storytelling/ multiword verbs/ superstitions and supernatural
New Headway Pre-Intermediate Unit 12
Ghost story 1
The verb plus preposition or adverb phrases below all come from one story about ghosts, in the same order as below. With your partner, try to guess the story.
- work as
- get rid of
- come back
- sort them out
- trapped between
- move on to
- get out of bed and come downstairs
- sit on the end of the bed
- moved the bed from one part of the room to the other
- is in his way
- throw out of the house
- go away
Ask about any language above you aren’t sure about, then discuss if you want to change the story or not.
Read the story and check. How is it the same as and different from how you thought it would be?
Read again more carefully and answer the questions in Exercise 3.
Work together and tell the actual story using the phrasal verbs above.
Work together and tell the story without looking at the phrasal verbs above (using different words if you like).
Ghost story 2
Do the same stages with these phrases:
- is at home
- go away
- is away
- go back immediately
- is in a lot of danger
- come back again
- is in good health
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