PART 3 STORY

QUESTION 1
PRACTICE 1 : Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words from the table below.
Your teacher has asked you to write a story for a school magazine. The story must have
the title: A Nightmare.
Your story should include:
- the description of the nightmare
- how it ended
Write your story.

A NIGHTMARE

It was (1)_____________________. She had (2)________________ her steps. Sarah, a 16-year-old

lanky girl with her (3)_________________ was walking back home with her backpack on her back after a
swimming class. Sarah did not realise the time until she was alerted by the (4)_______________
that the swimming centre was about to close. She packed her bag and left the centre. Since it
was a (5)___________________, she had decided not to take a bus but to go back
(6)_______________. She was afraid that it might get late and (7)______________________, her
phone battery had died. Sarah was unable to inform her family about her delay.

As she was taking her steps forward (8)________________, the streetlights (9)_____________.
Sarah’s heart almost skipped a beat due to the sudden darkness that (10)__________ her. She tried
to brush off the (11)_______________ and continued walking back home. She was regretful as she
was walking alone. She should have been more (12)____________ of the time. However, things
got worse when she started hearing (13)______________ behind her. Sarah wanted to turn behind
but she was (14)_____________ as she felt a heavy breath near her neck.
Suddenly, someone (15)_____________ Sarah from the back and started dragging her. She tried to
(16)____________ and (17)_____________ for help but her mouth was (18)_____________ with a piece
of cloth. She was brought to a (19)_______________. Sarah tried to see the person’s face but it was
(20)____________. He was (21)_________________ after tying up her hands and legs. Sarah started to
strategise an escape plan but (22)___________. She was in (23)_______________ if she should escape
from him. As Sarah was thinking if she would be able to (24)________, the man turned towards her with
a (25)___________ in his hands. Sarah started to shiver in fear. Her (26)___________ was profound that
she started to (27)___________. The man came nearer and breathed heavily onto Sarah’s face. He
(28)______________ the dagger high into the air and brought it at fast speed pointing towards
Sarah’s chest. Sarah shut her eyes while screaming with (29)____________ from her closed eyes. She
was (30)_________ as she knew she was going to be (31)_______ to death by an unknown man.
“Sarah! Sarah! Sarah!”
As she felt her entire body was (32)_________, Sarah managed to open her (33)__________. Being
horror-struck, she stared at her mother with (34)__________ eyes. She cried while
hugging her mother. She thought that she was stabbed by the masked man. Her mother
consoled and calmed her down by saying that it was a nightmare. Sarah felt what she went
through was real and it kept running in her mind like a movie trailer. What a (35)_____________
experience indeed!

shaking scream out fight back to the junction stunned

turning dark scary racing heartbeat dilemma aware

thoughts
eyes slender body person-in-charge walking distance surrounded

flee dagger add salt to the wound quickened fearful

to no avail masked sweat profusely tears rolling down helpless

stabbed terrifying sealed wandering back and forth swayed

grabbed smelly area went off footsteps on foot