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OXFORD BOOKWORMS LIBRARY STAGE 5 60 WUTHERING HEIGHTS
Wuthering Heights STAGE 5
Before Reading
BEFORE READING ACTIVITIES (PAGE 91)
ACTIVITY 1 BEFORE READING
Open answers. Encourage speculation. Do not
confirm or deny guesses at this stage. In fact, there
is an element of truth in 1a, 1b, 1c and 1d; 2b is
correct (wuthering is a Yorkshire dialect word
meaning blustery); and 3a and 3b are correct.
ACTIVITY 2 BEFORE READING
Open answers. Encourage students to compare and
discuss their ranking lists.
While Reading
CHAPTERS 1 AND 2 WHILE READING
Encourage students to speculate on the characters
and their relationships. Do not tell them the
answers. They will find out as they read that the
yes answers are numbers 1 and 5.
CHAPTERS 3 TO 6 WHILE READING
1 Mr Earnshaw to Catherine, Hindley and Ellen,
about the dirty, black-haired gipsy child that he had
brought home.
2 Ellen to Heathcliff, about Edgar and Isabella Linton.
3 Catherine to Heathcliff, about his unwashed,
frowning face.
4 Heathcliff to Ellen, about Hindley.
5 Catherine to Heathcliff, giving her reason for not
spending more time with him.
6 Edgar to Catherine, about her hitting him.
7 Ellen to Hindley, about his carelessness in letting his
son Hareton fall down the stairs.
8 Catherine to Ellen, about Heathcliff.
BEFORE READING CHAPTER 7
Open answers. Encourage students to base their
predictions on their knowledge of the characters so
far.
CHAPTERS 7 TO 11 WHILE READING
1 T
2 F Edgar was unwilling to accept Heathcliff as
Catherines friend.
3 F Isabella fell in love with Heathcliff.
4 F Isabella would inherit the Linton fortune if
Edgar and Catherine had no sons.
5 T
6 T
7 F Catherine was just pretending to be ill at first,
but later became seriously ill with brain fever.
8 F Isabella was very unhappy with her husband.
9 T
10 T
11 T
12 F Catherine died in her room, with Edgar at her
bedside.
13 F Isabella ran away to London to have her baby.
14 F Hindley drank himself to death.
BEFORE READING CHAPTER 12
Open answers. Encourage speculation, but do not
confirm or deny students guesses at this stage.
CHAPTERS 12 TO 16 WHILE READING
1 Why . . .? Because she was knew she was dying and
wanted him to take care of her son.
2 Why . . .? Because he wore old, dirty clothes,
and looked and spoke like a farm worker, not a
gentlemans son.
3 What . . .? He was bitterly disappointed in him
because Linton was a weak, pale, and sickly child.
4 Why . . .? Because Haretons father, Hindley, had
treated Heathcliff badly in the same way, and
Heathcliff wanted Hareton to suffer as he had, in
revenge for Hindleys treatment.
5 What . . .? She made secret visits in the evenings to
Wuthering Heights to see Linton.
6 Why . . .? Because if Cathy married Linton, any
money she had would become Lintons, and after
Lintons death, Heathcliff (as Lintons nearest
relation) would inherit the whole of the Linton
fortune. And if Linton died unmarried, Cathy would
then inherit all the Linton fortune when her father
Edgar died, and Heathcliff would not get it.
7 Why . . .? He used Linton to trick Cathy and Ellen
into coming to Wuthering Heights, then locked the
doors and refused to let them leave until Cathy had
kept her promise to marry Linton.
8 Why . . .? Because she knew that her father Edgar
was dying and she wanted to be at his bedside.
9 What . . .? He looked at Catherine in her coffin,
broke open one of the coffins sides, and bribed
the gravedigger to bury him, when he died, next to
Catherine.
BEFORE READING CHAPTER 17
Open answers.
CHAPTERS 17 AND 18 WHILE READING
1 Because she pretended to cry, and he couldnt bear
to make her sad.
2 Because he was uneducated.
3 He saw Cathy teaching Hareton to read and the two
of them being very loving together.
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4 Cathy wanted to plant some flowers there.
5 Because he no longer wanted to; he had lost interest
in daily events.
6 To rejoin Catherine in death.
7 For four days and nights he neither ate nor slept,
and was found by Ellen one morning, lying dead on
the bed in Catherines old room.
After Reading
ACTIVITY 1 AFTER READING
ACTIVITY 2 AFTER READING
WEDDINGS
1 Hindley & Frances (1775)
2 Catherine & Edgar (1783)
3 Heathcliff & Isabella (1784)
4 Cathy & Linton (1800)
5 Cathy & Hareton (1803)
DEATHS
1 Mr Earnshaw (1775)
2 Frances (1778)
3/4 Mr & Mrs Linton (1780)
5 Catherine (1784)
6 Hindley Earnshaw (1785)
7 Isabella (1797)
8 Edgar (1800)
9 Linton (1801)
10 Heathcliff (1802)
Cathy and Hareton were the only characters alive
at the end of the story.
ACTIVITY 3 AFTER READING
1 Heathcliff to Catherine, just after his return to
Wuthering Heights with his wife Isabella, when he
hears that Catherine has been very ill. (p45)
2 Isabella to her brother Edgar, just before her death
in London, when she writes to Edgar asking him to
take care of Linton. (p54)
3 Ellen Dean to Cathy, after Lintons death, when she
gives a letter to Mr Lockwood to take to Wuthering
Heights just before he leaves Yorkshire. (p78)
4 Cathy to Linton, when she was sixteen, writing
secretly to him after her first visit to him at
Wuthering Heights. (p62)
ACTIVITY 4 AFTER READING
Open answers.
ACTIVITY 5 AFTER READING
Open answers.
ACTIVITY 6 AFTER READING
Students can complete this how they like. Possible
answers would be:
CATHERINE: Isabella, I must talk to you about
Heathcliff.
ISABELLA: Oh, yes! Hes so strong and handsome, isnt
he?
CATHERINE: Well, hes always been strong, yes, but
handsome? No, I wouldnt call him that.
ISABELLA: I think he is. And Im so much in love with
him.
CATHERINE: Thats what I wanted to talk to you about.
You shouldnt love him. He isnt worth it!
ISABELLA: Why not? What do you mean?
CATHERINE: Well, he can be very violent, and fierce,
and even cruel. Theres a certain wildness in him
ISABELLA: Youre in love with him yourself, arent you?
CATHERINE: Me? In love with him? No, no, Im not,
although Im very close to him. Hes almost part of
me. But hed be a bad husband for you, Isabella!
ISABELLA: Youre just saying that because you and
Edgar dont want me to marry him!
CATHERINE: Well, yes, its true that Edgar and I dont
want you to marry Heathcliff. You wouldnt be
happy with him.
ISABELLA: How can you be so sure of that?
CATHERINE: Im sure because because you and he
are so different. Youre quiet and gentle and weak,
while he
ISABELLA: How selfish you are, Catherine!
CATHERINE: Selfish? Why do you say that?
ISABELLA: Because you didnt marry Heathcliff and
now you dont want anyone else to have him.
CATHERINE: That simply isnt true! It doesnt matter
to me whether Heathcliff gets married or not. But I
know he wont make you happy.

Mr & Mrs Earnshaw Mr & Mrs Linton
Frances Hindley Edgar Isabella Catherine Heathcliff
Hareton Cathy Linton
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m.(2) m.(1)
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ACTIVITY 7 AFTER READING
Acceptable answers to this cloze passage are any
words that have an appropriate meaning and fit
the structure of the sentence. Students might like
to check each others work and discuss alternative
answers.
What is happening to me? Today, when Cathy spoke
sharply to me, I lifted (raised) my hand to hit her, but
something prevented me. I looked into her face and I
saw her eyes Catherines beautiful (lovely, wonderful,
etc.) eyes! They seem to enter my soul (heart). And
Haretons are the same. I cant (cannot) be angry with
those two. They remind me so much of Catherine! But
everything around me tells me that she was (lived) here
once, and that I have lost her! Im in darkness, in her
shadow, and there is nothing, nothing on earth to live
for.
But recently Ive felt (noticed, realized, seen, etc.)
there has been some sort of change (alteration) in me.
I feel hot and cold at the same time. I sometimes forget
to eat or sleep or even breathe. Im closer to Catherine
than ever before! There is just one thing I want
(desire), with all my heart and soul, something (that)
Ive wanted for so long! Catherine, hear my heartfelt
cry of pain! My darling (dearest), come back to me!
Cant you take me with you this time? Im not afraid
of death. Our bodies will lie (rest) together in the soft,
dark, warm earth, and our souls fly over the moor
(world), together again at last!
ACTIVITY 8 AFTER READING
Open answers.
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