she read in
to Budapest.
b. Her journey
reunited with her loved one.
Being
c.
worried about Lucy?
5 Why is Arthur
him.
won't marry
a. He thinks she
b. He thinks she is going crazy.
c.She has a strange illness that exhausts her.

underlined words refer to?

D. What do the
with a white face and red eyes... (page 16)
1 It was a man
Count Dracula
2 She moaned a few more times and then opened her eyes. (page 16)
Lucy Westera
3 In fact, they look worse than before. (page 18)
The marks on Lucy's neck
4 He then took a notebook out of his coat pocket and handed it to
me. (page 18)
Jonathan Harker
5 I want us to get married and start our life together as soon as
possible. (page 18)
Arthur Holmwood and Lucy Westera
6 . he asked his friend, Dr John Seward, to come see me. (page 20)
Dr Seward
Abraham
7 He said that he is going to write to his former professor,
Van Helsing.. (page 20)
Jonathan Harker

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read Chapter 4, try to guess

what will happen.
E. Before you
to Lucy?
What do you think will happen
She gets worse.

do with Lucy's
figure in the churchyard anything
to
2 Has the dark
strange illness?
Yes, the figure is bad for Lucy.

3 Will Mina read Jonathan's journal?

Mina won't read.

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 CHAPTER 4

A. Are the following sentences True or False? Write T or F in

the
boxes.

I Lucy was moved to Van Helsing's house in London. F

2 Arthur agreed to give Lucy some of his blood. T

F
3 Mina travels to Amsterdam with Van Helsing.
T
4 Lucy needed many blood transfusions.
F
5 Garic was very bad for Lucy's condition.
6 Van Helsing suggested breaking the door down. T

7 A wolf kiled Lucy's mother. F

8 Lucy's mother already had a heart problem when she died. T

B. Write one adjective in each blank. Then find and circle the
words in the letter grid.
1 Lucy looked very. pale and was struggling for breath.
2 After the blood transfusion Lucy's cheeks were much. rosier
3 silk hide
Lucy wore a black band around her neck to

the wounds.
4 Dr Seward was so. exhausted that he fell asleep on the sofa.
5 Professor Van Helsing was shocked when he saw thetwo
red marks on
Lucy's neck
6 Professor Van Helsing scattered. flowers all over
white
Lucy's room.
7 The Professor thinks that evil spirit may be
an .

responsible for Lucy's condition.

8
Lucy's room was terribly. messy from all the
flowers.
Was dead
9 Lucy was horrified was
when she realised her mother
10 There were ferocious Westenra
h
e
wolves outside the

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L E
FIN CON S O L AB

QHI PM REV BLE D X

JEL UG OR E E B OR H
BOW L S Y O L G L E A A

MY O UFU S YNC V M U
IDH F M S AIEI ES

REU PAL E L L AL Z T
WT G L D W RG WRD GE
SDO V I A U RO D O B D
D XY I GE SFH L H No
NE T HO U G H TFUL T

C. Complete the sentences with the names of the characters.

Professor Van Lucy Westenra

Helsing

Mrs Westenra Arthur Dr John Seward

Holmwood
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threw all thegarlic flowers out of the roo
travelled to Amsterdam to get
information
had trouble staying awake because
of
exhaustion.
needed many transtusions because of blood
loss.
5 was the first to give blood to a very sick
person.

D. Below is a page from Van Helsing's journal. Expand the notes

into sentences to see what he wrote.

DIARY
Lucy/be/terrible/state/need/blood/transfusion/stay/alive

2 Dr Seward/help/and/Arthur/Lucy/fiancé/donate/blood

3 Later/Dr Seward/notice/red marks/Lucy/neck/ask/what/be

4l/return/Amsterdam/do/research/Dr Seward/stay/look after/Lu

5 When/see/Lucy/again/face/pale/gums/shrink back/teein

6, I/have to/give/blood/this time/save/her

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the words in the box.

E. Complete the following sentences using
volunteered recovered deteriorated stuffy rushed
inconsolable donated transfusion exhausted panic
I think it's
1 It was a beautiful day but it has really
going to rain.

2 Mr Smith lost so much blood in the accident that he needed a

3 Before the millionaire died he. a large part of his

fortune to charity.
4 Michael is still in bed, he hasn't. from his illness
yet.
5 I was completely. when I had finished cleaning
the house from top to bottom.
6 Please open the window; it is very .
in here.
7 John was in. when he realised he did not have any
money with him to pay for the meal.
8 Mr Jenkins is since his wife died.
9 The victims of the disaster were all. - to hospital.
10 I
babysit for my neighbours so they could go
to
out and celebrate their
wedding anniversary.
F. Before you read
Chapter 5, try to guess what will happen.
1 Will Lucy ever recover from her strange illness?

2 Will Dr Seward and Van

Helsing find out what is causing Lucy's
blood loss?

3 Will Mina be informed about

her friend's condition? What will
she do?

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A. Answer the following questions.

1 Why did Arthur have to be sent for?

2 What did Professor Van Helsing advise Arthur to do?

3 What did Van Helsing ask Arthur to give him?

44 What does Mina find so upsetting about Jonathan's journal?

5 What did Van Helsing tell Mina he was particularly interested in?

6 What did Mina give Professor Van Helsing?

7 What did Van Helsing read in the newspaper that disturbed him:

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B. Write 1-6 in the boxes to put the pictures in chronological order.

Then expand the notes into sentences.

Arthur/give/Van Helsing/Lucy Van Helsing/go/Exeter/Mina

/diary/letters /give/Jonathan/journal/read

Mina/receive/letter/Van Helsing
Arthur/say/goodbye/Lucy
/ask/come/see/her /before/die

Lucy/MrWesterna/bury Van Helsing/be disturbed/article

/together/same day /missing children

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C. Complete the crossword with words from Chapter 5

10

ACROSS
5 Ablood-sucking monster
7 Get ready for something
8 Overcome with grief
9 An unexplained event
10 A place where the dead are buried
DOWN
1 The woman a man has
2 A burial
promised to marry
ceremony
3 Get better after an illness
4 Speak in a very low voice
6 Look like someone

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sentences.
D. Match the two halves of the following
death
called a when he said that Lucy's
1 Arthur Holmwood was
was the end of her
troubles.
to Hillingham urgently
2 Van Helsing did not agree with b when he read Jonathan's diary.
Dr Seward
cto say goodbye to Lucy.
3 Jonathan Harker had trouble
sleeping d to help Jonathan.
4 Mina Harker was trying to find
e and was very nervous after
a way
5 Professor Van Helsing was Lucy's death.
certain about vampires fand gave him Jonathan's
6 Mina Harker told Van Helsing
everything she knew about Lucy journal.
7 Lucy whispered Arthur's name 8 and that was her last word.

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 correct form of the wordsiin capitals
Chapter 5
with the
blanks
in the
E. Fill the doctor told him thas
devastated when his
1 Mr Phillips was wife had passed away.
LOVE
before
2 We must make
a lot of. PREPARE
we leave on o u r trip.
trom a mysterious ILL
33 Mrs Phillips suftered
couldn't diagnose.
which the doctors
interested in books PARTICULAR
I am.
about the seventeenth century.
well, you will
5 If you don't know the city very
HELP
probably find this map.
there was a new
6 The police announced that
DEVELOP
in the kidnapping case.

me that ASSURE
7 Mr jones called me to .
house would be ready in time.
the furniture for my new

F. Before you read Chapter 6, try to guess what will happen.

What wil Van Helsing tell Dr Seward?

2 Who is the mysterious woman of Hampstead Heath?

3 What will Van

Helsing do about Jonathan

* Are Jonathan, Lucy and the mysterious woman of Hamp>

stea

Heath linked in any

way

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a-f.
A. Complete the following paragraph with sentences

a He believed that Lucy was also a vampire.

b The next day when they went to the cemetery Lucy was in her coffin
with blood on her lips
c
He took the doctor to Lucy's tomb and unscrewed the coffin lid.
d He showed the doctor an article about missing children.
e He said that Arthur should carry out the freeing of Lucy's spirit.

Lucy Westenra had the same kind of wounds on her throat before
she died.
Doctor Seward was working in his office when Professor Van Helsing
suddenlyburst in. (1). When the children were found they had
small wounds on their throats. (2). Van Helsing believed that
the wounds on Lucy's throat
made by a vampire. (3).
were He
said she was responsible for attacking the children. He told Dr Seward
hecould prove it, too. (4) When he took it off, Lucy wasn't
there. Van Helsing told the doctor that she was looking for her next
victim. (5) The Professor said that they would have to destroy
her. (6) _ Arthur was horrified by what had to be done, but he
was convinced when he saw Lucy carrving a child to the cemetery.

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B. Label the pictures.

C. Find words in Chapter 6 which mean the same as:

I piece of writing about a specific subject
in a newspaper (page 30))
2 broken skin because of injury (page 30)
3 to stop someone who is doing or saying
(page 30)
something
4 clear, easy to see or understand (page 30)
5 to show that something is true by using
facts or any kind of evidence (page 32)
buried (page 32)
6 a place where people are

(page 34)
7 very angry
8 finally, after a long time (page 34
(page 34
9 with very white skin
(page 3
10 moved with a sudden short movement

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D. Arthur is thinking. Complete the blanks with words or short phrases.

I have just had the most awful experience. It started when I

received a (1). from Professor Van

Helsing asking me to meet him at his (2)

When I arrived there, he (3) - to me what

had happened to Lucy. He said that she had become a

(4) !I was both (5).

and furious at this and wouldn't believe it. However Van Helsing
managed to (6). me to go to the

(7) where Lucy is buried. There I saw Lucy

carrying a child and (8). like an animal. I
was then convinced that what Van Helsing said was true. I knew then
that it was my duty to return to Lucy's tomb the next day and drive a
(9) through her heart. It was a horrible thing,
but it was the only way to save Lucy's (10)

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E. Correct the mistakes in the following sentences.

1 The missing children were all found dead.

2 Van Helsing believes that SCience and reason can

explain everythino in
this world.

3 Professor Van Helsing has spent part of his life researching the
supernatural.

4 John Seward wasn't surprised at all when he saw that Lucy's coffin wa
empty.

5 Lucy's face was very pale and her mouth was stained with blood.

6 Arthur was very calm after he drove the stake through Lucy's heart.

EBefore you read Chapter 7, try to guess what will happen.

1 What will Van Helsing do now?

2 Who do you believe is the vampire responsible for making Lucyo

one

of the 'undead'?

3 Who will help Van Helsing in his quest for the vampire

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A. Answer the following questions.

1 Where will the Harkers stay in London?

2 Where is Dracula's house Carfax situated?

3 Where did Dr Seward, the Harkers and Van Helsing all meet?

4 What has Dracula been able to change himself into so far?

5 How can a vampire be killed?

6 How will they cleanse the coffins the vampire sleeps in?

7 Why did Van Helsing, Seward and Harker leave the chapel?

8 What did Mina see in her dream?

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B. Read the following statements. In each box

statement is true or F if it is false. write T if
1 lonathan Harker was taken to the
asylum because he wass

losing his mind.

2 The asylum was called Carfax.
3 Mina Harker typed out all the intormation from the
4 Van Helsing disagreed with the existence of journals,
rnals
vampires.
5 Dracula slept on soil from Transylvania.
6 The chapel of Carfax filled up with rats.
7 Mina told Jonathan about the horrible
dream she had.
C. Below is a page from Mina's
journal. Expand the notes into
sentences to see what she wrote.

After/dinner/we/have/meeting/discuss/what/do
2 Van Helsing/say/be/certain/vampires/exist

3
However/we/can/fight/vampires/garlic flowers/crosses/wild rose

4 Jonathan/discover/most/boxes/Demeter/go/Carfax

5 Professor/decide/men/go/Carfax/find/boxes

6 They/tind/29 boxes/but/before/cleanse/chapel/fill/rats/race/backho

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sentences.
to complete the following
a, b or c
D. Choose
the police
station they asked for my place of
1 At b. residence c. location
it to
myself away from
a. estate

w a s so good I couldn't_
22 Thefilm
open the door.
b. situate c. put
a. tear
the he's the fastest.
3 There is no
that Frank will win race;

C. quest
a. doubt b. duty
Some people believe that life -on some other planets.
4
c. transforms
a. survives b. exists
to the office.
three pizzas
5 We were so hungry we had
b. raced c delivered
a. forced
and
6 The room was empty for so long it was full of dust
b. scratching c.Wreaths
a. cobwebs

form of the verbs in the box

Complete the sentences with the
correct
E.
surround examine arrange stab feel hold gather suggest
1 We have not our holidays yet. I have no idea
where we will go.
the beach seashells.
2 Jenny spent the afternoon on

3 Mr Jones had to take a pill because he seasick oon

the boat.
4 The facts the bank robbery are very strange.
5 Phil that we go to a Chinese restaurant to have
dinner.
6 The criminal was arrested after a policeman in
the chest.
7 The doctor.
t h e patient and found that he had a
heart condition.
8
Abig celebration was in the school auditorium at
the end of the school
year.
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Before read Chapter 8, try to guess what will happer

F. you
his find the remaining boxes?
Will Van Helsing and men

2 Where do you think Dracula is?

3 What is happening to Mina and why is she feeling weak?

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A. Match the pictures with the phrases a-f.

Mina Jonathan Dr Seward

Dracula the delivery man Professor

Van Helsing
a threatened someone's life.
understood the vampire's fear.
c felt dirty.
d forced open the doorthe Harkers' room.
to
efound out where the other boxes were.
supplied someone with the address of the house in Piccadilly
B. Are the
following sentences True or False? Write T or F in the boxes.
1. Carfax is situated in Piccadilly.
2 Dracula is trying to make Mina a
vamp1re.
3 Mina's nightdress was covered in blood.
44
Dracula threatened to kill Jonathan.
5
Jonathan drank blood from Dracula's wound.
Van
7
Helsing gave
Mina a cross for protection.
Dr Seward kept Dracula
8
away by using a cross.
Dracula threatened to make them all
vampires.
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in Chapter 8 which mean

C. Find words or phrases the
1 find
ame as:
(page 40))
2 places
3 dreadful
(page 40)
(page 40)
4 at once
page 40)
5 quickly
(page 40)
6 cried
(page 40)
7 dirty page 40)
8 cry loudly
(page 42)
9 moved towards
(page 42)
10 pretty (page 42)
11 intense anger (page 43)
12 moved backwards (page 43)
D. Complete the folowing sentences with the correct form of the
words in capitals.
1 Dr Barnett is no longer at that address; he has moved
to a new LOCATE
2 When Mike fell off the horse he was knocked
CONSCIOUS

3 When the doors were opened the place started to

RAPID
fill up TIGHT
4 The doctor wrapped the
bandage.
around John's sprained ankle.
5 The magician closed the lid of the box and when he
APPEAR

opened it again the woman inside had DISCUS

6 When the. all went back

was over we
to our desks.
P R O T E C T

7
Many plants need, from the cold
weather in the winter.
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events in the order which they happened. Write

E. Put the following
1-10 in the
boxes.

unconscious and Mina was drinking Dracula's blood.

Jonathan was

him away saying she was unclean.

She pushed
The room filled with mist and Dracula vanished.
Dr Seward and Van Helsing were in the doctor's office.

Dr Seward forced the door open.

They heard a scream coming from the Harkers' room.

Jonathan woke up and reached out for Mina.

The door to the room was locked.
Van Helsing stopped him with a cross.
Dracula moved quickly in their direction.

F. Before you read Chapter 9, try to guess what will happen.

1 Will the men manage to find the last box?

2 Will Dracula's threats become

reality?

3 Will Dracula attack Mina

again?

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A. Match the two halves of the following sentences.

a
1 Mina will die was on a
ship going back
2 Van Helsing b ifhe travels to home.
hypnotised Mina by sea. Transylvania
3 They discovered that cif Dracula is not
Dracula dand took the Orient
destroyed.
Jonathan stayed with from Paris to
Express
4 Varna.
Mina e in order to find out where
5 Dracula will have to Dracula is.
sail to Varna ftook the box of soil from
6 The Czarina Catherine the ship.
is a ship which while the others were
7 The men decided to looking for Dracula's ship.
travel overland h will take three weeks to get
8 A group of gypsies to Varna.

B. What do the underlined words refer to?

1I she asked me to call Van Helsing to our room immediately. (page 44)

2 Now we must find that ship! (page 44)

3 We must destroy him to save you. (page 45)

4 They returned this afternoon with encouraging news. page

or rna
And, in order to do that, he will have to travel via the port
in Russia. (page 45)
5)
W e will board /t and place a branch of wild rose on the box. (PauB

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notes to write
sentences which summarise Chapter 9.
C.Use the
I V a nH e l s i n g / h y p n o t i s e / M i n a / s e e / w h e r e / D r a c u l a / b e

2 He/return/Transylvania/ship/box/soil

They/find out/he/on/ship/Czarina Catherine/go/Varna

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Van Helsing/Doctor Seward/Harkers/Arthur/travel/Varna/train

4

55 Wait/Varna/ship/unexpectedly/it/go/Galatz

6 So/they/go/train/Varna/Galatz/find/ship

7 Men/ask/captain/show/box/soil/too late

8 Group/sypsies/already/take/box/ship

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Chapter 9

D. Read thhe sentences below and find the words in

write the words in the spaces provided to find out Chapter9.Then
Helsing's mission is.
what Van
1 Useful
2 They took Dracula's box from the Czarina Catherine.
3 Van Helsing put Mina under this to get informatio about
whereabouts. Dracula's
4 Mina had such a connection with Dracula.
5 Get on a ship.
6 Theport where the Czarina Catherine is going.
7 When Mina was hypnotised, she could only hear the
sound of these
8 Part of a tree.
9 A long trip.
10 The men must do this to Dracula or else Mina will die.
11 When she was
hypnotised, Mina spoke in this kind of voice.
1

2
3
4

5
6

7
8

10
11

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form of the
Complete the following sentences using the
correct
E.
verbs in the box.
inform convince insist fill lap sleep lie hypnotise

why he looked so tired he told me that he

1 When I asked John
hadn't. a wink the night before.
2 The doctor his patient and asked her to try and
remember how the accident had happened.
3 In the yoga class we were asked to_ down and
relax for a few minutes.
The our glasses with water as soon
4 waiter kept,
as they emptied.
5 Julie is such a good student; I am . she will pass
the test.
6 He on paying me some extra money for the

good work I had done.

7 The sound of the sea. against the dock relaxes me.

8 The station master . us that the train would leave

on time.
F. Before you read Chapter 10, try to guess what will happen.
1 What will the company's new plan be

2 Where will the men go to find Dracula?

3 Will they be able to destroy him?

3 9

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with the sentences.

A. Match the people

Professor Mina Jonathan Dr Seward Dracula

Van Helsing Harker Harker and Arthur

Controlled the gypsies so that someone else could accomplish his task.
b Destroved the evil creature that had tried to destroy his life.
Wrote a detailed account of what happened in case anything
happened to him.
d Was finally destroyed and became a pile of dust.
Was put in a trance to point out the direction of a specific place.

B. Find words in Chapter 10 that mean the same as:

(page 48)
1 riding
(page 48)
2 bravery
(page 48)
3 food and drink in store
(page 48)
4 arrived at place
a
(page 50)
5 happening very quickly (page 50)
6 the sound horses make
(page 50
7 great fear

8 a
place which offers protection (page5
9 weak and easily hurt (page
10 broke in very small (page
pieces
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CVan Helsing and Mina are on Borgo Pass and they are discussing
the events of the previous night. Complete the dialogue with the
missing phrases.
Mina: What is that, Professor? What's happened

Van Helsing: Poor creatures, they're dead. The vampires

Mina: Those disgusting vampire women must be the ones

Van Helsing: Thankfully, Mina,

But we must find the vampires and destroy them. I will

Mina: What about me?

Van Helsing: You You'll be safe
as long as,
Mina: How will you go to the castle, Professor? There are no
horses to pull the carriage.
Van Helsing:
I'
take
with me. They will
protect me.
Mina: What do you need the hammer and
wooden stakes for?
Van Helsing: I need them
It's the only way to
put their souls at peace.

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Chapter 10

D. Complete the following sentences with the correct

1 They were travelling horseback and gallopedpreposition.
it. the
carriage the minute they
saw

2 dinner, Duncan likes reading a book

the warmth
of the fire.
3 Karen must be, her way. the station
4 All the children sat a circle singing right now.
the camp fire.
5 Suddenly, a woman appeared Alan, threatening him
a gun.

6 The criminal pulled a knife and stabbed the

man
the throat.
7 It would be best, you start studying.
the
test immediately.
8 She speaks the President as if she has met him.
9 Marvin saw a boat the horizon and knew it was coming
his rescue.
10 Stop moaning, Steve, my house is only a short distance here.
E. Match the two halves of the
following sentences.
1 The gypsies were trying to a to make Mina go away
take Dracula with them.
2 Van
Helsing and Mina travelled b then plunged a knife
3Van Helsing placed four into Dracula's heart.
crosses around the camp cC home his castle.
to
4 Three female
vampires d while they waited for
appeared and tried the others to arrive.
5 Professor Van Helsing killed train

the vampires
e part of the way by
and the rest by cariage.
6 Mina and the Professor set f for protection agairet
camp and lit a fire
7 the vampires.
Jonathan removed the lid eacho
from the box 8 by stabbing
with a wooden sta
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 EXERCISES ON THE
WHOLE STORY

b or c to select the main idea of each chapter.

A. Choose a,

Chapter 1
Harker travels to an inn in Transylvania where he meets a
a. Jonathan
strange Count.
house of a
b. Jonathan Harker has a strange adventure in the
Transylvanian Count.
Harker travels to Transylvania with a Count who is trying
c. Jonathan
to sell his London house.

Chapter 2
a. Mina Murray visits her old friend Lucy
Westenra in Whitby to find
out information about her missing fiancé.
b. Mina Murray and her old friend Lucy Westenra move to a house by
the coast to make arrangements for Lucy's wedding.
C.
Mina Murray spends some time at the summer house of an old
friend of hers, Lucy Westenra, who is about to be married.

Chapter 3
a. Lucy and Mina travel to Budapest where Mina gets married to her
fiancé Jonathan.
b. Lucy has a strange experience while sleepwalking and Mina goes to
Budapest where she gets married in a hospital.
C. Mina finds out that a strange man with red eyes causes Lucy to
sleepwalk and travels to Budapest to tell Jonathan.

Chapter 4
a.
Lucy's doctor calls an expert from Amsterdam and they decide to
perform blood transfusions to save her, but her condition worsens.
b. Dr Seward and Professor Van
Helsing are trying to cure Lucy with
garlic, which is lethal for Mrs Westenra's weak heart.

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 Exercises
on the whole story
transtusions but one nioh..
the blood wolf
CLucyfeels betterafter
window and kills
her mother
crashes through a

Chapter 5
Mina. reading her husband's
after journal, tells Van
Va.
a. Lucy dies and
is afraid for Jonathan's life
too.
Helsing that she
with her mother and Van Helsing starts investioatin.
b. Lucy is buried ng
of Mina Harker.
her death with the help
Van Helsing travels to Exeter to
After Lucy's death. Professor
meet
C.
about his journal
Jonathan Harker and ask him

Chapter 6
a Van Helsing and Dr Seward rescue the wounded children from
Lucy and Arthur kills her with a wooden stake.
b. Dr Seward proves to Van Helsing that Lucy is a vampire and Arthur

helps them destroy her.

cVan Helsing, Dr Seward and Arthur work together to set Lucy's sou
free because she is one of the 'undead.

Chapter 7
a. Van Helsing, Dr Seward, Arthur and the Harkers decide to cooperate
to destroy Dracula.
b. Van Helsing. Dr Seward, Arthur and the Harkers find out that
Dracula is in Carfax and they all go there to destroy him.
.Van Helsing. Dr Seward, Arthur and Jonathan enter Carfax but the

vampire transforms himself into rats and attacks them.

Chapter8
a. While the men are in
Piccadilly, Dracula attacks Mina in the asyilun
and drinks her
blood.
D. The men break into the
Piccadilly house and Dracula attacks em

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 Exercises on the whole story

but they manage

to trighten him with the help of a cross.
Dracula makes Mina drink his blood and a day later he threatens the

men in Piccadilly.

Chapter 9

aVan Helsing hypnotises Mina on the Czarina Catherine so that she

Dracula's direction to then.
points out
Helsing puts Mina in a trance and after they find out that
b. Van
Dracula is escaping England, they all follow his tracks.
Dracula leaves England and the men board a ship and follow him to
C.
Varna and then Galatz according to Mina's suggestions.

Chapter 10
a. Van Helsing and the rest of the company track Dracula down ar
a.
Borgo Pass and they destroy him with the help of the gypsies.
b. Mina with Van Helsing reach Dracula's castle where he kills three
vampire women before the rest of the men trap the gypsies and
destroy Dracula.
c.
C. Mina and Van Helsing manage to destroy Dracula who is trying to
escape Transylvania in a cart pulled by the gypsi

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Exercises on the whole story

B. Complete the following sentences with words from the st.

Then transfer the words to the grid to find out the
1 Dracula the Golden Krone to Jonathan ystery phrase.
Harker to
his first in
days Transylvania. stay during
2 Jonathan enjoyed his journey through.
3 Jonathan had house in London for
a
Europe.
Dracula.
4 The inn
keeper's
wife gave Jonathan a to protect him.
5 The Count was an looking man.
6 Most of the doors in Dracula's castle were
7 The house called Carfax
was situated beside a lunatic
8 When Jonathan had been at the castle for a few
days he felt like
Dracula's
9 Lucy Westenra was
going to Arthur Holmwood.
10 When the
coastguard boarded the Demeter there was no of life
on board
11 Mina found
Lucy lying
on a in the churchyard.
12 Lucy had two red marks on her
13 Jonathan was taken to a
hospital in Budapest suffering from brain .

14 Jonathan's doctors told Mina that he had had some kind

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of bad,
Lucy was so bloodless she needed a
16 The Professor explained to Mrs Westenra that the garlic flowers were
o f value.
17 When Dr Seward and Professor Van Helsing broke into the house in

Hillingham they found Mrs Westenra.

18 Mrs Westenra died because she had a weak .

19 Van Helsing was very interested in hearing about Lucy's " incident.
20 Mina
gave Van Helsing Jonathan's. to read.
21 Professor Van Helsing brought a copy of the Westminster Gazec to
Dr Seward's
22 Lucy lay in the coffin with cheeks and a blood stained moutn.
23 Arthur freed
Lucy by driving a, through her heart.

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 Exercises on the whole story

C. The main events of Dracula are summarised below. Find

nd and
and co
correct
a tick ().
the mistakes. If a line is correct, put
Varna to inform Count
Jonathan Harker goes to
Dracula about the house he had just sold for him. He
at an inn on the way, where the innkeeper's wife
stays
to protect him from evil. Jonathan
gives him garlic
arrives at the castle by train where he meets Dracula.
After a few days Jonathan understands that he is in a
safe place and wants to escape. Meanwhile Mina,
Jonathan's wife, goes to visit her old friend Lucy
Westenra. While she is at Lucy's house, strange things
happen. Then Mina hears that Jonathan is in a hotel
in Budapest and she leaves to go there immediately. In
the meantime, Lucy goes to her family house in Whitby
where her doctor decides to consult Count Van Helsing
about her condition. Lucy has lost a lot of blood and4
must have transtusions. She finally dies and Dr. Seward
realises that she has become a vampire. Mina meets
with the Professor in Exeter and gives him both her
and Lucy's journals to read. When the Professor
returns to London he hears that a woman like Lucy has
been killing children and sucking their blood. He
goes
to her tomb with Dr Seward and Arthur and
theyy
destroy her. Then the Harkers, the Professor, Arthur
and Dr Seward meet at the Professor's house where
they decide to find the chief vampire and destroy him.
They go to Dracula's castle Carfax but they fail to find
Dracula who a little later
manages to attack Mina. The
Professor puts Mina in a trance in order to find out
where Dracula is. She
says that he is in a train going
back to Transylvania and
the end they find a cart
they go after him by ship. In
pulled by servants who are
taking it to Dracula's castle, and Arthur
jumps on it
and kills the monster.

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 Exercises on the whole story
D. Which of the following characteristics do you think each character
in the story has? Tick the appropriate boxes in the grid below.

CHARACTERS

CHARACTERISTICS
kind
clever
evil
curious
strong
weak
romantic
helpful
brave
selfish
confused
frail
dangerous
sensitive

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