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Ghost Stories: Exercise1

The document contains exercises about ghost stories and writing stories. It includes a sample ghost story about a young boy home alone who receives a strange visit from a woman who says she knows the boy's mother, but who it turns out had died years ago. The exercises that follow ask readers to analyze and continue the story, as well as plan and write their own mystery stories.

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Ghost Stories: Exercise1

The document contains exercises about ghost stories and writing stories. It includes a sample ghost story about a young boy home alone who receives a strange visit from a woman who says she knows the boy's mother, but who it turns out had died years ago. The exercises that follow ask readers to analyze and continue the story, as well as plan and write their own mystery stories.

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Ghost stories

Exercise1 Answer
the questions: Do you know any ghost stories? Do you like telling / listening to ghost stories?

Exercise 2 Read the

text quickly. Fill in the table: what is described in the paragraphs?

A strange visit
It was a dark and stormy evening. My parents went away for the weekend and I was alone in the house. I was upset because instead going with them I had to stay at home and study for my maths exam. Around eleven o'clock I was very tired and hungry and went to the kitchen to get something to eat. Suddenly, I heard a knock at the front door. I got a bit nervous. "Who is it?" I asked. A warm voice replied, "My name is Monica Brown. I came to see Martha. It is very important." I opened the door. The woman's clothes were wet from the rain and she was shivering. I asked her to come in and offered some tea. When I told her that my mother was away for the weekend the woman grew very sad. She got up and said that she had to go. When I asked if she'd like to leave a message for my mother she said, "Just tell her that I was here...and that I miss her too." Before I could say anything, she went out of the house and into the storm. I looked out of the window but she was already gone. I locked the door and went to sleep. My parents came back the next day. When I told my mother about the strange visit, she was shocked. "That's impossible!" she said, "My friend Monica died two years ago. I never had the chance to say goodbye..." Cold chills went down my spine.
PARAGRAPH FUNCTION WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

1 2

Introduction

Events 3 4 Conclusion

Exercise 3 Read the

expressions and sentences given below. In which parts of the text can they be used? Mark (i) for introduction, (e) for events of the story, or (c) for the conclusion. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Suddenly.... It was a Sunday morning and... When we finally reached the house... ...it all ended well. Meanwhile.... In my hometown there is an old house and... ...and I'm sure I'll never go there again. By the time we.....

Exercise 4 Rachel went

for a walk. Number the following list of events in the order you think they happened. Retell the story in your own words. panicked went into the wood began to feel lost found the path followed a squirrel went for a walk couldn't find the path out of the wood went home

Exercise 5 Work in groups.

Read the title and write the beginning of your story (the introductory paragraph).

Title:

The mysterious sounds in the attic.

Exercise 6 What happened

next? Write a plan of events that could follow the introduction from the previous exercise.

Exercise 7 Write the

whole story using the plan from the previous exercise. Use the paragraph from exercise 5 as the introduction.

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