Nama : Aaron Winston Gho

XMIPA 2 /1

A GHOST STORY
A. Reading (Choices pg. 30)
Some years ago, I was in Scotland with a group of friends. We all loved Scottish
mountains so we went hiking there almost every year.
We were walking through a beautiful valley called Glencoe when we saw a tall man
standing beside the road. He had long white hair and was wearing a kilt. He was
carrying a stick. He looked like a character out of a history book. We asked him to
join us for a group photo. He agreed but he never said a word. So I took the photo
and we walked on. When I turned around a moment later to wave goodbye, he was
not there.
That evening, when we were having dinner at the local inn, we asked the owner
about the old man. ‘Ahh! You’ve met the ghost of Glencoe!’ he said. ‘He was killed
during the massacre 400 years ago. His spirit still walks along the River Coe.’
Later that night, when I was looking through the photos, I discovered something odd
about the group photo that we took. The old Scotsman wasn’t there. There was just
an empty space between my friends.
B. Activities (Grammar)
1. Activity 8 - Use the Past Continuous or the Past Simple to answer the
questions about the text.
a. What were the tourists doing when they saw the strange man?

Answe We were walking through a beautiful valley

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b. What did the tourists do when they saw the strange man?

Answe The tourists asked him to join them for a group photo
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c. What did the man do when they invited him to join them for the photo?

Answer The man agreed but he never said a word

 d. What were the tourists doing when they spoke to the owner of the inn?

Answe The tourists were having a dinner at the local inn

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2. Language Choice 19 pg. 8 - Complete the text with the correct forms of the
verbs in the brackets.
We 1. were driving (drive) home after a party in December when we 2.saw
(see) a young woman near a local school. It 3. was raining (rain) but she 4.
didnt have (not have) a coat. She 5. Wore (wear) a white dress. She 6.
looked (look) lost so I 7. stopped (stop) and 8. offered (offer) her a lift. She 9.
Didn’t say (not say) anything but she 10. got (get) into the car. A few minutes
later, when we 11. were passing (pass) the cemetery, she suddenly 12.
dissappeared (disappear). Fifthy years ago, a lorry 13 killed (kill) a girl in
front of that school when she 14. was walking (walk) to a dance. Now her
body is in the cemetery. I think she 15. went (go) home last night. 
3. Activity 9 - Use the cues, the Past Simple and the Past Continuous to write
sentences about ghost sightings.
a. stay in an old hotel - see a man in sixteenth-century clothes

Answe I was staying in an old hotel when I saw a man in sixteenth-century

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b. camp with friends - see a ghostly figure in the distance

Answe I was camping with my friends when I saw a ghostly figure in the distance
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c. visit a castle - see a lady in white with no head

Answe I was visiting a castle when I saw a lady in white with no head
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d. climb a tower - a man on a black horse fly past me

Answer I was climbing a tower when a man on a black horse flew past me

e. visit a church - hear a horrible scream

Answer I was visiting a church when I heard a horrible scream

4. Use the pictures (Choices pg. 31 activity 12) and the cues to talk about the
situations.
a. eight years old - excited, run downstairs - fall - break arm

Answe he was eight years old.it was his birthday and he was very excited.he was
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b. ride a bike on holiday - big dog run towards me - fall off the bike - into the
river

Answe She was riding a bike on holiday when there’s a big dog ran towards her. She fell
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c. walk-in mountains - talk to friends - see £ 20 on the ground - buy lunch for
everyone

Answe She was walking in mountains while talking to her friends when they saw £ 20 on
r the ground. They took the money and used it to buy lunch for everyone.

d. sit in class - form teacher explain the school rules - my mobile ring - get
my first punishment

Answe She was sitting in the class while the form teacher was explaining the school
r rules. Her mobile rang and she got her first punishment.