The Signalman
by
Charles Dickens
1. This story is about a signalman. A signalman works
on a railway. What do you think he does?
a) drives trains b) repairs trains c) controls the
train lines.
2. Watch this clip from a TV version of the story.
Which of these things do you not
see?
a) Signalman b) signal-box c) train d) red light e)
tunnel f) ghost g) railway line.
3. Why do you think there
is a red light at the entrance of the tunnel?
4. Who do you think the Signalman is talking to?
5. Fill in the gaps in the beginning of the
story here.
Now
read
The
Signalman
Quiz & activities
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Original text
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The Signalman mp3
(unsimplified)
An
alternative version of the same story is found in this
Macmillan Reader
The
Signalman: AND The Ghost at the Trial (Macmillan
Reader)
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