THE TURN OF THE SCREW (Level 3)

The Turn of the Screw is a classic ghost story of old England. It tells about a young girl who became a governess (a person who lives and teach) for two children. She knows that there are two ghosts in the house who wants to harm the children, but she will not allow it.

A young woman arrives at a large country house. Her job is to look after the two children who live there, but she soon discovers that there is something very strange about both the house and the children. The longer she stays, the more she feels that the two children are in danger - or is it that the children are the danger, and the person in danger is herself?

THE TURN OF THE SCREW

 

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Vocabulary:

1. ghost: a dead person that a living person sees or hears
2. governess: a woman who lives with and teaches the children
3. gentleman: a man from a rich family who does not need to work
4. housekeeper: a woman who looks after a person's house
5. angel: a very good and beautiful person, in pictures, they usually have wings
6. tower: a tall, thin part of a building
7. uncle: a brother of your father (or mother)
8. envelope: a paper cover that you put on a letter before you post it.
9. expel: to make someone leave a school
10. corrupt: to make someone bad
11. master: a name that working people used in the past for the gentleman who gave them job
12. kiss: to touch lovingly with your mouth
13. shock: a very bad surprise
14. thought: something that you think
15. relative: a person in your family
16. servant: a person who works for your family
17. view: what you can see when you look down from a tower, or somewhere high
18. gloves: things that you wear to keep your hands warm
19. dining room: the room in a house where people eat
20. pick up: to take something in your hand
21. monster: a terrible person (or animal)
22. whisker: long hair growing on the sides of a man's face
23. instead: in the place of something
24. evil: very bad
25. protect: to keep something from danger
26. lake: a large piece of water with land around it
27. grass: it is green; gardens and fields have lots of it on the ground
28. stare: to look at somebody for a long time
29. close: when two people feel near to each other
30. believe: to feel sure that something is true
31. dress up: to put on special clothes
32. piano: you make music on this big instrument by playing its blacks and white keys
33. candle: it burns and gives light
34. go out: to stop burning
35. darkness: where there is no light
36. heart: this is in your chest; it sends the blood round your body
37. curtains: people use these in front of windows at night, to stop people looking in
38. disappear: to go away suddenly
39. shoulder: this is between  your neck and your arm
40. firmly: strongly
41. moonlight: the light from the moon
42. accurate: true to real life
43. opinion: what you think about something or someone
44. seem: to appear to be
45. game: a secret plan or way of playing with other people's feelings
46. destroy: to break every part of something or someone
47. keep (past kept ): to have in a special place
48. freedom: being free
49. correct: right
50. idea: a plan or a new thought
51. carriage: a kind or car with horses; rich people in the past went with these
52. experience: something that happened to you
53. lost soul: someone who cannot find rest after they die
54. discover: to find or learn something new
55. blow (past blew - blown): to move (of the wind); to push air from your mouth
56. imagine: to see pictures in your head
57. awful: terrible
58. save: to take someone out of danger
59. sense: feeling
60. calm: not worried
61. join: to go with
62. puzzled: when you can't understand something
63. pretend: to try to make somebody believe something
64. horrify: to give someone a shock
65. bank: the ground at the side of a lake or river
66. point: to show where something is with your finger
67. incredible: surprising and very difficult to believe
68. gate: a door in a garden
69. mad: thinking things that are not true
70. cruel: unkind and liking to hurt people:
71. scared: afraid 
72. towards: nearer
73. sadness: an unhappy feeling
74. thank goodness: we say this when we feel happy because something good happened
75. order: words that tell somebody to do something
76. sick: ill
77. occasion: time
78. sofa: a long soft seat for people to sit on together
79. glad: happy
80. gently: softly
81. bravely: without showing that you are afraid
82. guard: someone who stops prisoners from running away
83. beat: to make the same noise many times; your heart beats faster when you are excited or afraid
84. devil: evil person
85. desperately: without hope
86. happiness: a happy feeling