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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



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 :



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.



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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