How to Write a Horror Story

When you create a story, it's important to structure your writing in an effective way. Here's a suggestion on "How to Write (and Structure) a Horror Story".
Another important element is the vocabulary. This Word Bank worksheet presents a number of words and expressions that will be useful to create the scary atmosphere you need.

Finally, this video offers some tips for writing more effective writing.

Here's your task:

• In groups of 3 or 4 people you're going to write a horror story.
• Include at least one example of the simple past, past continuous, past perfect, present simple and at least one future tense. Use at least 5 words in the Word Bank worksheet. Underline these elements in your story.

Review of verb tenses

In Unit 1 we worked with simple, continuous and perfect simple verb tenses, in present and past. We practiced:

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• The Present Simple: We sing
• The Present Continuous: We are singing
• The Past Simple: We sang
• The Past Continuous: We were singing
• The Present Perfect Simple: We have sung
• The Past Perfect: We had sung
• The Future Simple: We will sing

Remember that you can check how these verbs are used in this Grammar Appendix, with explanations in Catalan. 

Here's a unit (in Spanish) about the different verb tenses. It was created by a great teacher called Isabel Pérez. It includes a good number of exercises. 

You will find more detailed explanations and useful infographics in the website Perfect English Grammar. 

If you need more practice or you have any questions or doubts, write them in the comments below or send me an email. If you want to make an appointment, I'll be happy to meet with you one Wednesday afternoon and help you with any difficulties you may have.

Adjective Suffixes

In Unit 1 in our textbook we had a look at adjective suffixes. A suffix is a particle that is added to a word to form a new word with a different meaning or function. Here are some suffixes that are commonly added to nouns in order to form adjectives.

Adjective Suffixes
-able, -ible	capable of being	edible, presentable, abominable, credible
-al	pertaining to	regional, grammatical, emotional, coastal
-esque	reminiscent of	picturesque, statuesque, burlesque
-ful	notable for	fanciful, resentful, woeful, doubtful
-ic, -ical	pertaining to	musical, mythic, domestic
-ious, -ous	characterized by	nutritious, portentous, studious
-ish	having the quality of	fiendish, childish, snobbish
-ive	having the nature of	creative, punitive, divisive, decisive
-less	without	endless, ageless, lawless, effortless
-y	characterized by	sleazy, hasty, greasy, nerdy, smelly

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If you  add -ly to an adjective, you'll create an adverb:

• Calm - calmly
• Beautiful - beautifully
• Logical - logically

"The Logical Song", by Supertramp, features a good number of adjectives and adverbs created with these suffixes.