Marcel goes to Hollywood 

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LEVEL 1

PENGUIN READERS

Teacher Support Programme

While reading
Pages 1–3
1Finishthesesentences.Match(a–e)with

(1–5).

aMarcel…..
bTheWaldmans’…..
c

TheWaldmans…..

dLoisWaldman…..
eMarcelandCéline…..
 1)liveinHollywood,California.
 2)liketheirholidayflat.
 3)isadetectivefromParis.
 4)isfifteenyearsold.
 5)househasaswimmingpool.
2Write5–6sentencesabouthowMarceland

CélinegetfromParistotheirholidayflat.

3WhatdoyouknowaboutHollywood?Write

somesentences.

Pages 4–7
4Closeyourbook.Putthesesentencesinthe

rightorder.Writethenumbers1–6.

a cMarcelreadsthekidnappers’note.
b cThekidnapperstelephoneArnold

Waldman.

c cMarcelandCélinesitinArnold’scar.

Hedrivestohisoffice.

d cMarcelhearsanoiseinthenight.
e cMarcelfindstheQueenMaryinhisbook.
f cMarcelseestwomentakeLoisaway.
5Lookatpage5andtalkaboutthesequestions:

WhoisAlice?WhydoesArnoldsay,‘Later,
Alice.’?WhatisArnoldthinkingabouthere?

Pages 8–10
6Closeyourbook.Whosaysthesethings?

Whoto?

aSsshh!
bWhere’smydaughter?IssheOK?
cGohome.Waitnearthetelephone.
dGetinhere.Quick!
eHow’sthegirl?
7Answerthesequestions.
aHowmuchmoneyisinthesuitcase?
bWhatistheQueenMary?
cWhatdoesStan(thekidnapper)looklike?
dHowlongdoesittaketodrivefromLong

Beachtothekidnappers’house?

eHowmanykidnappersarethere?

Pages 11–13
8Arethesesentencestrue(T)orfalse(F)?
aThekidnapperslookunderthemoney

buttheydonotfindthemice.

c

bThekidnapperssleepinabed.

c

cLoiscannotseethemice.

c

dAfterLoisiscaptured,Loisisupstairs

andthekidnappersaredownstairs.

c

eThegunsandthetelephoneareeasyto

carry.

c

fMarcelandCélinetakethegunsupstairs

tothebathroom.

c

gTheytelephonethepolicefromthe

bathroom.

c

hThepolicecomeat12o’clock.

c

iThekidnapperscannotfindtheirguns.

c

j

Achildtelephonedthepolice.

c

9ThepoliceaskLoissomequestions.Whatdo

youthinktheyask?Write5oftheirquestions
andLois’sanswers.

Pages 14–15
10Readthesentencesbelow.Thereare10wrong

words.Findthemandwritetherightwords.

Thepolicecome.ThenMarcelandCélinewalk

toatrainstop.Theywaitashorttime.Butthen
Marcelseesalorryandthemicegetunderit.
Thebusstopsandthemicewalkbacktotheir
flat.Theyeatalotofcoffee.Thenthekidnappers
bringLoishome.Therearealotofradioand
newspaperpeoplewiththem.MarcelandCéline
onlywatchforashorttime.Thentheyswimon
theWaldmans’pool.It’shot,theseaisblue,and
theyareveryunhappy.NowtheirHollywood
workcanreallystart!

11LookattheWaldmansonpage15.Whereare

they?Whoistalking?Whatquestionsarethe
TVandnewspaperpeopleasking?Writeyour
answers.

12NowlookatMarcelandCélineonpage15.

Writethreequestionsandthreeanswersabout
thispicture.

After reading
13Closeyourbook.WritethestoryofMarcel

andCéline,usingthesewords.

noise twomen telephonecall $1million
QueenMary suitcase oldhouse guns
telephone police home

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LEVEL 1

PENGUIN READERS

Teacher Support Programme

1Finishthesentencesandcompletethecrossword

puzzle.

a

b

c

d

e

a MrWaldmanputthemoneyina…………….
b Oneofthekidnapperswascalled…………….
c Célineisa…………….
d Themicelookedata……………tofindtheir

holidayflat.

e Thekidnapperslefta……………behindafter

takingLois.

2Circlethecorrectanswer.

aMarcelandCélinearefrom…..
1)theUSA
2)France
3)Hollywood
b HowlongisMarcelinbedbeforehehearsa

noise?…..

1)2hours
2)10hours
3)12hours
cMrWaldmangoestoworkby…..
1)bus
2)lorry
3)car
dHowmanyroomsdoestheQueenMaryhave?…..
1)309
2)400
3)409
e Whenthepolicearrivetheysaytothekidnappers

…..

1)Comeoutwithyourguns.
2)Comeoutwiththemoney.
3)Comeoutwithyourhandsup.

3Arethesesentencesright(3)orwrong(7)?

a MarcelandCélineareadetectiveteam.

c

b LoisWaldmanis13yearsold.

c

c IttakesMrWaldman30minutestodrive

towork.

c

d Thekidnappersonlywant$1millionfrom

MrWaldman.

c

e Chuckisthekidnapperwithredhair.

c

f ThekidnappersheldLoisontheQueenMary. c
g WhenStanarrivedwiththemoney,Chuck

offeredhimacupofcoffee.

c

h MarcelcanspeakEnglish.

c

i NobodyknewthatMarcelandCélinehelped

tosaveLois.

c

4Putthewordsintherightplaces.

angry sad happy heavy missing friendly
a MarcelandCélineare…………withtheirholiday

flat.

b MrsWaldmanwas…………whenshefoundout

thatLoiswasmissing.

c Célinethoughtthemobilephonewas………….
d Whenthekidnapperswokeuptheydiscoveredtheir

gunswere………….

e WhenMrWaldmandeliveredthemoney,the

kidnapperwas…………andtoldhimtogohome
andwait.

f Whenthepolicearrivedtheywere…………to

Lois.

5Putthesesentencesintherightorder,usingthe

numbers1–8.
a cMrWaldmandeliveredthemoney.
b cThepolicetookLoishome.
c cMrandMrsWaldmanreadthenotefromthe

kidnappers.

d cThekidnapperdrovetoanoldhousewiththe

money.

e cMarcelandCélinerelaxedinthepool.
f cThekidnapperscalledMrWaldmanandasked

for1million.

g cMrWaldmanwenttowork.
h cMarcelandCélinehidunderthemoney.

6Whichwordsaremissing?Chooseandwrite.

million thousand ring note upstairs
downstairs painter detective kidnapper
suitcase handbag
a Thehousehastwofloors.Thelivingroomisonthe

groundfloor.Thebathroomis……………onthe
firstfloor.

bI’mtoobusytocallSamnow,butIwillgivehima

……………later.

c A……………issomeonewhohelpsthepolice.
d A……………isatypeofartist.
e Whenpeoplegoonholiday,theyusuallypacktheir

clothesina…………….

f Thenumber1,000,000canalsobewrittenas‘one

……………’.