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Mystery-Stories - Santiago Parra

1) The narrator falls asleep by the river Thames after a long day and sees a strange green arm reaching out of the water to grab him. 2) A mysterious man called the Doctor jumps in and saves the narrator from the "monster" with a flash of blue light. 3) The Doctor warns the narrator about Moon Goblins and then disappears in another blue flash, leaving the narrator with many questions about what happened and who the Doctor was.

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Mystery-Stories - Santiago Parra

1) The narrator falls asleep by the river Thames after a long day and sees a strange green arm reaching out of the water to grab him. 2) A mysterious man called the Doctor jumps in and saves the narrator from the "monster" with a flash of blue light. 3) The Doctor warns the narrator about Moon Goblins and then disappears in another blue flash, leaving the narrator with many questions about what happened and who the Doctor was.

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Class Assignment Names: Santiago Parra__________________ and

_______________________
Date: __February 9 /2021________________

Mystery Stories
Narrative Tenses

A. Write the verbs in the Simple Past, Past Continuous or Past Perfect.

Last night I _____ was walking____________ (walk) home next to the river Thames, when something strange
________happened_________ (happen) to me. It was late at night and I _____had____________ (have) a
long and difficult day at work. There was a large full moon in the sky and everything was quiet. I was tired and
lonely and I ______just had___________ (just have) a few pints of beer in my local pub, so I decided to stop
by the riverside and look at the moon for a while.
I _______sat__________ (sit) on some steps very close to the water’s edge and looked up at the big yellow
moon. I felt very tired so I _________closed________ (close) my eyes and after a few minutes, I
_____fell_____ (fall) asleep. When I woke up, the moon ______had moved___________ (move) behind a
cloud and it was very dark and cold. The wind ________was blowing_________ (blow) and an owl
_______hooted__________ (hoot) in a tree above me. I rubbed my eyes and _______started up________(get
up) when suddenly I _________heard________ (hear) a splash. I ________looked_________ (look) down at
the water and saw something. Something terrible and frightening, and unlike anything I’d ever seen before.
Something ______ was coming________(come) out of the water and
_______moving__________ (move) towards me. Something green and strange and ugly.
It was a long green arm and it ________was stretching_____
(stretch) out from the water to grab my leg. I was so scared that I
couldn’t move. I _______have never been__________ (never be)
so scared in my whole life. The cold green hand
________moving_________ (move) closer and closer when suddenly there was a
blue flash and a strange noise from behind me. Someone _______jumped__________
(jump) onto the stairs next to me. He _______was wearing__________ (wear) strange
clothes and he had a crazy look in his eyes. He shouted “Get Back!” and
_______pointed__________ (point) something at the monster in the water. There was a bright
flash and the monster hissed and disappeared.
I looked up at the man. He looked strange, but kind. “Don’t fall asleep by the river when there’s a full
moon”, he said “The Moon Goblins will get you.” I _______have never hear__________ (never
hear) of moon goblins before. I didn’t know what to do. “Who… who are you?” I asked him. “You
can call me… The Doctor.” He said. I _______was trying__________ (try) to think of something
else to say when he turned around and said, “Watch the stars at night, and be careful of the full
moon”. I was trying to understand what he meant, when there was another blue flash and I closed
my eyes. When I opened them again, he ________had gone_________ (go).
I couldn’t believe what _______had happened__________(happen). What on earth were Moon
Goblins, and who was the mysterious Doctor? And why had he saved me? I was determined to find
the answers
to these strange questions. I stood up, looked at the moon and quickly walked home.

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