The Open Window

Write your name and surname What type of text is this? It's a newspaper article, It's a film review. It's a short story. When does the story take place? In the past In present days Some years in the future Wheredoes the story take place? In the countryside In the city At sea Whywas Framton Nuttle staying in the village? He wanted to buy a house there. He wanted to meet Mrs. Sappleton. He wanted to improve his health. Whydid Framton's sister give him some letters? So that he could meet people. So that he could read them and not feel cut off from the world. So that he could deliver them for her. Whywas Framton visiting the Sappleton house? To find out what happened to Mr Sappleton. To meet the Sappleton family. To see if could ask Vera on a date. What did Vera tell Mr. Nuttel while they were waiting for Mrs. Sappleton? She told him about her life. She told him a tragic story about the family. She told him about the weather in the village. Whydid Framton find it hard at first to believe that there was tragedy? It seemed out of character for a small country town. Because nobody could find the men's bodies. There was something in the room that suggested there was a man living in the house. Whywere the French windows open? To stop the men from making a mess on the carpet. It was very hot for that time of the year. Mr. Sappleton always came in that way. Why was Framton uncomfortable when Mrs Sappleton kept talking about hunting? He liked Vera and felt sorry for her. He didn't think it was right to kill animals. He thought Mrs Sappleton was mentally ill. Whydid Mrs Sappleton almost yawn just before she saw her husband coming? Framton was not very interesting to talk to. They were late. She was tired of waiting so long for them to come home. It was getting late and she had to get up and make tea. Whydid Framton suddenly pick up his stick and run out of Mrs. Sappleton's house? He had to be home by tea time. He thought he was seeing ghosts. He was afraid of dogs. In the last line, it says that "Romance at short notice" was Vera's specialty.What do you think this means? After the joke, Vera decided that she really liked Framton. She made up the dogs story so that he didn't look bad for running away. Making up imaginative stories (in this case telling lies) came easily to her. Vera had many boyfriends, which made her father angry. She scared Framton away because she didn't want him to think that Framton was one of the boyfriends. In English literature, the term Situational Irony is used to describe an unexpected event which is the opposite to what was expected to happen. Which of the following is an example of Situational Irony ? Vera, who played the cruel trick on poor Frampton, has to make up another story to explain why he ran away. When Framton sees the three hunters coming home, he thinks they are ghosts and runs away. Framton, who came to the countryside to help a nervous condition, has a trick played on him which will probably make it worse. Write five adjectives that describe Vera Write five adjectives or expressions that describeMr. Nuttel. Why do you think that Vera likes inventing stories?