THE MODEL MILLIONAIRE

by Oscar Wilde
Part 1

Task #1: Read the glossary below.

Hughie Erskine was a good, looking man. Hughie Erskine was the best,
looking gentleman in London.
Hughie had curly brown hair and he was very handsome (good looking)
Hughie had many friends. However, he didnt have much money.
His father had been an officer in the army.
Hughie had tried to do several jobs.
He had worked for a tea merchant selling tea. To sell/sold/sold
Hughie was not good AT anything.
His old aunt gave him four or five pounds a week.
Hughie was almost broke.
Alan was an artist who painted portraits. (pictures of people)
Alan was painting a portrait of a beggar.
The model was an old man dressed in old, torn clothes.
With one hand he held out a hat. In the other hand he held a stick.
Hughie said that the artists were unkind.
The old man looked so sad that Hughie felt sorry for him.
Hughie gave all his money away. He was very foolish but very kind.

Task #2: Read the sentences below and decide if they are true or false. Correct
the false sentences.

1. Hughie was a handsome man.

2. Hughie had no friends.
3. He had no money.
4. He had two jobs.
5. He was going to marry Laura very soon (muy pronto).
6. Alan Trevor was a famous photographer.
7. Alan was Hughies uncle.
8. Alan did portraits for rich men.
9. Alans model was wearing new clothes.
10. Hughie felt bad for the beggar.
11. Alan paid the model little money.
12. Hughie said that artists were nice people.
13. Hughie gave the beggar some food.
14. Laura was furious with Hughie.
Task #3: Match the verbs in column A with their past forms n column B.

A B
be put
come had
give tried
have loved
hold said
love painted
paint wanted
pay came
put visited
say held
sell gave
try paid
visit was/were
want sold

Task #5: Read the text and complete it with a verb in the past. Use the verbs in
task 4.

Hughie Erskine 1) ________ a good-looking man. He 2) ________ curly brown

hair, grey eyes and a handsome face. He also 3) ________ many friends. However,
Hughie did not have much money. His fathers had been an officer in the army. His
father 4) _______ dead.
Hughie 5) _______ (trat) to do several jobs. He 6) _________ (trabaj) for a tea
merchant and for a wine merchant. He 7) __________ (vendi) tea and wine. But he
8) _______ not good a t anything.
Hughie 9) ______ in love and 10) _________ (quera) to get married. He 11)
__________ (amaba) Laura Merton. Laura loved him but her father did not want
them to get married. You are a good man, Colonel Merton 12) ________ (dijo) to
Hughie, but you have no money. My daughter cannot marry a poor man.