1.- Listen to the story and complete the gaps with the verbs in the box.

Use the Past

Simple.

be can come go hear look

move stand touch turn understand walk

It was night time and Marc was all

alone in the castle. Suddenly, he heard a
strange noise. It __________________________ from
upstairs.
Marc got up and __________________________
slowly up the stairs. He _________________________
into the largest bedroom and
_____________________ next to the bed.
Suddenly, there was a knock at the
window. Marc ____________________ very scared and turned on the light. He
_________________________ at the closed window but couldn’t see anything –only his
reflection in the dark glass. Again, he _____________________ a strange noise and
then a knock at the window. He _________________________ off the light.
Now he ___________________________ see outside through the window. There
was a large tree next to the window. The leaves __________________________ in the
wind and ____________________________ the window.
Finally, Marc _______________________________ –the noise was simply the tree
touching the window.

2.- Now read the story above and answer these sentences.

1) How many people were there in the castle that night?

2) Where was Marc when he heard the noise, downstairs or upstairs?

3) How big was the room where Marc heard the noise?

4) How did he feel when he heard the noise?