Elementary File 8C WB

Complete the text. Use was, were, wasn’t, or weren’t.

I went on holiday to Brazil last summer, and I stayed in an amazing hotel. My room was great. There was a large bed, and there some big cupboards to put my clothes in. There a kitchen, but there a minibar full of drinks and snacks. There three different restaurants to choose from. There a beautiful swimming pool in the hotel, and there a long beach very near. There any tourists on the beach but there baby turtles. They were really beautiful!

Complete the dialogue with a form of there was | there were.

A. Did you have a good holiday?
B. Not really. There was a problem with my hotel.
A. Oh dear. What happened?
B. Well, we couldn’t swim because ? a swimming pool. And any restaurants near the hotel.
A. a minibar in your room?
B. No, a minibar and a television. The only thing in my room was the bed!
A. Oh. a bathroom?
B. Yes, but any clean towels. Everything was very dirty.
A. any nice people in the hotel?
B Yes, some great people, but they all felt the same as me – very angry!

Complete the sentences with these words.

1. The boy is sitting______ the girl.

behind
from..to
in
in front of
next to
opposite
out of
over
under
up

Complete the sentences with these words.

2. The woman is_______ the man.

behind
from..to
in
in front of
next to
opposite
out of
over
under
up

Complete the sentences with these words.

3. There’s a ghost standing ____ the woman.

behind
from..to
in
in front of
next to
opposite
out of
over
under
up

Complete the sentences with these words.

4. There’s a bag_____the table.

behind
from..to
in
in front of
next to
opposite
out of
over
under
up

Complete the sentences with these words.

5. A waiter is coming_________ the kitchen.

behind
from..to
in
in front of
next to
opposite
out of
over
under
up

Complete the sentences with these words.

6. There’s a ghost______the waiter.

behind
from..to
in
in front of
next to
opposite
out of
over
under
up

Complete the sentences with these words.

7. The waiter is carrying the plates ____the kitchen_______ the tales.

behind
from..to
in
in front of
next to
opposite
out of
over
under
up

Complete the sentences with these words.

8. There’s a clock________the kitchen door.

behind
from..to
in
in front of
next to
opposite
out of
over
under
up

Complete the sentences with these words.

9. A ghost is going_______the stairs.

behind
from..to
in
in front of
next to
opposite
out of
over
under
up

Choose the silent letters.

1. cupboard

c
u
p
b
o
a
r
d

Choose the silent letters.

2. white

w
h
i
t
e

Choose the silent letters.

3. know

k
n
o
w

Choose the silent letters.

4. autumn

a
u
t
u
m
n

Choose the silent letters.

5. walk

w
a
l
k

Choose the silent letters.

6. builder

b
u
i
l
d
e
r

Choose the silent letters.

7. wrong

w
r
o
n
g

Listen and Choose the stressed words.

1. There was a lamp on the table.

There
was
a
lamp
on
the
table.

Listen and Choose the stressed words.

2. There wasn’t a bath in the bathroom.

There
wasn’t
a
bath
in
the
bathroom.

Listen and Choose the stressed words.

3. Was there a mirror in the bedroom?

Was
there
a
mirror
in
the
bedroom?

Listen and Choose the stressed words.

4. There were some books on the shelf.

There
were
some
books
on
the
shelf.

Listen and Choose the stressed words.

5. There weren’t any cupboards in the kitchen.

There
weren’t
any
cupboards
in
the
kitchen.

Listen and Choose the stressed words.

6. Were there any plants in the study?

Were
there
any
plants
in
the
study?

Read the text. Choose T (true) or F (false).

________________________________________________________________________________

Maesmawr Hall:

A Haunted House in Wales

Maesmawr Hall is a manor house in Powys, Wales. It was built in 1535 and today is a 20-bedroom hotel and venue for weddings. It is famous because people say it is haunted. Many guests say that they have seen ghosts. A businessman who stayed at the hotel said that when he looked out of the window he saw hundreds of Roman soldiers marching. In fact, in Roman times there was a road which passed through the grounds of Maesmawr Hall. Other guests said they saw the ghosts of the Davies sisters who owned the hotel in the 1900s, and the ghost of an old housekeeper walking through a wall in the hall. But perhaps most frightening is the story that the ghost of an evil man called Robin Drwg haunts the woods around the hotel. Some people say that they have seen this ghost
suddenly change into the shape of a bull. Maesmawr was on a TV programme about houses with ghosts called Most Haunted. The TV show presenters and investigators from the Mid Wales Paranormal (MWP) reported lots of strange activity in the hall — seeing balls of light, feeling movements, and hearing unusual sounds. During the investigation, the floor in one of the upstairs rooms moved. The hotel’s current owner, Nigel Humphryson, says he often hears voices and banging noises that he cannot explain. So if you’re interested in ghosts, why not stay here? But don’t go outside at night unless you’re feeling really brave!

Question:

People have seen ghosts inside and outside the hotel.

Read the text. Choose T (true) or F (false).

________________________________________________________________________________

Maesmawr Hall:

A Haunted House in Wales

Maesmawr Hall is a manor house in Powys, Wales. It was built in 1535 and today is a 20-bedroom hotel and venue for weddings. It is famous because people say it is haunted. Many guests say that they have seen ghosts. A businessman who stayed at the hotel said that when he looked out of the window he saw hundreds of Roman soldiers marching. In fact, in Roman times there was a road which passed through the grounds of Maesmawr Hall. Other guests said they saw the ghosts of the Davies sisters who owned the hotel in the 1900s, and the ghost of an old housekeeper walking through a wall in the hall. But perhaps most frightening is the story that the ghost of an evil man called Robin Drwg haunts the woods around the hotel. Some people say that they have seen this ghost
suddenly change into the shape of a bull. Maesmawr was on a TV programme about houses with ghosts called Most Haunted. The TV show presenters and investigators from the Mid Wales Paranormal (MWP) reported lots of strange activity in the hall — seeing balls of light, feeling movements, and hearing unusual sounds. During the investigation, the floor in one of the upstairs rooms moved. The hotel’s current owner, Nigel Humphryson, says he often hears voices and banging noises that he cannot explain. So if you’re interested in ghosts, why not stay here? But don’t go outside at night unless you’re feeling really brave!

Question:

The ghosts are all of people who lived in the house in the past.

Read the text. Choose T (true) or F (false).

________________________________________________________________________________

Maesmawr Hall:

A Haunted House in Wales

Maesmawr Hall is a manor house in Powys, Wales. It was built in 1535 and today is a 20-bedroom hotel and venue for weddings. It is famous because people say it is haunted. Many guests say that they have seen ghosts. A businessman who stayed at the hotel said that when he looked out of the window he saw hundreds of Roman soldiers marching. In fact, in Roman times there was a road which passed through the grounds of Maesmawr Hall. Other guests said they saw the ghosts of the Davies sisters who owned the hotel in the 1900s, and the ghost of an old housekeeper walking through a wall in the hall. But perhaps most frightening is the story that the ghost of an evil man called Robin Drwg haunts the woods around the hotel. Some people say that they have seen this ghost
suddenly change into the shape of a bull. Maesmawr was on a TV programme about houses with ghosts called Most Haunted. The TV show presenters and investigators from the Mid Wales Paranormal (MWP) reported lots of strange activity in the hall — seeing balls of light, feeling movements, and hearing unusual sounds. During the investigation, the floor in one of the upstairs rooms moved. The hotel’s current owner, Nigel Humphryson, says he often hears voices and banging noises that he cannot explain. So if you’re interested in ghosts, why not stay here? But don’t go outside at night unless you’re feeling really brave!

Question:

Robin Drwg’s ghost sometimes appears as a bull.

Read the text. Choose T (true) or F (false).

________________________________________________________________________________

Maesmawr Hall:

A Haunted House in Wales

Maesmawr Hall is a manor house in Powys, Wales. It was built in 1535 and today is a 20-bedroom hotel and venue for weddings. It is famous because people say it is haunted. Many guests say that they have seen ghosts. A businessman who stayed at the hotel said that when he looked out of the window he saw hundreds of Roman soldiers marching. In fact, in Roman times there was a road which passed through the grounds of Maesmawr Hall. Other guests said they saw the ghosts of the Davies sisters who owned the hotel in the 1900s, and the ghost of an old housekeeper walking through a wall in the hall. But perhaps most frightening is the story that the ghost of an evil man called Robin Drwg haunts the woods around the hotel. Some people say that they have seen this ghost
suddenly change into the shape of a bull. Maesmawr was on a TV programme about houses with ghosts called Most Haunted. The TV show presenters and investigators from the Mid Wales Paranormal (MWP) reported lots of strange activity in the hall — seeing balls of light, feeling movements, and hearing unusual sounds. During the investigation, the floor in one of the upstairs rooms moved. The hotel’s current owner, Nigel Humphryson, says he often hears voices and banging noises that he cannot explain. So if you’re interested in ghosts, why not stay here? But don’t go outside at night unless you’re feeling really brave!

Question:

Paranormal investigators didn’t think that Maesmawr Hall was haunted.

Listen to four people talking about hotel rooms.

Question:

Which countries did they visit?

Listen again. Match the speakers to the rooms.

Speaker i

Speaker ii

Speaker iii

Speaker iv

A. The room was under the water.
B. The room had mirrors on the walls and the ceiling.
C. The room wasn’t very comfortable.
D. The room was up a tree.

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