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While reading g how Heathcliff was sometimes called easystarts Chapters 1–4 h Catherine’s sister-in-law’s name 1 Draw a family tree for the Earnshaw family. i Heathcliff’s age when he left Include first, family and married names when j how Nelly believed Heathcliff should have felt appropriate. Keep it and complete it as you towards Mr Earnshaw level 2 read the whole book. Share it with another k the colour of Catherine’s ears when she was student. furious l the month in which Mr Earnshaw died level 3 2 Find words and phrases in the book which the way in which Catherine was called at show that Wuthering Heights is: m home a not near other houses. the room in the house where Heathcliff b cold and windy. n level 4 threw a cake at Edgar c old. d not well looked after. a b level 5 3 Make these sentences correct by changing one word to its opposite. Then put them in c chronological order. Write numbers 1–6. d level 6 a c According to Zillah, Heathcliff’s ideas e about Mr Lockwood’s bedroom were f

normal. g

b c Hindley invited Catherine Earnshaw and h Heathcliff to go up and listen to Joseph’s i prayers. c c Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff felt j that the house was warmer than the k moors. l d c Mr Lockwood contracted his arm and his m

fingers closed on the fingers of a small n hand. e c Somebody opened Mr Lockwood’s Now read the phrase down the first column. bedroom door silently, and he saw a light What does it describe? What does Catherine approaching. compare it to? f c Zillah rescued Mr Lockwood from the Chapters 11–20 dogs, threw some hot water down his 5 Add births and mark deaths in your family neck and took him to the kitchen. tree. Chapters 5–10 6 These adjectives are used by the characters to 4 Complete the chart below. Use these clues to describe themselves or another person. Who write words across. uses each word about whom? Under what a the way Catherine said Heathcliff looked when circumstances? she returned from her stay at the Lintons’ a worthless ……………… about ……………. b Mrs Dean’s first name b jealous ………………… about ……………. c what Edgar Linton did when Heathcliff threw c upset ………………….. about ……………. a pie at him d weak-kneed ……………. about ……………. d the name of the person that begins to drink e evil …………………….. about ……………. heavily f mad …………………… about ……………. e how Hindley felt when he dropped Hareton g selfish …………………. about ……………. f what Catherine and Heathcliff did to frighten h sensible ………………… about ……………. the Linton children

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7 In this story, characters blame one another for a ……………… ‘…; he was quick to easystarts what happens to them. Complete the sentences. understand and act; we were not.’ (page 110) a Edgar blames Nelly for ……………………… b ……………… ‘I shall have that at home. Not …………………………………………….. . because I need it, but …’ (page 116) b Hindley blames Heathcliff for ………………. c ……………… ‘Play games with her? No! level 2 …………………………………………….. . She has been playing games with me, night c Catherine blames Edgar and Heathcliff for and day …’ (page 116) …………………………………………….. . d ……………… ‘He affects me differently.’ level 3 d Heathcliff blames Catherine for …………….. (page 133) …………………………………………….. . e ……………… ‘Only three feet separate me Chapters 21–28 from it.’ (page 136) level 4 8 Who/What do the pronouns or phrases in f ……………… ‘I must reach it first, and then italics stand for? Write the names, phrases or I’ll rest.’ (page 139) situations they refer to. g ……………… ‘Well, there is one who will level 5 ‘I’ll be very kind to him (a) …………, you not move away from my company. Oh, God! (b) ………… needn’t fear,’ he (c) ………… She’s without pity!’ (page 140) said, laughing. 11 Do the crossword puzzle. level 6 ‘And to begin my kindness – Joseph! Bring the Across boy some breakfast. Hareton! Get to your work.’ a Zillah thought that Mrs Dean and Cathy had ‘Yes,’ he added when they (d) ………… had fallen in a ….. . gone, ‘my son (e) ………… is the future owner b Heathcliff had a strong belief in ….. . of your place (f ) …………, and I would not wish c Cathy’s and Hareton’s ….. were exactly alike. him to die until I am certain of receiving d Heathcliff was sure Catherine was it from him. Besides, he’s mine, and I want the somewhere in the ….. . pleasure of seeing my son fairly lord of their e Hareton removed some of Joseph’s fruit ….. (g) ………… property, my child hiring their to please Cathy. (h) ………… children to look after their fathers’ Down (i) ………… lands for wages. It’s only such a a Cathy had two ….. in a gold case that thought that makes me able to bear the Heathcliff broke. miserable thing (j) ………… . He’s worthless f Hareton helped Cathy when she couldn’t in himself, and I hate him for the memories reach a ….. . (k) ………… he brings back! g Cathy found that Hareton loved Heathcliff 9 Answer the questions. Share your answers as if he were his ….. . with another student. h Linton was annoyed because Cathy let her a What is Heathcliff’s opinion of his son? ….. fall into his cup.

b What does Heathcliff mean when he says: f ‘My son is the future owner of your place’? g a (page 81) c Heathcliff says he is being ‘generous’ (page 84). Is he? d How does Linton seem when he and Cathy b meet on the moor? Why do you think he is

like this? h

Chapters 29–38 c

10 Who says this? Write the name. What are d they speaking about? What do they mean or refer to? Make notes and share them with e another student.

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Chapters 1–4 Chapters 21–28 easystarts 1 Match the elements in Mr Lockwood’s dream (a–d) 5 Match what Nelly did (a–d) with how she did it with the events that possibly explain them (1–4). (1–4). a Joseph led him to church ….. a Nelly found out that Cathy escaped in the evenings b The priest’s talk was divided in 490 parts ….. by ….. level 2 c The priest called everybody to punish him for his b She found out that Cathy exchanged letters with wickedness ….. Linton by ….. d All churchgoers rushed at him with sticks ….. c She stopped Cathy from meeting Linton secretly level 3 1) Joseph’s reaction when Mr Lockwood took the by ….. lamp d She stopped Cathy from keeping a burned letter 2) What the dogs did at Joseph’s order when by ….. level 4 Mr Lockwood was about to leave 1) checking something at the library. 3) Mr Lockwood read that Joseph was upset by 2) checking something upstairs. Catherine and Heathcliff’s behaviour on a rainy 3) threatening to tell her father. level 5 Sunday many years before 4) telling her father what she had been doing. 4) Mr Lockwood looked through diary-like old books Chapters 29–38 6 Who do the words in italics refer to? Write the level 6 Chapters 5–10 names. 2 Are these sentences about Mr Lockwood’s second Hindley Catherine Edgar Isabella Heathcliff visit to Wuthering Heights true (T) or false (F)? a ‘Are they (1) ……………… at home? Where is a Heathcliff invites Mr Lockwood for a second she (2) ………………? Speak!’ c visit. b ‘She (3) ……………… was nearly heartbroken b It starts to snow just as Mr Lockwood reaches when he (4) ……………… ran off.’ the house. c c ‘I (5) ……………… love him (6) ……………… c Joseph opens the door for Mr Lockwood. c more than you (7) ……………… ever loved d Mrs Heathcliff is not Heathcliff’s wife. c Edgar.’ e Mr Lockwood finds the family friendly and d ‘They (8) ……………… sit up all night playing polite. c cards and drinking.’ f Mr Lockwood is invited to stay the night. c 7 Who say the sentences in activity 6 and to whom? Chapters 11–20 Write the names. 3 Who are these people? Write the correct names. Nelly to Edgar Isabella to Catherine Linton Hareton Catherine Linton Isabella Heathcliff to Nelly Nelly to Isabella and Catherine a Edgar’s sister’s son: …………… a …………………………………………………… b Catherine Linton’s cousin: …………… b …………………………………………………… c Hindley’s niece: …………… c …………………………………………………… d Hareton’s cousin: …………… d …………………………………………………… e Catherine Earnshaw Linton’s nephew: …………… f Catherine Linton’s husband: …………… 8 Complete these sentences with words for family g Linton’s uncle’s daughter’s cousin: …………… relationships. 4 What happened first? What happened next? Write a Cathy’s second fiancé’s …………… was her the numbers 1–6. ……………’s ……………’s son. a c Hindley tried to kill Heathcliff. b The two last people to die were …………… and b c Isabella died. …………… . c c Catherine died. c Heathcliff is buried next to the woman he loved d c Isabella escaped from Wuthering Heights. and her ……………, so Cathy may visit the graves e c Nelly twisted Edgar and Heathcliff’s curls of of her ……………, …………… and her first hair together. ……………’s father all at the same time. f c Hindley died.