A NIGHT IN A HAUNTED HOUSE

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<b>Would you like to spend a night in this room?</b>

Thare are many old houses, pubs and hotels in Britain which people
say have ghosts. A British newspaper, The Sunday Times, send one
of its journalists, Stephen Bleach, to investigate Gosforth Hall Hotel, a
small hotel in Cumbria in the north of England. People say that the
hotel has the ghost of a seventeenth century Catholic priest. The
ghost always appears in room 11.

Stephen’s job ... (be) to spend the night alone in Room 11.
He ... (not/can) phone or speak to anybody. Before

he ... (go) to the hotel, Stephen ... (say) ‘ I feel a bit
nervous, but I don’t believe in ghosts.’

‘I ... (arrive) at Gosforth Hall late in the evening. It ...
(be) a very dark night but I ... (can) see

there ... (be) a church with a
cemetery next to the hotel. I ...
(check) in, and the receptionist ...
(give) me the key and ... (show) me
to my room.

I ... (leave) my things in the room
and ... (come) downstairs.

There ... (not/be) many guests.
There ... (be) only three including me.
I ... (sit) in the sitting room and
I ... (talk) to the manager, Sara

Daniels, about her hotel. I ... (have) a drink and then at 12.00 I
... (go) upstairs to my room.

Room 11 ... (be) on the top floor. I ...(open) the door
and ... (turn) on the light. It ... (be) a very big room,
quite old, and yes, it ... (be) a bit spooky. There ...
(be) an old television on a table – but there ... (not/be) a
remote control. I ... (turn) on the TV. There ... (be) a
film on. I ... (be) happy to see that it ... (not/be) a
horror film. I ... (decide) to watch the film and have the light
on all night. But I ... (be) tired after my long journey and after
half an hour I ... (go) to sleep.’

<b>A night in a haunted house</b>

<b>Complete the text with the verbs in Past</b>

<b>Simple</b>
<b>Choose the correct</b>

<b>answer.</b>

What was Stephen’s job?
journalist

detective
priest

2. With whom did Stephen go to
the hotel?

He went there alone.
with his sister

with his friend

3. What do people say about
the hotel?

It is very a popular hotel.
It has a ghost.

It was a pub in 17th century.

4. Did Stephen believe in
ghosts?

yes

he didn’t know what to think
no

5. What did he think of the
room?

It was cosy.
It was scary.
It was quite small.

6. How many guest were there

in the hotel?

three
seven
four

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So in the middle of the night I suddenly ... up! It was

two o’clock. The television was off! But how? There ... no

remote control, and I certainly didn’t get up and turn it off. The

light was still on, but suddenly the light ... off too. Now I

was really frightened! I couldn’t see anything strange, but I could

feel that there was somebody or something in the room. I got out

of bed and ... on the TV again. Little by little I started to

relax, and then I ... to sleep again. When I ... up

it was morning. I ... breakfast and I ... the hotel

about ten o’clock.

So the question is, did you see the ghost?

No, I didn’t see the ghost, but I definitely ... something

or somebody in the room when I woke up in the night.

<b>Were you frightened?</b>

Yes, I was! Very frightened!

<b>Would you like to spend another night in the hotel?</b>

Definitely, yes.

<b>Why?</b>

Well, I’m sure there was something strange in that room. I can’t explain the television and the

light. I want to go back because I want to see the ghost.

Why did they send Stephen Bleach to investigate Gosforth Hall Hotel?

---Why did Stephen stay in room 11?

---With whom and about what did he talk in the sitting room?

---When he returned to his room what did he decide to do?

---What did Stephen think about ghosts?

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<b>---Read the rest of the story. Complete the</b>
<b>sentences with the verbs in Past Simple.</b>

<b>feel</b>

<b>have</b>

<b>be</b>

<b>wake (2x)</b>

<b>leave</b>

<b>go (2x)</b>

<b>turn</b>

<b>Stephen was very frightened.</b>
<b>There was a remote control in </b>
<b>the room.</b>

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<b>Are you a believer?</b>

Do you believe

houses can really be haunted?

dreams sometines have meanings?
horoscopes can predict the future?
crop circles are made by UFOs?
monsters really exist?

witches can cast real spells?
faries exist?

<b>Have you ever seen a ghost?</b>

YES/NO

<b>Would you like to spend a</b>

<b>night in a haunted house?</b>

YES/NO

<b>What would you do if you</b>

<b>saw a ghost?</b>

YES/NO <b>0 – 2 YES</b>

What a skeptic! Try

opening your mind a

little more!

<b>Your score:</b>

YES/NO

<b>3 – 5 YES</b>

So you’re pretty normal! You know
there’s some strange stuff out

there, but you don’t believe
everything you hear.

<b>6 – 8 YES</b>

Wow, you are a true
believer! Aren’t you
taking things a bit far?

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