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ENGLISH TEST : LISTENINGCOMPREHENSION
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Watch this extract from a famous movie called Oxford Murdersby Alex de La Iglesia ,2008 .U se the methods you have learnt in class to complete the
listening tasks.
Before you start, become a detective and make guesses. What do you expectto watch? According to you,
what is the movie about ? Where does the action take place?
GENERAL COMPREHENSION
about the VICTIM and WITNESSES
Who is Who ? Match them up !
Arthur Seldom the victim
Peterson a witness
Young man a professor atOxford University
Julie Eagle the policeinspector
Julia Eagleton a universitystudent
an old woman
Fill in the grid with all the information you can get from the extract.
Time Place
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Link between the witnesses .
Who discovered the body ? Give as many details as you can.
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DETAILED COMPREHENSION Pick out 3 questions asked by the inspector .
about the STRANGE CLUE
This is the paper the professor received at the conference. Write on it what
was on it .
student - professor colleagues relatives no link
know each other do not know each other
Identity of the sender :
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Tick the correct answers and justify them .
The professor kept the paper . Theprofessor threw it away .
The professor thought it was a joke. Theprofessor was scared by what he read.
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about the CRIME SCENE
Give details on the following elements. Use what you understood and whatyou could see .
Victim’s description : ……………………………………………………….
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Situation at the moment of the murder (action) :………………………………………………………………
Possible presence of somebody else:
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Reactions of the witnesses:
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Emergency number :
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Clues / Objects : …………………………………………………………….
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For each of the following elements , underline what is related to the victimand circle what is related to the murderer.
nose - knee - cushion - blood - scared
Rewrite the chronology of events based on the facts you collected and whatyou understand from the situation.
Number the events from 1 to 8.
He threw the note away on the street. The old woman was playingscrabble when she was murdered.
He was told to go to the victim’s house. Both witnesses are beinginterviewed by the inspector.
The Professor gave a conference at the University this morning. The youngman called the police to report the death.
They went to the victim’s house at the same time. It was pure coincidence.
The professor was given a note during theconference.
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Here’s what may have happened according to the professor. Reorder the twopossible scenarios using what you understood.
Number from 1 to 7 .
SCENARIO N°
SCENARIO N°
beats her nose
using her knee to add extra pressure
while she was sleeping
sees the blood
puts up a struggle
scared probably
whoever did this obviously intended to smother her with the cushion
when the killer removes the cushion
she wakes up
and doesn’t bother to put everything in its place
hence the blood
or it could have been a woman
he presses down harder using both hands perhaps
he drops it on the carpet
What happened to the victim according to you? Speculate about the murderer.
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