PENGUIN READERS Activity worksheets LEVEL 6 Teacher Support Programme The Moonstone Photocopiable While reading b Rosanna is in love with Franklin Blake. c Pages 1–16 ……………………………………………… 1 Match. Connect the character to his/her role c Rosanna burns a fire in her room. c in the story. ……………………………………………… a Mr Bruff ….. d Rosanna goes to Fritzinghall to buy a new b Mr Betteredge ….. dress. c c Rachel ….. ……………………………………………… d Penelope ….. e Rachel buys a metal case. c e Lord Hercastle ….. ……………………………………………… f Lady Hercastle ….. 4 Put these sentences in the order of the story. g Franklin ….. a c Penelope says that the diamond is gone. h Rosanna ….. b c Rachel and her guests have dinner. i Mr Ablewhite ….. c c Rachel is given her diamond. j Godfrey ….. d c Seegrave interviews Penelope for the 1) Gabriel’s lady second time. 2) Lady Herncastle’s daughter e c Superintendent Seegrave arrives. 3) family lawyer f c The Indians see the diamond. 4) a housemaid g c Franklin and Rachel finish painting 5) Gabriel’s Lord Rachel’s sitting room door. 6) Lady Hercastle’s nephew Pages 32–45 7) manager of Lady Herncastle’s farm 5 Complete the following text with the words 8) Gabriel’s daughter from the box. Try not to look at the book. 9) Ablewhite’s son 10) Lady Herncastle’s brother-in-law pawn cloth smear Rosanna gown 2 Put these events in the right order. Sergeant Cuff discovers Rosanna buys c a The three dark-skinned men pour ink (a) ……………… to make a (b) ……………… into the boy’s hand. to cover the (c) ……………… on her dress. c b Three dark-skinned Indian men with an He believes Rachel asks (d) ……………… for English boy arrive at the house. help to (e) ……………… the Moonstone to get c c Franklin shows the Moonstone to Gabriel money to pay her debts. Betteredge. d c Gabriel orders the three Indian men to Pages 45–54 leave. 6 Complete these sentences. e c Lady Herncastle and Rachel leave for a Miss Cuff is Lady Verinder’s ………… . lunch. b Godfrey Ablewhite and Luker left a ………… f c Rosanna goes to Shivering Sands. at the same time. g c Gabriel hears noises outside the house at c Godfrey and Luker were ………… to a chair night. and searched. h c Franklin takes the Moonstone to the bank d Rachel says that Godfrey is ………… of the in Fritzinghall. theft of the moonstone. i c Gabriel finds a bottle of ink. e Lady Verinder is seriously ill with ………… . j c Franklin Blake arrives. f Drusilla Clack tries to give Lady Verinder some ………… . Pages 17–32 3 Are these sentences true or false? If they are Pages 55–67 false, correct them. 7 Who says these things and who to? Explain a Sergeant Cuff searches into all the the situation. wardrobes. c a ‘We agreed to be cousins and nothing more.’ ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… c Pearson Education Limited 2008 The Moonstone - Activity worksheets 1 of 2 PENGUIN READERS Activity worksheets LEVEL 6 Teacher Support Programme The Moonstone Photocopiable b ‘Miss Rachel, my lady has fainted.’ going into (c) ………………’s room. He sees ……………………………………………… Franklin take the (d) ……………… . Godfrey c ‘I feel like a child who does not know why he later takes it from (e) ……………… room and has been naughty.’ makes a deal with (f ) ……………… . When ……………………………………………… Godfrey (g) ……………… 5,000 pounds, d ‘I was not considered good enough for your he (h) ……………… Luker back and mother’s sister and now my son is not good (i) ……………… the Moonstone. This leads enough for you.’ to his (j) ……………… . ……………………………………………… 10 Use these phrases to write true or false e ‘Luker recommended me?’ sentences about the story. Then ask your ……………………………………………… partners to find the wrong ones. Pages 68–85 a sailor with a beard 8 Answer these questions. ……………………………………………… b forty drops a Why did Rachel end her engagement to ……………………………………………… Ablewhite? c first dose ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… d hidden in the house b Why does one of the three Indians visit both ……………………………………………… Mr Bruff and Luker? e Gooseberry met Bruff at the station ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… f a respectable doctor c Why is June 1849 an important date? ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… g a taxi next to the sailor ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… d Why does Franklin return to England? h mechanic reading a newspaper ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… i pretended to be drunk e Why is Franklin horrified by the contents of ……………………………………………… the metal case? j cut up into smaller stones ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… f Where did Rosanna first find the paintstained After reading nightgown? 11 What will happen to these people? What will ……………………………………………… they do now? ……………………………………………… Gabriel Betteredge g What is her first thought? ………………………………………………… ……………………………………………… ………………………………………………… ……………………………………………… Miss Rachel h Why did Rosanna hide the nightgown? ………………………………………………… ……………………………………………… ………………………………………………… ……………………………………………… Franklin Blake Pages 85–101 ………………………………………………… 9 Use the following words to complete a ………………………………………………… summary of the last part of the story. Miss Clack Moonstone Franklin Franklin’s death ………………………………………………… money Rachel Luker recovers pays ………………………………………………… Mr Bruff inherits Godfrey needs (a) ……………… . He listens ………………………………………………… to (b) ……………… talking to himself and ………………………………………………… c Pearson Education Limited 2008 The Moonstone - Activity worksheets 2 of 2 PENGUIN READERS Progress test LEVEL 6 Teacher Support Programme The Moonstone Photocopiable 1 Answer these questions. d Godfrey Ablewhite’s father stops being Rachel’s a Who steals The Moonstone from a palace in India? legal adviser because ….. b Who is going to receive The Moonstone as a 1) he is angry with Rachel for ending her birthday present? engagement to his son. c Who brings the Moonstone to a house in Yorkshire? 2) he does not have enough time. d Who has a deformed shoulder? e Godfrey Ablewhite’s father feels ….. e Who is narrating the story? 1) insulted after Rachel breaks the engagement. 2 How are these people connected/related to each 2) satisfied after Rachel breaks the engagement. other? 6 Explain the meaning of the words in italics. a Lady Herncastle and Mr Franklin a I believe she wants to be there to tell him, before he b Rosanna and Gabriel Betteredge goes through with the experiment, that she loves c Rachel and Franklin him. d Penelope and Gabriel Betteredge …………………………………………………… e Superintendant Seegrave and Sergeant Cuff …………………………………………………… f Gabriel Betteridge and Lady Julia Verinder b For a long time, he looked down at it emptily, until g John Herncastle and Lady Julia Verinder suddenly his head sank down on to his chest. h Rachel Verinder and John Herncastle …………………………………………………… i Franklin Blake and Rachel Verinder …………………………………………………… j Rosanna Spearman and Lady Verinder c ‘I saw his hand move suddenly as he passed a short, 3 Are these statements true or false? fat man.’ a Rachel explains to everybody why she wants to go …………………………………………………… and live in Fritzinghall. …………………………………………………… b Lady Herncastle is happy about Rachel’s leaving d ‘I followed a tall man with a black beard, dressed her. like a sailor.’ c Sergeant Cuff suspects Miss Rachel. …………………………………………………… d Mr Betteredge agrees with Sergeant Cuff about …………………………………………………… Rachel’s participation in the robbery. e The landlord pulled him downstairs, arguing with e Miss Rachel is quite aware of what happened to the him, and threw him out. Moonstone according to Lady Herncastle. f … he gradually realized he could keep the diamond. 4 Who are these sentences about? Explain your …………………………………………………… answer. …………………………………………………… a She is a very religious woman. 7 Complete these sentences to make a summary of b He is attacked while admiring an Oriental Book. the important points in the story. c Miss Clack believes she should get some help from a Mr Bruff says that the evidence against Franklin God as she is a very confused girl. falls down because ….. d He does not want to talk about what happened to b Rachel tells Franklin that ….. him. e She is the witness to Lady Herncastle’s will. c Franklin learns that Ablewhite ….. 5 Choose the right answer. d Betteridge’s letter says that Dr Candy ….. a Rachel agrees to marry Ablewhite because ….. e Ezra Jennings tells Franklin that he suffers from 1) she loves him. ….. 2) he respects and admires her. 1) had inherited £5,000. b Lady Verinder is found dead ….. 2) had wanted to say something very important 1) after Rachel breaks her engagement to to Franklin. Ablewhite. 3) there must be proof that he wore the 2) just after Rachel agrees to marry Ablewhite. nightgown. c When Rachel ends her engagement to Godfrey 4) an incurable nerve disease and takes opium for Ablewhite ….. the pain. 1) Godfrey does not seem very upset. 5) she saw him take the diamond with her own 2) Godfrey is brokenhearted. eyes. c Pearson Education Limited 2008 The Moonstone - Progress test 1 of 1.