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Halloween reading practice

Slide 1 - Diapositive

Mystery train...
Taken from: https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/graded-reading/mystery-train-level-1

Slide 2 - Diapositive

‘The ghost train is for children!’ said Claire.

‘People look afraid when they leave,’ said Peter. He tried to pull her to The World’s Best Ghost Train. ‘It’s fun!’

‘They know it’s not real, so why are they afraid? I’m going home.’

‘OK,’ Peter said. He bought a ticket for himself.

But there was one thing left to do at the fair – buy a candyfloss. It was very difficult to finish a candyfloss. They were too big and too sweet. It’s possible, she thought, as she paid for the big pink sugar cloud. And tonight I’m going to eat a whole one. For that, she needed time. I’ll walk home by the train tracks, she decided.

Slide 3 - Diapositive

It wasn’t very dark yet. Of course, Claire knew not to walk on train tracks – it was dangerous. Last year some boys in the city died playing on the tracks. But there was nothing dangerous here because there were no trains in Fellside. There wasn’t even a train station. The tracks just finished.


It was a mystery, but an old one and nobody thought about it now. They were just there, and that was it. Claire thought about another mystery. Where does candyfloss go when you eat it? It disappeared in her mouth so fast. There was a lot left. She needed to walk slower.

Slide 4 - Diapositive

The tracks vibrated as she walked. She could feel it and then she could hear it too. It was getting stronger and louder. She looked back. A round light, small but getting bigger, was coming. It wasn’t possible!

A train.

Claire fell to the right, off the track. The train passed her, empty, and then slowed and stopped.

Where is it going? she thought. The tracks end soon.

A man put his head out of the window and shouted. ‘What are you doing? It’s dangerous on the tracks!’

Slide 5 - Diapositive

‘But … there aren’t any trains!’ Claire said. Maybe there were no trains before, but there was a train now. It’s not real, she told herself.

‘This isn’t real,’ she said. But the heat coming from the train felt real.

‘You can’t walk on the tracks,’ the driver said. ‘You have to come on the train.’

‘No!’
‘Are you afraid?’ he asked. ‘It isn’t real, remember? So what are you afraid of?’ They were her own words to Peter.
She didn’t want to, but she climbed the stairs of the train, candyfloss in hand.
‘Sit,’ he said, and the train slowly started moving again.
‘Where are we going?’ Claire asked.

Slide 6 - Diapositive

‘End of the line,’ he said.


‘Oh!’ That wasn’t far because the tracks ended near here.

She didn’t want the candyfloss. It takes forever to eat it all, she thought. It’s not possible.


‘How long until we get there?’ Claire shouted, because it was noisy inside the train too.


‘The time it takes to eat all the candyfloss,’ the driver of the real ghost train said. He turned his face. But now there was no face. There was nothing under his cap at all. ‘Forever.’





Slide 7 - Diapositive

Claire is afraid of the ghost train at the fair.
A
True
B
False

Slide 8 - Quiz

Claire buys her first candyfloss.
A
True
B
False

Slide 9 - Quiz

No one knows why there’s a train track in Fellside.
A
True
B
False

Slide 10 - Quiz

The train feels real.
A
True
B
False

Slide 11 - Quiz

Claire eats all of the candyfloss.
A
True
B
False

Slide 12 - Quiz

The driver is going to take Claire home.
A
True
B
False

Slide 13 - Quiz

Claire walks home by the train tracks because ...
A
she wants a change
B
it's faster
C
it's longer

Slide 14 - Quiz

When the train comes, she …
A
hears it before she sees it
B
sees it before she hears it
C
can't see it

Slide 15 - Quiz

Claire doesn’t finish her candyfloss because …
A
it's not real
B
it's not possible
C
she doesn't have time

Slide 16 - Quiz

The train driver ...
A
is real
B
is a ghost
C
works for the fair

Slide 17 - Quiz

Happy Halloween!
Story by: Nicola Prentis

Slide 18 - Diapositive