Стр.37 Модуль 2 ГДЗ Starlight Баранова 7 класс

Writing A story

Read the rubric.

What should you write? Should it be a first or a third person narrative?

Your college English club has asked its members to send in stories about strange experiences they had. Write your story in 120–180 words and submit it. The best story will appear in next month’s club newspaper.

Read the story and answer the questions.

The Haunted Castle by Ben Smith

One afternoon last winter, my friend Danny and I decided to visit Holroyd Castle. When we arrived, it was freezing cold and starting to rain, so we quickly went inside.

We walked slowly through the dark, cold rooms and corridors. The castle was huge and empty and all we could hear was the sound of our footsteps on the stone floor. We wandered around for half an hour before we realised that we were lost.

Luckily, as we turned a corner, we saw a tall man wearing old-fashioned clothes and carrying a lantern. He asked for us to follow him. As we walked he told us about the paintings on the walls. He spoke in a strange, old-fashioned way and when I asked him a question, he didn’t answer. Back in the entrance hall, we turned around to thank our guide, but he wasn’t there any more. Outside, we chatted to a friendly workman about our visit and our helpful guide.

“Ah, you met the castle’s ghost, Lord Fredrick! He was an artist and the owner of the castle in the 18th century. He sometimes helps visitors and tells them all about his paintings,” he told us excitedly.

Danny went white and I started shaking. We felt very shocked and scared. We’ll never forget this experience.

1. How does the writer set the scene?
   
   character – place – time – weather
2. Which is the climax event in the story?
3. How did the characters feel in the end?

a) Read the Writing Tip.

b) Which adjectives does the author use to describe the following?

c) List all the adverbs used in the story.

Replace the adjectives and adverbs in the paragraphs below with: quickly, roaring, horrible, extremely, heavily, relaxing, terrifying, chilly.

It was a very cold evening. I was hurrying home and looking forward to a good night in front of a nice fire. Suddenly, it started raining a lot and I decided to get a taxi. We were very lucky to escape and ran away as fast as we could. It was a scary experience for all of us, and we promised never to go back to that bad house again.

a) Listen to an experience Ben had while he was in Rio de Janeiro and answer the questions in the plan.

Plan: The Best Dancer

Para 1: Who were the main characters? Where were they? What were they doing? What was the weather like?

Paras 2 & 3: What happened? (The events of the story in the order they happened.) What was the climax event?

Para 4: What happened in the end? How did the main characters feel?

b) Imagine you are Ben. Use ideas from Ex. 5a to write his story for the college magazine (120–200 words).