Task 1. Finish up the sentence with a descriptive lexical unit from the glossary. (KEY)

1. If your ghost is noiseless you can’t call it a noisy entity.
2. If you are not scared you can’t call your ghost spooky / eerie.
3. If there is a whole bunch of ghosts living at your place, you can’t call any of them solitary.
4. If everybody insists that your ghost is commonplace and unimpressive, you can’t call it phenomenal.
5. If, for some reason, your ghost has stopped being sad and has found peace and rest, you can’t call it inconsolable / restless.
6. If your ghost is merrymaking, you can’t call it sombre.

Task 2. Fill in the blanks in the story with verbs from the glossary in the necessary form. (KEY)

Once upon a time there lived a very active ghost. Its name was Richard, that is to say, it was a he-ghost. So, every night he patrolled / haunted his grounds from dusk to dawn, rattling his chains disgracefully loudly. Those were not the only sounds to wake up the miserable dwellers of the house: he duly groaned and howled at short intervals. The people in the house longed to catch Richard and rest his poor spirit but, unfortunately, he was too quick to be put under lock and key – as any advanced ghost he went flying across the stately rooms of the house and just stopped to hover over the masters’ beds for an instant. Whether the people in the haunted house ever found a solution or not is shrouded in mystery.

Task 3. Are these sentences true or false in the lexical usage? (KEY)

1. Jane asked the medium to summon the spirit of Julius Caesar.
2. So, did the ghostbusters eventually help the haunted family?
3. When they were dubbed by the media ‘paranormal investigators’ the ghostbusters were really pleased and proud.
4. How do you recognize the local ghost if you see it? – Well, it’s easy, you see: by the pettycoat it is wearing.
5. Medium: Today’s séance is cancelled – I’ve just smashed the main equipment – my magic crystal sphere.
6. I’m so sorry you are being a cynic about it. I AM seeing things! — TRUE

Task 4. Paraphrase using expressions from the glossary (KEY)

1. Let me tell you about a bazaar experience that happened to me at Westminster Abbey’s crypt.
2. Why are you screaming? – Because I woke up petrified!
3. Let’s go back. I’m not liking this Labyrinth of Fear entertainment, however much the tickets have cost you. The chills I am feeing are unbearable.
4. The journalists of “The Creepy Show” are interviewing the tenants of Castle Howard is a stately home in North Yorkshire, England, 15 miles north of York – the haunted house.
5. The Tower is best known for its violent and turbulent
6. As part of her postgraduate research project, Imogen Reagan has collected a large album of pictures featuring life-like visions of ghosts.

Do the test (KEY)

1. Miss Pritchet wouldn’t want to return home tonight – she claims there is … in the house.
   1. poltergeist
   2. poultry
2. The game’s name — … — is a blunt ‘allusion’ to its main theme and activity: you have to make elixirs and put spells.
   1. minecraft
   2. witchcraft
3. It’s for a good reason that this place looks deserted – no one would agree to live in such a … place.
   1. famous
   2. infamous
4. Will you forgive me if I say the incident was a … that went wrong?
   1. crank
   2. prank
5. Our Dad is the most hard-boiled man in the world, and he will never be disturbed by any … with the world of the supernatural.
   1. encounters
   2. discounters
6. Who is the author? – Well, it’s an absolutely folklore … .
   1. tale
   2. tail