ESO 2: The Mystery of the Tomb Extra Activities

Here you have the Extra Activities on The Mystery of the Tomb.

You can choose to send me (via e-mail to mireiaxorto@gmail.com) or to hand to me the 7 activities or 5, or 2 or just 1... It is up to you!
But the activities in which you have to send pictures, have to be sent via e-mail.
Activities have to be sent / handed in before Friday 14th May 2010.
Enjoy reading!

Activity I is +0.25
Activity II is +0.5
Activity III is +0.5
Activity IV is +0.5
Activity V is +0.5
Activity VI is +0.5
Activity VII is +0.25

I. Look for pictures in the net to illustrate these words:

PATH / TORCH / NECKLACE / CANDLESTICK / BURGLAR / GRAVE / CHAINS / GATE

II. Complete the sentences with a verb in the past tense.

Grandma Mackay ____________ the best biscuits in the world.
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The boys ___________ over the gates of the cemetery.
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Any of the boys _____________ a torch.
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A cloud _________ in front of the moon and __________ it.

III. Match the two columns.

1 TOMB
2 TORCH
3 BISCUIT
4 DARKNESS
5 SHOUT

a It gives light.
b A place to bury people.
c It is made of flour.
d A loud voice.
e There isn´t any light.

IV. Match the two columns to make sentences about the story.
1. The students must
2. The boys will put pillows
3. There is a big, black tomb in
4. The boys forgot
5. Jack remembered
6. Near the big tomb, Jack started to

a. the scary book he read the week before.
b. the middle of the cemetery.
c. in their beds.
d. imagine things.
e. write a scary story for homework.
f. to bring a torch.

V. Underline the correct word.
1. "DON'T TOUCH MY GRANDSON! Grandma Mackay said in a (small/loud) voice.
2. It was (terrible/imposible) to sleep, so Jack looked out of the window.
3. Grandma Mackay pointed her (thin/heavy) finger at the cemetery gates.
4. The boys were (tired/strange) after their adventure in the cemetery.
5. There was a (bright/angry) light around the old woman's head.

VI. Put the sentences from the story in the correct order.

___ Jack heard a noise and the door of the tomb started to open slowly.
___ The boys watched at the white figure come slowly out of the tomb.
___ The policemen put Bill and Joe into one of the police cars and left.
___ Jack and Tom stood up quickly and tried to escape from Bill.
___ The boys decided to meet outside the cemetery before midnight.
___ Jack lay down in bed and fell asleep.
___ The wind caught Bill and took him towards the cemetery gates.
___ The boys climbed over the gates and went into the cemetery.

VII. Look for four photos in Internet to illustrate four sentences from the story.
Eg. "A cluod passed in front of the moon".