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The document narrates a story about a boy named Martin who spends summers at his grandfather's isolated farmhouse, where he experiences fear and loneliness. One night, he hears knocking at the door but finds no one there, leading to a mysterious encounter with a girl who also disappears. The document also includes exercises related to indefinite pronouns and creative writing prompts.

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NO ONE WAS THERE

The document narrates a story about a boy named Martin who spends summers at his grandfather's isolated farmhouse, where he experiences fear and loneliness. One night, he hears knocking at the door but finds no one there, leading to a mysterious encounter with a girl who also disappears. The document also includes exercises related to indefinite pronouns and creative writing prompts.

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NO ONE WAS THERE …

It is a story about a boy called Martin:

JUST IN MY IMAGINATION?
When I was a child, we used to spend a month every summer with my
grandfather. He lived in a big old house near the coast. It was
completely isolated. There was a house nearby, but no one lived there.
The nearest village was about ten miles away. It was a terrible place for
a holiday. There was no one to play with.

Grandad lived in an old farmhouse. There was an old stable nearby,


but there weren’t any horses in it. It was a dangerous and scary place. It
used to make creaking noises all the time. I couldn’t understand why it
didn’t fall down.

I used to feel frightened when I went near the stable. I always


thought that someone was there. I used to throw stones though the
door and then run away. Once there was a cat in the stable. I hit it with
a stone. I got a shock when it made a noise.

One night, I woke up because I heard a noise outside. Someone was


knocking at the door. It continued for about a minute. Everyone in the
house was asleep and no one heard the noise. I went downstairs and
opened the door. I couldn’t see anyone. No one was there …

Read again the first part of this story and find words which mean the following:
- far away from other places
- a very small town
- a bad surprise
- a place where horses live
- afraid
- where the land meets the sea
I had really scary experience while I was at my uncle’s house. I
Read this extract from a letter Martin wrote to a friend. Which details has he
woke up because I heard a noise outside. Someone was
changed? Which events hasn’t he mentioned?
knocking at the door. I went downstairs and opened the door. I
couldn’t see anyone. The garden looked really scary in the
moonlight but I wasn’t scared. The noise was coming from the
stable. I walked to the stable and said “if there is someone in
there – come out!” I was really brave! I couldn’t see anyone,
so I went back to the house. I got another shock. A girl was
standing at the door. “Please let me in”, she said. “It’s very
cold”. I said OK and opened the door. But when I turned round,
she wasn’t there …

Read the advertisement on the school notice board. Decide if the missing
words are someone, anyone, no one or everyone.

…… has stolen my Has …… got a story they want to publish?


The school magazine needs articles
bicycle! Who is
quickly. Please help! …… has written
responsible? anything yet!

The school ghost, Helen


perhaps?

Phil
Indefinite pronoun: (combinations with “one”)
someone, anyone, no one, everyone. (you only use these words to talk about
people). Someone and anyone usually work like the pronouns some and any.
Affirmative: There’s someone in my place.
Negative: There isn’t anyone here.
Interrogative: Is anyone there?

No one ------ Everyone (opposites)


!!! somebody, anybody, nobody, everybody.

Exercise

Complete the paragraph with


appropriate indefinite pronouns.

Meeting of the Ghost Story


I found an old
Society at 8 p.m. on Friday. ……….
bicycle. Does ………….
is welcome! Please come! I was
want to buy it?
the only person there last time.
What’s the problem? Is ……….
interested in ghost stories?

Lizzie
1. …………………….. knocked loudly on the door but when I opened it I
couldn’t see …………………….. . When I went back into the living room all
the guests were smiling. “Who was it?”, they asked. “……………………….
was there”, I replied. ……………………… laughed. They all knew something I
didn’t know.
2. In TV advertisements, every family has two children and everyone lives in
a house with a garden. ………………………. has got a car and a mobile

If I could live anywhere in the world, I would live somewhere different every
season of the year. In spring, I would live near a lake. I love lakes, and
springtime is the best time to see them. In summer, I would live somewhere
hot, somewhere I could go swimming. In autumn, I’d live in a city, somewhere
I could go to the theatre and the ballet. And in winter, I’d live in the
mountains, somewhere I could go skiing.

phone. When they drive their cars, the roads are empty. ………………………
has got a job. ………………………….. is unemployed. …………………………. works
in a high-tech office which is full of shiny new computers.
……………………….. works in a factory. ……………………… takes a holiday on a
beach in an exotic country. They fly there in comfortable planes with lots
of smiling stewardesses, good food and lots of space for their feet.
…………………….. house has a huge kitchen. Someone (usually a woman)
prepares delicious meals. She’s a very busy woman, of course, so she
buys food that she can prepare quickly. But it looks wonderful! Children
smile and get excited when their meals arrive. When children are ill, their
parents take them to smiling doctors in white coats. The doctors always
have lots of time to talk. They never look tired or overworked.

Rewrite the following sentences. Replace the words in italics with indefinite
pronouns.

1. When I arrived at the party, there were no people there at all.


2. A person I didn’t know arrived about ten minutes later.
3. Even at 10 o’clock there wasn’t a single person from my group there.
4. Then, suddenly, all the people from the group were there. It was exactly
11:45!
Choose the correct words to complete the poem.
??? other indefinite pron ???

Somewhere …
I don’t know (someone/ anyone) and (everyone/ no one) knows me
This city is (somewhere/ someone) I don’t want to be
(Everywhere/ nowhere) I go, there’s rain and wind and snow
(Anyone/ everyone) I see walks by, they don’t talk to me
I’d like to go (nowhere/ somewhere) hot
Where the beaches are white and the sun shines a lot
I want to be (nowhere/ somewhere) I can swim in the sea
Do you know (anywhere/ nowhere) that would be good for me?

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