Audrey Hepburn
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LEVEL 2
PENGUIN READERS
Teacher Support Programme
After reading
1Arethesesentencesright(3)orwrong(7)?
ReadtheIntroductionandfindout.
a
Audrey Hepburn is dead.
c
b Audrey wanted to be a ballet dancer.
c
c
She learned to be an actor at acting
school.
c
d She did not make many films.
c
e She had many sad times in her life.
c
Chapter 1
2Whathappenedfirst?Whathappenednext?
Write1–7.
a The war finished.
b Audrey went to school in England.
c Audrey was born in Brussels.
d The war started.
e The Germans came to Arnhem.
f Audrey’s father left the family.
g Audrey’s mother took her to Arnhem.
3Thesesentencesarewrong.Changethemso
theyareright.Don’tlookatthebook!
a Audrey’s father was Dutch.
b Audrey liked the color white because she
remembered her mother.
c Audrey’s father was not rich.
d Audrey was a funny, noisy girl.
e Audrey spoke English well.
Chapter 2
4Answerthesequestions.
a What jobs did Audrey’s mother do?
b How old was Audrey in her first movie?
c How old was Audrey in 1948?
d Why couldn’t Audrey be a ballet dancer?
e What changed her life?
Chapters 3–4
5HerearesomemeninAudrey’slife.Putthe
words(1–6)withtherightpeople(a–f ).
a Gregory Peck …
b
William Holden …
c James Hanson …
d Mel Ferrer …
e Hubert de Givenchy …
f
Humphrey Bogart …
1 was the right man for Audrey.
2 had a wife and three children.
3 made Audrey’s clothes.
4 wasn’t friendly to Audrey.
5 was a famous actor in Roman Holiday.
6 Audrey was not ready to be his wife.
6Choosetherightwordorexpression.
a Gregory Peck was helpful / unfriendly to
Audrey when they worked together.
b The princess in Roman Holiday wants to be
better than / just like other young women.
c
Humphrey was / was not friendly to William.
d Ferrer was new / knew the people well in
Hollywood.
Chapters 5–6
7Whichthinghappenedfirst,second,third…?
Firstwritetheyear.Thenwritetwosentences
ineachboxlikethefirstbox.
Audrey made a film with Fred Astaire.
It was a very happy time in her married life.
Audrey was in War and Peace.
Audrey became pregnant but lost the baby.
Audrey helped Mel with his work in Spain.
Audrey married Mel Ferrer.
Mel sent Audrey a dog.
Audrey acted with her husband.
1953
Audrey won an Oscar and a Tony.
Audrey went to Switzerland for a
holiday.
8Choosetherightanswer:1,2or3.
a When she was 24 …
1 Audrey was on the cover of a very
important magazine.
2 Audrey was in a fire.
3 Only one man was in love with Audrey.
b The Swiss mountains …
1 were very exciting for Audrey.
2 helped to feel there was no danger.
3 were near her father’s house.
c Audrey’s dog …
1 was a very famous animal.
2 was a present from her husband.
3 was in the United States.
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Chapters 7–8
9Matcha–fwith1–6.
a The Nun’s Story was a different kind of film
but …
b
Mel directed Green Mansions but …
c Audrey lost her second baby when …
d Alfred Hitchcock was angry with Audrey
because …
e Audrey didn’t act in West Side Story
because …
f
Audrey was nervous about the part of Holly
in Breakfast at Tiffany’s because …
1 she didn’t want to be in his film Psycho.
2 she did not usually play bad girls.
3 it was Audrey’s worst film.
4 Audrey acted very well in it.
5 she was pregnant for the third time.
6 she fell from a horse in the middle of
The Unforgiven.
10Choosetherightwordorexpression.
a Audrey took her dog / left her dog when she
went to Africa.
b Green Mansions was Mel’s first / last
Hollywood movie.
c Audrey played / did not play in West Side Story.
d Audrey was / was not confident about her part
in Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
Chapters 9–10
11Putthewordsfromtheboxintheright
places.Useeachwordinoneplaceonly.
boring well beautiful cried successful
fights bad famous worst movie died
From 1961 to 1965 was a …………… time for
Audrey. She made some …………… films and
her dog …………… . But the ……………
problem was Mel. He was not happy because his
first film Green Mansions was not …………… .
Also Audrey was now more …………… than
him. Then Audrey started to make My Fair Lady.
This was a difficult …………… for her because
everybody wanted to see Julie Andrews in it.
Also she could not sing as …………… as Julie
Andrews. When Mel visited Audrey they had
…………… , and she …………… in front of
the cameras. But Audrey was …………… in
My Fair Lady and she acted well.
12Matcha–fwith1–6.
a Audrey’s singing …
b Audrey’s son …
c Audrey’s fame …
d
Audrey’s husband …
e Audrey’s dog …
f Audrey’s co-star …
1 made Mel think she didn’t really love him.
2 had a terrible accident.
3 was not happy.
4 thought they were paying Audrey too
much.
5 was not good enough for the film.
6 was now two years old.
Chapters 11–12
13Writethenumbers.
a Audrey and Mel lived in Spain for …………
months.
b
Audrey was ………… when her father went
away.
c Between 1964 and …………, Audrey and
Mel tried to be happy.
d ………… years after Mel left her, Audrey
married again.
e She was ………… years older than her new
husband.
f After ………… year, Audrey had another
baby, Luca.
g
Audrey stayed with Dotti for ………… years.
h When she was married to Dotti, she only
made ………… movie.
Chapter 13
14Saywhy.
a Audrey made only two or three movies after
1979.
b
Audrey started to work for the United
Nations.
c
she went back to her house in Switzerland in
1992.
d there were white flowers in her house.
e Elizabeth Taylor said “God has a beautiful
new angel now.”
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Chapters 1–2
1Arethesentencestrue(T)orfalse(F)?
a When she was a child, Audrey didn’t like books. c
b Audrey thought she was not thin enough to be
a dancer.
c
c Her father left her mother.
c
d Audrey stayed strong during the war.
c
e Her mother worked in a shop in London.
c
2Writethewordsfromtheboxintherightplaces.
old little loved noisy dancing too
a Audrey ………… the color white.
b Audrey’s mother felt music was for ………… .
c She thought she was ………… fat to be a dancer.
d Audrey was not ………… like the other girls at her
school.
e During the war, there was ………… to eat.
f Her first part in a movie came when she was
seventeen years ………… .
Chapters 3–4
3Choosethecorrectanswer,1,2or3.
a After making Gigi, Audrey decided …
1 she was going to marry her boyfriend.
2 she was going to remember a Hollywood
producer.
3 she could not stop making movies.
b Givenchy thought …
1 dresses were very important to women.
2 Audrey was going to be his wife.
3 Audrey was too fat for his clothes.
c William Holden …
1 drank less than Audrey.
2 wanted to live with Audrey.
3 wanted Audrey to have his children.
d Audrey’s future husband …
1 was the same age as Audrey.
2 was a lot older than her.
3 was a very old man.
Chapters 5–6
4Putthenamesfromtheboxintherightplace.
Mr. Ferrer Audrey’s father Gary Cooper
Mr. Famous Audrey Fred Astaire
a …………………… followed Audrey everywhere.
b …………………… could not leave the USA.
c …………………… starred in Funny Face.
d …………………… loved the Swiss countryside.
e …………………… made a film in Paris with
Audrey.
f …………………… was always in her thoughts.
5Whathappenedfirst,second,third?Writethe
numbers1–7.
a Audrey went to Switzerland to rest.
c
b She won a Tony for Ondine.
c
c Audrey worked with Fred Astaire.
c
d Audrey’s photo was on the cover of Time.
c
e She won an Oscar for Roman Holiday.
c
f Mel and Audrey got married.
c
g She went with her husband to Mexico.
c
Chapters 7–8
6Someofthesentencesarewrong.Makethemright.
Audrey went to work in Australia. She was a nun in
this film, and sang and danced a lot. The film was not
a great success. Then Audrey played in a film directed
by her husband. Hitchcock didn’t want her to be in his
movie. The next year she had a baby girl, and spent a
lot of time at home with her.
Chapters 9–10
7Choosethecorrectwordorexpression.
a People thought The Loudest Whisper was boring /
frightening.
b Audrey’s dog was injured / killed.
c William was still in love / angry.
d Audrey was paid more than / the same as Rex
Harrison.
e Audrey received / did not receive an Oscar for
My Fair Lady.
Chapters 11–12
8Arethesentencestrue(T)orfalse(F)?
a Audrey wanted to stay with her husband.
c
b Her clothes in How to Steal a Million became
popular.
c
c Peter O Toole was the top actor in Two for the
Road.
c
d Her husband had girlfriends again.
c
e Young people loved Robin and Marian.
c
f Her husband left her.
c
Chapter 13
9Someofthesentencesarewrong.Makethemright.
Audrey made many more movies. When she was older,
she was poor and hungry. She talked about her movies
on television. When she was ill, Gary Cooper came to
visit her. She died in the summer. Elizabeth Taylor said
she was with God now.