Choose the adjectives that best describe each character and write them. Then, make comparisons:

THE CHARACTERS

CONSIDERATE EFFICIENT GOOD- NATURED ENERGETIC SELF-CONFIDENT HARD WORKING SENSIBLE SENSITIVE HELPFUL GENEROUS POLITE FUNNY IMAGINATIVE OUTGOING PATIENT CHEERFUL CRAFTY FRIENDLY DIPLOMATIC SELFISH RATIONAL ANNOYING WEIRD

BEAUTIFUL YOUNG CRANKY

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Nancy Kendricks

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Mrs. Connelly

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Alex Rose

Alex

MRS. CONNELLY’S TOP 5

In pairs, decide the five nastiest things Mrs. Connelly did to Nancy and Alex:

1^st: ……………………………………………………………………………………………….

2^nd: ……………………………………………………………………………………………….

3^rd: ……………………………………………………………………………………………….

4^th: ……………………………………………………………………………………………….

5^th: ……………………………………………………………………………………………….

Watch the scene, read the sentences and write TRUE or FALSE. Correct the false ones.

While Nancy and Alex were having a walk in the park, they decided to buy Mrs. Connelly a gift. …………………
Mrs. Connelly accused Nancy and Alex of trying to kill her ……………………
While Nancy was hammering in a nail on one of the steps, she threw Mrs. Connelly down the stairs. …………………..
When they came back home, Mrs. Connelly was shouting because there was a rat in her apartment. ………………………
Mrs. Connelly threw Alex’s purse at the mouse and it fell into the fire. …………….
Alex dropped his notebook in the street and a tow truck ran over it………………..

Who said what? To whom? Where?

“Mr. Rose, Would you sprinkle some salt on the steps? They terribly icy.”

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“A giant tow truck runs it over, followed an SUV that was dragging”.

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“We’re canceling every contract that’s in breach”

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“Like I’m knocking on death’s door”

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“I adore popcorn. So does Little Dick. “

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Tick what Nancy and Alex did at Mrs. Connelly’s apartment:

v They took out Mrs. Connelly’s trash.

v Alex put some salt in the sugar bowl.

v Alex moved the rug so that Mrs. Connelly trip over it.

v Alex put a bomb in the tv set.

v Nancy changed the wires of the lamp in the living room.

v Alex blew out the pilots and turned on the gas.

v Nancy threw some nails on the floor.

v Alex put acid in the ceiling of their apartment.

v Nancy put some rat poison in the teapot.

THE LAST ATTEMPT TO GET RID OF MRS. CONNELLY

Watch the scene and write down what happened.

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Watch, listen and fill in the blanks.

In the park….

A: I can’t believe it.

N: She was so …………………………………………..

A: I mean, for all our differences, that …………………………..had a lot of spunk.

N: ………………………… Do you think she’s up in heaven?

A: I’ll tell you something. Wherever she is, she’s ……………………………………….…………

At Mrs. Connelly’s apartment…

K: You have seen their faces ……………………………………………she was a goner. I

thought they were gonna faint.

D: So cheap, though I wish I could have been there.

MC: Trust me, …………………………………………………..holding me breath all that

long. Next time, I want a ……………………………..of your commission Kenny.

K: …………………………………………………………………..? We give you everything, Ma.

There’s barely enough left for Danny and I to have a cruise to the………….

MC: I’m the one putting me a caboose ……………………………………..

K: Oh! Come on. ………………………………………..with Alex and Nancy.

MC: They were nice couple. I do hope they’ll be all right.

K: Oh! They’ll be fine. He’s …………………………………..They thrive on adversity.

MC: I hope his ………………………………………………………………the last one. May be

this time he’ll write about something he knows.

NARRATOR: Alex and Nancy’s …………………………………….may have been too.

good to be true. But ……………………………………………….ever after?

Well, ……………………………………………….!

WRITING ACTIVITY: Finally, Alex writes his book called “Duplex”. Continue the summary of the story.

Alex Rose and Nancy Kendricks are a young good natured couple who were looking for their dream home. They finally bought a grand duplex in Brooklyn, where a crafty little old Irish lady named Mrs. Connelly was living upstairs.

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The end…

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