Listen
Choose the correct words
Why was Mary King's Close
buried? (...1...)
the whole street they only (...2...) part of it, leaving a large
wedge of Mary King's Close hidden underneath the brand new building.
1: Choose a word
1: demolished
1: demolish
1: demolition
2: Choose a word
2: demolished
2: demolish
2: demolition
Listen
Mary King's Close and the
Black Death (plague) (...3...) 1645 there were about 500
or so citizens living and working inside Mary King's Close. Roughly half
of them were either dead or dying of the disease. The other half were still
healthy but because it was an unlucky place, because they were poor and
perhaps less important it was decided to act. The 500 or so were locked
into their homes, quarantined if you like. But in effect this meant that
they were (...4...) their houses and the places they worked which
now became their tombs. If dead already then so be it, if alive they soon
wouldn't be.
3: Choose a word
3: took place in
3: took peace in
3: took plays in
4: Choose a word
4: seal in two
4: sealed into
4: sealed to
Listen
Annie, the Mary King's Close
ghost (...5...)
from the rest of Edinburgh's citizens. As a result she's a very melancholy,
lonely ghost. And over the years people have tried to (...6...) by
leaving dolls, toys, sweeties - things that can still be seen today in the
hope that perhaps her long stay in Mary King's Close is more pleasant.
5: Choose a word
5: seal off
5: seal of
5: sealed off
6: Choose a word
6: see her up
6: cheer her up
6: cheat her up
Listen
Strange experiences (...7...) how many odd things have happened. Perhaps the most strange
thing is people hear footsteps walking up and down the empty street. On
other occasions there is a very famous figure called the Black Lady, because
she's wearing a black dress and quite a few of us have thought that we've
seen this figure although we're rather scared when we go down. When the
light bulbs have to be changed we always go in twos, not on our own. So
our imagination could be (...8...) us.
Links for more information Mercat Tours - Ghost and History
tours in ScotlandGuided Tour of Mary King's Close
7: Choose a word
7: loss count of
7: lost count of
7: lost count off
8: Choose a word
8: running a way with
8: running a weigh with
8: running away with
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