3016 lamb to the slaughter

Characters Mr The Jobs /occupations Who or what is……………… the writer of the original short story: the film director: the murderer’s name / the culprit’s name: the criminal’s occupation: the victim’s name: the victim’s job: the unusual weapon: the only piece of evidence: the alibi: 10 the motive: Mrs The Other characters Rearrange the following events in chronological order : 10 a) She places the leg of lamb in a pan in the oven and goes down to the corner grocery to get some food for "Patrick's dinner", making sure the grocer sees her normal and cheerful state of mind b) A few minutes later, a team of officers are searching the house and conducting an investigation Mary explains that she came home from the grocer’s and found her husband dead c) They are happy to accept the invitation While they eat in the kitchen and discuss the case, Mary Maloney sits in the living room and giggles softly to herself d) Mary Maloney is a devoted wife and expectant mother.She waits happily each night for the arrival of her husband Patrick, home from work at the police station e) While the police are searching fruitlessly for the murder weapon, Mary offers them some lamb that she had prepared for dinner f) However ,she goes into the kitchen to prepare their supper and pulls a large frozen leg of lamb from the deep freezer g) As she looks at Patrick lying dead on the floor, she slowly begins to come back to her senses Immediately she realizes the ramifications of what she has done So,, she begins planning her alibi h) Then, she returns home and screams when she finds Patrick lying on the floor She calls the police and informs them that she found her husband lying dead on the floor i) She carries it into the living room and hits her husband on the back of the head with it j) On this particular night, though, she can tell something is wrong In disbelief, she listens as Patrick tells her that he is leaving her for another woman and that he wants a divorce Now , write the summary of the story in the past tense Follow up exercises : Passive voice Mrs Maloney killed her husband with a frozen leg of lamb The police officers searched the whole house but did not find the murder weapon A former colleague of Mr Maloney’s conducted the investigation Alfred Hitchcock directed this film, which he adapted from a short story by Road Dahl Linkwords Mr Maloney announced that he wanted a divorce his wife killed him hitting him with the frozen leg of lamb, she went out to buy some vegetables the police officers were looking for the murder weapon, she answered the inspector’s questions They didn’t find the murder weapon it was right under their nose