The Stranger in the Mist

1-Vocabulary: Find these words in the word search. What do they mean in Spanish?

Holiday
Church h o l i d a y q e h y k l p
Weather
i c a b g d e c l i f f t y
Several
c u n l k s h u j l o f v u
Damp
h e d c v i d u v l o c s d
Mist
Journey u x s e q b a w e a t h e r
Landmarks r e l a n d m a r k s e r f
Footsteps c m i s t u p t p a t h a c
Cloak h A d c a y t s e v e r a l
Path v m e k s h o p u i p e t o
Cliff v b n u t t q w a s s b m a
Landslide d e r j o u r n e y u g n k
Stone a w a d n s r e t y i v b m
Hill x c u l e p o l o n e t r c

2- Complete the story with the correct form of the verbs in brackets: past simple, past continuous and past perfect

Giles Hampton was spending a short holiday in Wales. One of his friends, named Beverly, lived there in a house in
Caernavonshire, near the Snowdon mountains. There was an ancient church called Flaban Flawr near this house, so
Beverly called his new house Flaban Flawr too. When Beverly
invited Giles to spend his holydays there, he was very happy as he
was very interested in geology and Wales was of his interest to study
rocks and stones.
Giles arrived on October 10th. For the first week of his stay the
weather was fine and they went together on several geological
expeditions. But on October 18th Beverly had business in the local
market town so Giles decided to make an all-day excursion to a
place in the other side of the mountains. The sky was cloudy when
Giles set off. In his bag, he had put sandwiches, geological
hammers, and information from Parry, the servant, about his route
across the mountains.
He arrived after 12 and started to examine the rocks. He finished
around 3:30, packed his things and started on the journey back to
Flaban Fawr. The sky was cloudy again and a light rain began to fall. Then, a thick damp mist came down and covered
everything. Soon the mist grew thicker and he could only see a few feet in front of him.
On his early journey he had looked for landmarks but now, in the mist, everything looked different. Suddenly he realized
he had taken the wrong path. He was lost and confused. He could spend the night on the hillside, but he didn’t want to
worry his friend. He knew Beverly would become anxious and organize a search party.
In that moment he heard footsteps. Giles shouted and a
voice answered in Welsh. From out of the mist came an
old man with a huge dog by his side. Although the man
was tall, he looked straight and tall. He was wearing a
dark cloak that came down to his ankle. His hair was long
and white, and his red face shone with kindness.
The old man spoke again in Welsh but Giles didn’t
understand, so he tried to explain that he was lost and he
wanted to go to Flaban Fawr. Then, the old man took a
map and showed him the way back. Finally, he gave the
map to Giles.

Giles started walking along the path that the old man had
shown him. When he turned around the old man had
disappeared. As he could only see a few feet ahead, he
moved carefully. Soon the path led him down on a very steep hillside and suddenly his foot turned on a a sharp stone and
he almost fell. He heard the stone rolling down faster and faster until the noise stopped. A few seconds later, Giles heard a
crash as the stone hit the ground hundreds of feet below. The path led him to the edge of a cliff!!! Then, he looked at the
map and saw there was no cliff on the route that the old man had shown him. He sat down and decided that he would just
have to wait.
One hour later, he heard a voice shouting on the hillside below, He recognized the voice of Beverly’s servant who had set
out to search for him. They came back to the house and Giles told him he had got lost because of the weather but didn’t say
anything about the stranger in the mist.
At dinner, Beverly told him that he was lucky because there had been some terrible accidents there. Four years before a
man had been found dead at the bottom of the cliff. He had fallen off. In his pocket the police had found an old and out
dated map. The map didn’t show that there had been a landslide long time ago and that part of the hill had disappeared.
When Giles heard about the story, he told Beverly about the stranger in the mist. Then they called Mr. Roberts, who kept
the old map. Mr, Roberts came to the house and they compared the two maps, They were yellow with age and the writing
was very old. At the bottom of the map it said Madog ap Rhys 1707. Mr, Roberts explained that Madog ap Rhys was a
strange, lonely man that lived alone on the hillside. He died in 1720, before the path had been destroyed. Whenever there
was mist, Madog ap Rhys would walk among the hills, wearing a dark cloak, with his dog. He drew the map and always
carried a copy with him to give to the lost travelers. A story said that his spirit still walked among the hills.

READING COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES:

2-Read the text and answer these questions.

1. Name all the characters of the story. Give descriptions.
2. Where does the story take place?
3. Why did Beverly name his house “Flaban Flawr”?
4. Why was Giles happy to receive the invitation of Beverly?
5. Why did Giles decide to make an all-day excursion on his own on Octobre 18th?
6. Where did he go?
7. What did the servant give him?
8. What time did he decide to return to “Flaban Flawr”?
9. What happened when he was returning?
10. Who did he meet?
11. Why couldn’t Giles understand the old man?
12. What did the old man give Giles?
13. Where did the path lead him?
14. Was the path on the map?
15. Who found Giles?
16. What did Beverly tell Giles at dinner that night?
17. What did the police find in the pocket of the dead man?
18. What was strange about the maps?
19. Who was Madog ap Rhys?

3- Choose 5 words from activity 1 and the past simple, past continuous or past perfect to write sentences about
strange events.

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Practice

Fill in Past simple, past progressive or past perfect simple.

1. When they (sleep), thieves (break) in and (steal) their paintings.

2. After he (repair) his bike, he (drive) to his grandparents.

3. Before she (have) dinner, she (work) in the garden.

4. I (see) him yesterday in front of the cinema.

5. When they (listen) to music, they (hear) a loud noise.

6. He (not visit) me before he (fly) to Greece.

7. He (hear) a loud cry from outside and (rush) out.

8. While she (learn) for her test, her brother (play) football with his friends.

9. We (not play) chess last Sunday.

10. He (go) shopping after he (phone) me.

11. When we (meet) Jane at the party, she (wear) a red dress.

12. He (not drive) fast when the accident (happen).

13. The boys (break) a window when they (play) football in the garden.

14. Mary (not work) yesterday. She (be) ill.

15. After she (help) me with the housework, she (go) to meet her friends.