Task 3:

Fill in the elements of “Fixing the Headstone” in the following table

Task 3a
Orientation Events Twist

Once, there were They decided to “Those fools!” the

two men walking take a shortcut old man grumbled.
home after a through the “They mispelled
Halloween party. cemetery just for my name!”
laughs. Right in
the middle of the
cemetery they
were startled by a
tap-tap-tapping
noise coming from
the misty
shadows.

Trembling with
fear, they found an
old man with a
hammer and
chisel, chipping
away at one of the
headstones.

“Holy cow,
Mister!”, one of
them said after
catching his
breath,” you
scared us half to
death, we thought
you were a ghost!
What are you
doing working
here so late at
night?”

Task 3b
No Questions Answer

1 How many men were walking A. Two men

through the cemetery?

A. Two men

B. Three men

C. Four men

D. Five men

E. Six men

2 What made them shocked C. A tap-tap-tapping

when they were walking noise
through the cemetery?

A. The serene of the

cemetery

B. The darkness of the

cemetery

C. A tap-tap-tapping noise

D. The howling of wolfs

E. A man passing by the

cemetery in rush

3What did the old man do at that B. He corrected his

night? name on his
tombstone.
A. He made a tombstone for
someone.

B. He corrected his name on

his tombstone.

C. He was just passing through

the cemetery.
No Questions Answer

D. He had just attended a

Halloween party.

E. He was just making a

devotional visit to a grave.

4Who did they find in the cemetery? D. An old man

A. A villager

B. Their friend

C. The guard of the cemetery

D. An old man

E. The maker of a tombstone

5 “The old man grumbled”. The E. Complain

word grumbled in the sentence
is similar in meaning to ...

A. Smile

B. Attract

C. Persuade

D. Think

E. Complain