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Ghost Stories 6

Writing

A. Discuss with a partner.

1. Do you enjoy reading horror stories? Why/Why not?
2. What’s the scariest story you’ve read?

B. Match the creatures in the pictures with the following
stories?
a. Dracula, Bram Stoker
b. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
c. The Skin Trade, George R.R. Martin
d. The Girl with All the Gifts, M.R. Carey
e. The War of the Worlds, H.G. Wells C. Answer the questions.

f. Harry Potter, JK Rowling
1. Where does the story take place?
2. What situation do the two characters
Behind closed doors find themselves in?
3. How is the situation resolved?
Nobody had lived in the house for
years, and it stood, abandoned 4. What do they do at the end?
and gloomy, at the end of my
street. When my friend suggested D. Write a story (120–180 words). Use one of
going in, I hoped she was joking. the following titles or choose your own.
But I didn’t want to seem like a
scaredy-cat, so I agreed to go in.
The Man Next Door
We walked to the back as the The Mysterious Letter
windows were lower to the ground, The Gloomy Forest
and we managed to climb in.
It was dark and eerie inside as if
nobody had stepped foot inside • Set the scene.
the house for many years. But • Describe the situation.
then, we heard a noise upstairs. • Explain how the situation is resolved.

I didn’t want to go, but my friend • Write what happens at the end.
turned on the torch on her phone • Use a variety of adjectives and idioms.
and went upstairs. I followed • Use a personal tone.
cautiously, but to be honest, I was • Proofread your story for grammar and
freaking out. My heart missed a spelling mistakes.
beat when she opened a door,
and there was a dreadful creaking
noise.

I nearly jumped out of my skin
when a large black rat ran across
the floor and through the open
door. I knew my friend had been
scared, too, so we quickly ran
home and watched a rom-com
with a big bowl of popcorn!

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