Vocabulary 1
What is a box in which a dead body is placed for burial? Also known as a casket.
A coffin
TRUE OR FALSE: Marble is a type of hard stone, often used in sculptures, buildings, or gravestones.
TRUE
What means shaped by cutting or engraving, often in wood or stone?
Carved
Who is the narrator of the story?
The husband who is a painter
What is the name and job of the wife of the narrator?
Laura and she is a poet
What is a yard or plot of land around a church, often used as a cemetery?
A. Coffin
B. Churchyard
C. Marble
B. Churchyard
What did we celebrate on October 31?
All Saints' Eve or Halloween
What does Hesitated mean?
Paused or delayed in action, often due to uncertainty, doubt, or fear.
Who told stories about strange sights and did the housekeeping?
Mrs. Doorman
What job did their neighbour have?
He was the local doctor
What do you call actions that are bad or wrong?
Evil deeds
How do you call the tasks involved in cleaning and maintaining a home, hotel, or other place?
Housekeeping
Who is legally entitled to inherit the property or title of someone who has passed away?
Heirs
How did Laura make extra income?
She wrote the stories of Mrs. Doorman and sold it to a magazine
Why did Mrs. Doorman need to leave?
To take care of her sick niece and she didn´t want to be in the house during halloween
What do you call professionals who handle the buying, selling, renting, or management of properties?
Estate Agents
Struck is the past tense of what verb? and what does it mean?
Past tense of "strike"; to hit something
What is celebrated the evening before All Saint's Day?
All Saints' Eve
Before Laura and her husband, who lived in the house? Did the villagers like them or not? Why?
Two cruel men who the villagers hated because they did evil deeds
What happens at exactly 11 o´clock on All Saint´s Eve?
The knight figures in the church get down from their pedestals walk out through the coffin-walk to the house and if they see anyone along the way they do evil deeds to them