A Night in a Haunted House
B2. Complete the story with adjectives, verbs and idioms about fear.
Last Halloween, my friends dared me to spend a night alone in the old house at the end of our village. Nobody had lived there for forty years, and after dark the whole street was completely .
As soon as I stepped inside, I knew something was wrong. The house was cold and , and the only light came from a candle I had brought with me. The old floorboards with every step I took, and somewhere upstairs a door kept in the wind.
I told myself there was nothing to be afraid of, but my heart was . At midnight I heard a scream from the cellar. It made my hair on end. Then something cold touched my shoulder, and I nearly jumped out of my .
When I turned round, I saw a pale figure in white at the top of the stairs. I was scared and couldn't move, and a shiver ran down my . I have never been so in my life.
Then the figure pulled off its sheet. It was my best friend, laughing his off. The scream had been a recording on his phone, and two more of my friends had been hiding in the kitchen the whole time. One of them had touched my shoulder with an ice-cold can of cola. Everyone thought it was hilarious. I still haven't forgiven them.
As soon as I stepped inside, I knew something was wrong. The house was cold and , and the only light came from a candle I had brought with me. The old floorboards with every step I took, and somewhere upstairs a door kept in the wind.
I told myself there was nothing to be afraid of, but my heart was . At midnight I heard a scream from the cellar. It made my hair on end. Then something cold touched my shoulder, and I nearly jumped out of my .
When I turned round, I saw a pale figure in white at the top of the stairs. I was scared and couldn't move, and a shiver ran down my . I have never been so in my life.
Then the figure pulled off its sheet. It was my best friend, laughing his off. The scream had been a recording on his phone, and two more of my friends had been hiding in the kitchen the whole time. One of them had touched my shoulder with an ice-cold can of cola. Everyone thought it was hilarious. I still haven't forgiven them.