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Murder on the Orient Express While reading Chapter 1 1 Write ritethenam thenamestofi estofinish nishthesent thesentences ences.. Ratchett Bouc Mr Harris Col olon onel elA Arb rbut uthn hnot ot Mr Mrs sH Hub ubba barrd Mis iss sDe Debe benh nham am Pri rinc nces ess sDr Drag agom omir irof off  f  a  ………… …………………b ………becam ecameve everyne rynervou rvouswhe swhen n therewasadelayonthetrainfromSyriato Istanbul. b ………… …………………h ………hads adspent pentalo alotof toftime timein in thearmyinIndia. c ………… …………………h ………help elpedP edPoir oirotto ottofind finda a compartmentontheOrientExpress. d  ………… …………………s ………seem eemedto edtohav haveawi eawild ld animalhiddeninsidehim. e ………… …………………a ………arri rrived vedtoo toolat latetoc etocatch atchthe the train. f  ………… …………………h ………hada adahus husban bandwho dwhohad had  gothismoneyoutofhis gothismone youtofhiscountrybefor countrybeforethe ethe Communiststookcontrol. g  ………… …………………h ………hada adadau daughte ghterwho rwhowas was teachingatacollegeinTurkey. Chapter 2 2 Pu Puttheun ttheunderli derlinedlet nedlettersin tersintherig therightpla htplaceto ceto makeaword. a  BouctoldP BouctoldPoirot oirotthatasgrsa thatasgrsapene pene ………………hadbeenmurderedinhisbed. b Thewindo ThewindowofRatche wofRatchett’ tt’scompartm scompartment ent wasopen,buttherewerenotofoptsnir ………………inthesnow. c Thed Thedoorw oorwasl aslock ockeda edande ndetdo tdolb lb ………………ontheinside. d  Boucsaid Boucsaidthatwhenthepo thatwhenthepolicearri licearrived, ved, therewouldbedelaysandapnsnestnaselu ………………. e Ma MacQue cQueena enacted ctedsvr svreny enyluo luo………… ………………as ……as hesatdownoppositePoirot. f  Poirotr oirotreadthecar eadthecarefull efullyprinted yprinteddwrgninah dwrgninahti ti ………………onthenotepaper. g  Poirotbe oirotbentdowntolo ntdowntolookatthesuo okatthesuodnw dnw ………………onRatchett’sbody. h Poirotfo oirotfoundagununderRa undagununderRatchett tchett’’sliplwo ………………. i Poirotfo oirotfoundasmall undasmall,pretty ,prettykaheihf kaheihfcerdn cerdn ………………onthefloorofRatchett’s compartment. j Colone ColonelArmstro lArmstrong’ ng’sdaughte sdaughterwaspdik rwaspdiknadep nadep ………………andthenmurdered. c Pearson Education Limited 2009

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Photocopiable Chapter 3 3 Answ Answerthequ erthequestio estions. ns. a  Whod WhodidP idPoir oiroti otinterv nterviewf iewfirs irst? t? ……………………………………………… . b Whatwason Whatwasonthebackofthe thebackofthereddres reddressing sing gownthattheladyinthecorridorwas wearing? ……………………………………………… . c WhydidP WhydidPrinces rincessDrago sDragomiroff miroffringherbell ringherbell?? ……………………………………………… . d  Howdi HowdidMacQu dMacQueenfeel eenfeelwhenhefoundout whenhefoundout thatRatchettwasreallyCassetti? ……………………………………………… . e WhatdidRa WhatdidRatchettnor tchettnormallyta mallytakebefor kebeforehe ehe wenttobed? ……………………………………………… . f  Whod WhodidM idMrsH rsHubba ubbardt rdthink hinkhad hadbeen beeninhe inher r compartmentthepreviousnight? ……………………………………………… . g  Wherehad WherehadMrsHub MrsHubbardpu bardputherjewell therjewellery? ery? ……………………………………………… . h WhatdidMr WhatdidMrsHubb sHubbardtak ardtakefromher efromher handbag? ……………………………………………… . i Whycould Whycouldn n’tMrsHu tMrsHubbard bbardseeifthedoo seeifthedoor r betweenhercompartme between hercompartmentandthenex ntandthenextone tone wasboltedornot? ……………………………………………… . j Whyh Whyhadth adtheS eSwed wedish ishlad ladygon ygonetos etoseeM eeMrs rs Hubbard? ……………………………………………… . Chapter 4 4 Are Arethesese thesesentenc ntencesrigh esright( t(3)orwrong(7)? a  Gret GretaOhlss aOhlssonsaid onsaidsheslept shesleptverydeeply verydeeply  anddidn’tknowifanybodyhadentered orlefthercompartmentthenightbefore. b Gret Gretasaidsh asaidshelikedthe elikedtheAmerican Americansbecaus sbecause e theygivealotofmoneytoschoolsand hospitalsinTurkey. c Poirotbe oirotbelieve lievedthattheI dthattheItalia talianwasthe nwasthe murderer. d  Theconduct Theconductor or,Michel ,Michel,hadlostabut ,hadlostabutton ton fromhisuniform. e Pri PrincessD ncessDragomir ragomiroffloo offlookedveryugl kedveryugly y whenPoirotspoketoher. f  Pr Princ incess essDra Dragomi gomirof roffkn fknewth ewtheArm eArmstr strong ong familyverywell. Murder on the Orient Express - Activity worksheets

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Murder on the Orient Express g  PrincessDragomiroffwasverysadthat Ratchetthadbeenkilled. h PrincessDragomiroffsaidthatsheoften sawLindaArden’syoungestdaughter. i CountandCountessAndrenyiarrived attherestaurantcarriagetogether. j CountessAndrenyisaidshehadonly beenmarriedforayear.

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Chapter 5 5 Underlinethewrongwordandputtheright one. a  MrHardmanfirstsaidhewastravellingfor pleasure.……………… b MrHardmanhadbeentoIstanbultolookfor acoupleofchildren.……………… c MrRatchettsaidthepersonwhowas threateninghimwastallanddark. ……………… d  FoscarelliwasItalianbuthehadbecomea Britishcitizen.……………… e BoucsaidthatItalianslovedusingguns. ……………… f  MissDebenhamsaidshehadbeenworkingas asecretaryinBaghdad.……………… g  Hildegardesaidthehandkerchiefwasvery cheap.……………… Chapter 6 6 Finishthesentenceswiththerightword. disproved sharp crowd willingly forwards tidily curled temper refused clue a  Poirotthinksthatthemurdererpossiblyleft thewatchasafalse………………. b Hardman’sevidencecouldeasilybe ………………byacalltoNewYork. c MrsHubbardfell………………anddropped intoBouc’sarms. d  Therewasa………………ofpeopleoutside MrsHubbard’scompartment. e Theknifewas………………andcoveredin blood. f  WhenPoirotaskedMrsHubbardfor permissiontosearchherluggage,sheagreed ………………. g  CountessAndrenyiwas………………upina chairwhenPoirotarrived.

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Photocopiable h MissDebenham………………toexplainthe wordsshehadsaidtoColonelArbuthnot. i Forthefirsttime,MissDebenhamshowed signsoflosingher………………. j Thereddressinggownwas……………… placedinPoirot’ssuitcase. Chapter 7 7 FindwordsinChapter7. a  Thepartsofawatchthatmovetoshowusthe time.(p.52)……………… b Atypeofclothesthatyouwearinbed.(p.53) ……………… c Somethingyoufindinsideapen.(p.53) ……………… d  Anadjectivetodescribewhatsomethingislike afterafire.(p.54)……………… e Thedaughterofyourbrotherorsister.(p.56) ……………… f  Anadjectivetodescribesomebodywhois usuallyhappy.(p.57)……………… g  Alonglookatsomebodyorsomething.(p.58) ……………… h Movedhisheadfromsidetoside.(p.59) ……………… Chapter 8 8 What’sfirst?Numberthesentences1–8. a  GretaOhlssonadmitsthatshewasDaisy Armstrong’snurse. b MissDebenhamexplainswhyshelied aboutherjobwiththeArmstrongs. c Poirotexplainshisfirstsolutionabout amanwhogotonthetraindressedasa conductor. d  PoirotshowsColonelArbuthnotthe pipecleanerandaskshimifhemurdered Ratchett. e Poirotdecidestotellthepoliceabout hisfirstsolution. f  Poirotexplainstoallthepassengersthat thathecanthinkoftwopossiblesolutions tothecrime. g  PoirottellsFoscarellithatheknowshe drovecarsfortheArmstrongfamily. h Poirotexplainshissecondsolution abouttwelvepeoplebeingresponsible forRatchett’sdeath.

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Murder on the Orient Express 1 Arethesesentencesright(3)orwrong( 7)? a  PoirotmetBoucinahotelrestaurantin Istanbul. c b PoirotknewthatRatchett’snamewasreally Cassettifromthebeginning. c c SomeofRatchett’swoundswereveryslight butsomewereveryserious. c d  ColonelArmstrongshothimselfafterhis wifedied. c e Theconductor,PierreMichel,didn’tsee anythingthenightofthemurderbecause hewassleepingallthetime. c f  MrsHubbardsawthemanthatwasinher compartmentveryclearly. c g  Allofthewomenonthetrainsaidthey didn’thaveareddressinggown. c h CountessAndrenyihadspentmanyyears livinginAmericawithherhusband. c i TheAmerican,Hardman,hadbeenhired byRatchetttoprotecthim. c j PoirotbelievedthattheCountesswasthe onlypersonnotresponsibleforthemurder. c 2 Whathappenedfirst?Numberthesentences1–10. a Poirotfoundapipecleaneronthefloorof Ratchett’scompartment. c b LindaArdensaidshealwayslikedplaying amusingcharacters. c c AhotelworkertoldPoirotandBouc thatallthefirst-classandsecond-class compartmentswerefull. c d  GretaOhlssonadmittedshehadbeenDaisy Armstrong’snurse. c e PoirotfoundaninkspotonCountess Andrenyi’spassport. c f  MrsHubbardtoldPoirotthatshethought amanhadbeeninhercompartmentthe nightbefore. c g PoirottoldtheCountessthatheknewshe wasMrsArmstrong’ssister. c h TheAmericandetective,Hardman,told Poirotaboutamanwithahighvoice. c i BoucaskedPoirottotakecommandof themurdercase. c j MrsHubbardfoundabigknifeinher spongebag. c

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Photocopiable 3 Writethenamestofinishthesentences. Poirot Ratchett MissDebenham ColonelArbuthnot CountessAndrenyi MrsHubbard MrsArmstrong PierreMichel PrincessDragomiroff HildegardeSchmidt a  …………………gavebirthtoosoonbecauseof herdaughter’smurder. b …………………saidthattosolveacase,aman justhastoliebackandthink. c …………………believedthattheTurkswerelazy andhadterribleroads. d  …………………wasreallythefatherofthe Armstrong’smaid. e …………………saidthatasmall,darkconductor almostranintoherinthecorridor. f  …………………offeredPoirotbigmoneyifhe wouldhelphim. g  …………………wasveryuglyandbought expensiveclothesandjewellery. h …………………wasworriedthatherreputation wouldberuinedifherphotographwasinthe newspapers. i …………………spoketoMaryonatrain platformbetweenSyriaandIstanbul. j …………………’shusbandsaidshedidn’tleave hercompartmentallnight. 4 Circletherightwords. a  M.Boucthoughtitwasverystrangethatthe OrientExpresswasempty /full /delayed atthat timeofyear. b PoirotrefusedtohelpRatchettbecausehedidn’t likehisbusiness /face /wife . c PoirottoldBoucthatthefirstthingheneededwas aplanofthecompartmentsandthepassengers’ luggage /keys /passports . d  Thedoctorfoundagoldwatchinthepocketsof Ratchett’ssoap bag /pyjamas /trousers . e WhenMrsHubbardthoughttherewasaman inhercompartment,sherangforPoirot / her daughter / the conductor . f  M.Boucsaidthathedidn’tlikeItaliansbecause theyusedknivesandweregoodatlying /cooking / business . g  MissDebenhamsaidthatthewomanshesawin thecorridorwaswearingareddressinggownand a hat /shoes /socks .

Murder on the Orient Express - Progress test

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