A Ghost in Love and Other Plays
1 Which play do these sentences come from? One h ... directed My New Friend? ……………
ghost for the Day, One ghost for the Night, sleep
COMPREHENSION
now, My Darling or A ghost in Love.
a ‘Perhaps you can be in the next film.’
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b ‘I make the best dinner in the north of England.’
TEST
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c ‘She ate cats for breakfast.’ ……………
d ‘He is building a big house with it.’ ……………
e ‘We can get the next plane back to America.’
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f ‘I was happy when I was an actress.’
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g ‘I’m never going to leave her again.’ ……………
h ‘You must get my boy’s money.’ ……………
i ‘Let’s see the village.’ ……………
j ‘I get up in the morning and then I do nothing.’
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2 One ghost for the Day, One ghost for the Night.
Who in the play …? Beth, James’ son, Keech, James
Heston, Timms, Richard Little.
a ... killed a rich man? ……………
b ... is building a new house? ……………
c ... died in 1651? ……………
d ... gets some money when he is twenty-one?
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e ... kills Richard? ……………
f ... is the ghost for the night? ……………
g ... married James Heston and then David Keech?
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h ... is afraid of Keech? ……………
i ... speaks in court, but nobody can see him?
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j ... is the judge in court? ……………
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3 sleep now, My Darling. Who in the play …? Jenny
Lawson, gilbert Lawson, Henry, Laura, Jenny’s
father.
a ... tells Jenny to smile? ……………
b ... goes to America for six weeks? ……………
c ... decides to act again? ……………
d ... is twenty? ……………
e ... acted in My New Friend? ……………
f ... tells Jenny to act again? ……………
g ... meets a young man at the airport?
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i ... writes books? ……………
j ... dies on a plane? ……………
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4 A ghost in Love. Who in the play …? Brad, Jerry, Mrs
Finch, ellen, Matthew, the women in the shop.
a ... did people think was a witch? ……………
b ... stole things from rich people? ……………
c ... died in prison? ……………
d ... goes to work for Davis TV instead of Brad?
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e ... had a father who died a month ago?
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f ... went on the ship without Ellen? ……………
g ... told them about Matthew? ……………
h ... does Ellen call Matthew? ……………
i ... stays in England? ……………
j ... hits the television? ……………
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5 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
a James Heston is a ghost.
b Keech is a friend of Heston.
c Richard Little is a friend of Heston.
d Jenny Lawson is a good cook.
e Jenny meets Gilbert as a young man at the
airport.
f Brad and Jerry are going to spend about
three weeks in England.
g Jerry’s father died a few weeks before.
h Two hundred years ago the village was
poor.
i Matthew and Ellen killed a lot of people.
j Matthew died in prison.
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Setting
Choose the best answer.
1 James Heston’s ghost wants Richard Little to
_____.
a F kill Keech b F find his son’s money
c F find his wife d F look after his son
2 Keech _____.
a F wants a new wife b F is building himself
a new house c F wants to help poor
people d F is really a ghost
3 The ghost makes Richard _____.
a F throw books across the room b F throw
chairs out of the window c F break tables and
chairs d F clean the room
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4 Jenny Lawson wants to _____.
a F direct a new film b F find a new
house c F work in her garden d F go to
America with her husband
TEST
5 Gilbert Lawson tells his wife to _____.
a F stay at home b F act in his new film
c F come with him to America d F marry
someone else
6 In the airport, Henry wants to talk about _____.
a F Gilbert b F himself c F Jenny
d F Laura
7 The hotel in the village opened in _____.
a F 1760 b F 1853 c F 1860 d F 1753
8 Brad thinks _____.
a F the hotel is too expensive b F he knows
Ellen from America c F he was in the village
before d F Mrs Finch talks a lot
9 Brad sees _____ ghost in the hotel room.
a F Maud’s b F his father’s c F Jerry’s
d F Ellen Bannister’s
10 Ellen tells Brad that _____.
a F she really likes Jerry b F she died last
year c F he is really Matthew d F Mrs
Finch is a good cook
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Characters
Choose the best answer.
11 Richard Little was _____.
a F thirty-two b F fifty c F forty-eight
d F forty
12 Beth was _____.
a F Richard’s wife b F Mary’s sister
c F Keech’s sister d F Heston’s wife
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13 David Keech _____ with him.
a F always has a knife b F sometimes has a
gun c F always has a lot of money
d F never has any money
14 Heston’s son is _____.
a F twenty-one b F eight c F twelve
d F eighteen
15 _____ never went to the airport.
a F Gilbert and Jenny b F Jenny’s father and
Laura c F Laura and Henry d F Jenny’s
mother and father
16 Henry is _____.
a F an old friend of Gilbert’s b F Gilbert’s
younger brother c F the ghost of Gilbert as a
young man d F an old school friend of
Jenny’s
17 Jenny decides to _____.
a F be an actress again b F move to Spain
c F study drama d F marry Henry
18 Brad and Jerry are in Britain _____.
a F for work b F to visit friends
c F on holiday d F to find ghosts
19 The women didn’t like Ellen because she _____.
a F stole their men b F was horrible to
people c F had no money d F was beautiful
20 Ellen was eighteen when she _____.
a F died b F went to America c F worked
in the hotel d F met Matthew
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Dialogue
Who said or wrote this?
21 ‘There’s something out there.’
a F James Heston b F Mary Little
c F Richard Little d F David Keech
22 ‘She’s always looking for her boyfriend.’
a F Henry b F Mrs Finch c F Laura
d F David Keech
23 ‘In our house he talks to people and there is
nobody there.’
a F Jenny Lawson b F Mrs Finch
c F Jerry d F Mary Little
24 ‘I’m never going to leave her again.’
a F Richard Little b F Brad Davis
c F James Heston d F Gilbert Lawson
25 ‘I know your face.’
a F Jenny b F Henry c F Brad
d F Gilbert
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26 ‘You brought me to this court.’ Plot

a F Richard Little b F Judge Timms
c F David Keech d F James Heston
27 ‘You went on the ship. You didn’t wait for me.’
a F Jerry b F Brad c F Jenny d F Ellen
28 ‘I’m going to be late for the plane.’
a F Henry b F Laura c F Gilbert
d F Jenny
29 ‘I’m staying here, in prison with you.’
a F James Heston’s ghost b F Richard Little’s
ghost c F Judge Timms d F Beth’s ghost
30 ‘What do you do every day?’
a F Henry b F Gilbert c F Laura
d F Brad
Choose the best answer.
41 Heston’s ghost tells the judge that Keech _____.
a F killed a rich man and took his money
b F worked hard to get his money c F should
not go to prison d F is a generous man
42 Keech kills _____.
a F Mary b F Richard c F James’s son
d F Judge Timms
43 The ghosts stay with Keech in prison _____.
a F all day and all night b F only during the
day c F only at night d F only at weekends
44 Henry tells Jenny that _____.
a F she must leave Gilbert b F she must be an
actress again c F she wasn’t a good actress

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d F she could become a waitress
45 In the airport, Laura tells Jenny _____.
Vocabulary a F to become a writer b F she looks
great c F she looks unhappy d F to leave

TEST
Choose the best answer.
Gilbert
31 a quiet, happy time
46 Gilbert _____.
a F break b F prison c F peace
a F dies in a car crash b F moves to
d F holiday
America c F marries another actress
32 a place where judges decide who should go to
d F dies in a plane crash
prison
47 Maud Anscombe says that Ellen _____.
a F court b F pub c F trial d F café
a F was a witch b F ate cats c F was
33 a woman who uses magic to do bad things
strange d F was horrible to cows
a F cook b F witch c F waitress
48 Mrs Morgan said that Matthew _____.
d F actress
a F didn’t like Ellen b F took Ellen’s
34 the person who tells actors what to do
money c F killed Ellen d F went to
a F actress b F producer c F judge
Australia
d F director
49 Ellen died _____ after she went to prison.
35 to lift something up and send it through the air
a F three weeks b F six years c F three
a F move b F run c F cry d F throw
months d F six months
36 the place at the airport where you hand over
50 Brad decides to live in the village and he _____.
your luggage
a F marries Ellen b F buys another hotel
a F departure lounge b F check-in desk
c F makes TV programmes d F gives Davis
c F gate d F runway
TV to Jerry
37 to take other people’s things
a F use b F sell c F steal d F laugh 20 marks
38 the sound that you make when you speak
a F voice b F smile c F talk d F cry
39 mentally ill Total marks
a F angry b F mad c F unhappy
d F sorry
40 to make something work (a TV)
a F put off b F put up c F put out
d F put on

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