Coraline

Episode 1: The new house

Task 1. Discuss in pairs:

1. Do you like your parents?

2. What do you want to change in them? Why?

Task 2. Choose correct answers:

1. What was Coraline looking for?

a) a well b) a cat c) water

2. Who owns the black cat?

a) Coraline b) Wybie c) nobody

3. Who owns the Pink Palace?

a) Wybie’s grandma b) Coraline’s parents c) nobody

4. What does the name “Wybie” mean?

a) Why were you bored? b) Why were you born? c) Why were you boring?

5. Where did Wybie find the doll?

a) in the forest b) in his room c) in his grandma’s trunk

6. What did Coraline’s father tell her to do?

a) explore the house b) do some gardening c) go playing in the rain

7. What did Coraline find in the living room?

a) boxes b) snow globes c) a little door

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Episode 2: The other mother

Task 2. Who says the following:

1. “Buttons? Do you like them?”

2. “Who’s starving? Raise your hand.”

3. “But you were not you. You were my other mother.”

4. “Sometimes the mice are little mixed-up.”

5. “Caroline….you’re in terrible danger.”

Task 3. Write the words for the definitions:

1. the meal that you have in the early evening

2. a small round object on your shirt, coat with a

hole

3. a room in a house that is used for work or study

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Episode 3: The circus

Task 1. Watch and write true or false:

1. Wybie thinks that the Pink Palace is dangerous.

2. Wybie’s grandma disappears in the Pink Palace.

3. Coraline’s other farther is in his study.

4. The garden looks like Coraline.

5. Another Wybie can’t talk.

6. Coraline thinks that another Wybie is cheerful.

7. Coraline’s real mother buys her new gloves.

8. Coraline’s real mother is shopping.

Task 2. Who says the following:

1. “You’re just like them. I meant my parents”.

2. “I’ve never been inside the Pink Palace”.

3. “My dreams aren’t dangerous”.

4. “I thought you’d like him if he spoke a little less.”

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Episode 4: The theatre

Task 1. Choose the correct answers:

1. Who does Coraline meet?

a) the real cat b) the other cat

2. Where does she go after dinner?

a) to Bobinsky’s circus

b) to the actresses’ performance

c) to the garden

3. What happens to the actresses?

a) they become younger

b) they become older

c) they become fatter

4. What tiny thing does Coraline have to do to stay in the other world?

a) close the little door

b) choose the colour of the shoes

c) have buttons instead of her eyes

5. How does Coraline feel?

a) happy b) scared c) upset

6. Why does the cat kill the mouse?

a) the cat is hungry b) it is a rat c) the cat doesn’t like circus mice

7. Why is the other mother angry?

a) Coraline want to go home

b) Coraline doesn’t want chocolate

c) Coraline doesn’t like the dinner

Task 2. Who says the following:

1. “I’m not the other anything. I’m me.”

2. “But we need a YES if you want to stay here.”

3. “Mustn’t talk when mother’s not here.”

4. “What a piece of work is a man.”

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Episode 5: The witch

Task 1. Answer the questions:

1. Who does Coraline see in the dark room?

2. Why the witch takes their eyes?

3. What does they ask Coraline to do for them?

4. Where are Coraline’s parents?

5. What is Coraline supposed to find in the game?

Task 3. Match the words to the definitions:

1 a clever trick that is used to catch someone witch

2 information that helps you understand something escape

3 to use a needle and thread to make or repair clothes trap

4 An old woman, sometimes ugly, mostly evil, who

enjoys hurting children

vanish

5 to disappear suddenly clue

6 to get away from a place or dangerous situation

when someone is trying to catch you or stop you

sew

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Episode 6: The end

Task 1. True or False:

1. Coraline goes to the theatre.

2. The dogs are birds.

3. There is Mr.B’s costume above the circus.

4. Coraline thinks her parents are behind the little door.

5. Coraline’s parents are in the snow globe.

6. Coraline’s parents don`t remember anything.

7. They all have a party in the garden.