1. What happens to Miss Bracegirdle first? What happens next? Write the numbers 1–13.
A She finds a knife in the man’s pocket.
B She gets under the bed.
C She goes to a hotel and a girl shows her her room.
D She goes to bed.
E She goes to meet her sister from the boat.
F She arrives in Bordeaux.
G She knows that she is in the wrong room.
H She realises the man is dead.
I She sees a man in her bed.
J She sneezes.
K She takes a hot bath.
L The handle of the door comes off in her hand.
M The maid tells her the man is dead.
2. Imagine Miss Bracegirdle wrote a letter to her brother telling what really happened. Use the words below to fill in the blanks.
wrong bath dead under believe
immediately scream strange handle
My Dear Brother,
a I am going to tell you a story that you will
not ……… .
b Are you sitting down? I spent last night
……… the bed of a Frenchman!
c He was ……… !
d I came back to my room after a ……… ,
e but then I saw a ……… man in the bed.
f I knew I was in the ……… room.
g I ……… tried to leave the room,
h but then the door ……… came off in my hand!
i ‘What can I do?’ I thought. ‘I mustn’t ……… .’
3. Match a word or phrase from List A with a word or phrase from List B.
a wake 1 station
b cup of 2 table
c writing 3 box
d door 4 tea
e police 5 night’s sleep
f letter 6 handle
g a good 7 up
4. Complete the following sentences with expressions from Question 3.
a Miss Bracegirdle couldn’t get out of the room because the ………… came off in her hand.
b She finally returned to her room and had ………… .
c In the morning, she asked the girl for a strong ………… .
d She sat at the ………… and wrote a letter to her brother.
e Then she walked quickly to the ………… to send her letter.
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