Writing skills. The Ghostly Inn

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Writing skills
The Ghostly Inn

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Match the words
1. Chat excitedly
2. Stay for the night
3. Almost immediately
4. Small inn
5. Old-fashioned clothes
6. Pay the bill
7. Gasp
8. Troubled
9. Puzzled
10. Passer-by
11. Police station
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
k.
Отделение полиции
Прохожий
Небольшая гостиница
Переночевать
Задыхаться
Оживленно беседовать
Озадаченный
Встревоженный
Практически сразу
Оплатить счет
Старомодная одежда

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Ex. 2 p. 50 Answer the questions:
1. What are the names of the main characters? Danny, Mark, Tom
2. Who noticed a small inn by the side of the road? Mark
3. What seemed strange to Danny, Mark and Tom when they entered
the inn? Old-fashioned clothes the people were wearing
4. Did they pay much for hotel accommodation?
The bill was extremely cheap
5. Did they manage to find the hotel for the second time? No, they didn’t
6. What did Tom see at the photographs of the inn?
He saw only his friends and a small white creature behind them.
7. What did they find on the place where they thought the inn had
been? They found two ruined buildings
8. What did the friends realise after they had talked to a passer-by?
They realised that they had spent the night with the ghost of the past.

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Writing a story
Ex. 3 p. 50 Read the story and put the events in the
order they appear.
Ex. 4 p. 51 Which paragraphs…
Keys:
1. C
a. present events before the climax event?
2. H
b. contains the climax event?
3. F
c. sets the scene?
4. K
d. contains the main characters’ feelings?
5. D
Keys: a. – 1,2 / b. – 3 / c. – 1 / d. - 4
6. L
7. J
Ex. 5 p. 51 - Time linkers
8. E
9. A
Keys: 1. as / almost / immediately
10. G
2. when / the next morning / then
11. B
3. a week later / as soon as / while
4. when / immediately

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Ex. 7 p. 51 Match the verbs to the adverbs
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Run
Sing
Rain
Shout
Drive
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Angrily
Happily
Quickly
Heavily
Carefully
Ex. 8 p. 51 Replace the adjectives and adverbs in bold with:
Huge / fiercely / quickly / loud / terrifying
Blowing badly - blowing fiercely
Big house – huge house
Big noise – loud noise
Bad feeling – terrifying feeling
Running fast - running quickly

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Write a story based on what you will hear
• Write 80 - 100 words
• Use past tenses, linking words, variety of adjectives and adverbs
Plan
You may use the following
words:
Ann
and Tim / At home
Watching TV
Para 1 – Introduction
Stormy afternoon, feeling bored, say excitedly,
late afternoon,
Tim suggested….
a) Who were the main characters?
the only visitors, dark rooms full of exhibits,
felt/ scared,
a
Old castle
Interesting
b) Where were they?
model of a man, old fashioned costume,
digital
camera, run
exhibit
(экспонат)
c) What were they doing?
quickly, reception desk, museumTaking
ghost,photos
terrified.
Para 2 - Main body
Mysterious
d) What happened?
disappearance
e) What was the climax event?
Ann and Tim ran to
Para 3 – Conclusion
the… They were ……
f) What happened in the end?
The old lady explained
g) How did the characters feel?
that….

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Reflection
• Translate the words:
• Huge / fiercely / loud / angrily / terrified
• Homework