Our story ________ (happen) just before midnight on December 24th last year.

Susan Lee ______________ (drive) home after ___________ (visit) her sister. The road was clear and she was driving carefully.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a young man ____________ (jump) out in front of her. He _____________ (wear) a dark-coloured raincoat and carrying a backpack.

Susan ___________ (step) hard on the brake pedal but it was too late.

She ______________ (get) out of the car but to her surprise, there was nobody there. While she ____________ (look) under the car, she felt a cold wind on her face and a strange presence that _____________ (send) shivers down her spine.

She _______________ (still look) under her car when a lorry ______________ (stop) behind her.

The lorry driver, a middle-aged man, ____________ (walk) up to her and asked her if she needed help to start her car so she told him what __________________ (happen).

He ________________ (not seem) surprised when Susan told him about the young man. 'In December 1973, there was a car accident on this road and a hitchhiker was fatally run over. You're not the first to _____________ (see) his ghost here', he said in a mysterious tone.

ANSWERS: happened was driving visiting jumped was wearing stepped got was looking sent was still looking stopped walked had happened didn't was have seen