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Jodie went on a solo camping trip to Canada 5 years ago. She flew there from London and bought dry food to last her 9 days. While hiking in the forest, she took photos but saw no one else. When developing the photos later, she discovered she was in 9 photos asleep at night, though she was alone. This spooky experience of being photographed alone in the forest still unnerves her.

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A Reading Comprehension Exercise Reading Comprehension Exercises 132176

Jodie went on a solo camping trip to Canada 5 years ago. She flew there from London and bought dry food to last her 9 days. While hiking in the forest, she took photos but saw no one else. When developing the photos later, she discovered she was in 9 photos asleep at night, though she was alone. This spooky experience of being photographed alone in the forest still unnerves her.

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Reading Comprehension: A Scary Camping Adventure in Canada.

Read the passage about a spooky experience and put the verbs in brackets into the past simple tense.

I’m Jodie and I’m an adventurer! I have travelled the world


and visited thirty different countries. I have had many
strange and unusual experiences, but there is one, in
particular, which really scared and unnerved me!
It ______ (happen) five years ago. I _____ (go) to
Canada on a solo camping trip. I _____ (fly) there from
my home town, London. When I _____ (arrive), I
_____ (stop) off at a store and ____ (buy) enough dry
food to last me for the nine days and nights I was staying. I was going to a huge
forest. There were streams in the area, so I _____ (have) access to fresh water. I
____ (set) off in wonderful weather. I _____ (feel) good about things. As I _____
(walk) along, I _____ (whistle) or ______(sing). I _____ (see) moose, deer and - a
bear, in the distance, thankfully! I _____ (not see) another person. Nobody at all. I
_____ (take) photos with my specialist camera and with my mobile phone. It was bliss,
just myself and the elements. I _____ (have) the best time ever and _____ (return)
home feeling refreshed and in love with my life. So, what was freaky? When I _____
(develop) the photos on my camera, there were nine of me asleep in my sleeping bag.
One photo for each night I was there. I swear to you, there was no-one else anywhere
near me on that trip. Now, what do you make of that? Pretty spooky, eh?

Find out everything about Jodie! Read what she says and complete her personal profile .

Age: ______ I’m quite tall, 5’10, and at 9 stone, I’m very
Address: ___________________________ slim. My eyes are blue and my hair is brown. I
Marital status: _______________ live at 22 Grosvenor Square, London. I love
Eye colour: ________
travelling, as you know, but I also enjoy reading
Hair colour: ________
and watching films. I am 24 years old and I am
Height: _______
Weight: _______
not married. When I do get married, it will have
Hobbies: ___________________________ to be someone who enjoys travelling!

With all the information you now have about Jodie, decide if the sentences are true or false .

1. T/F She went on a camping trip to Canada six years ago.


2. T/F She went there by plane.
3. T/F She has got brown hair and green eyes.
4. T/F She is short and slim.
5. T/F While walking through the forest, she listened to her radio.
6. T/F When she developed her photos, she got a big surprise!
7. T/F She met lots of other people in Canada.
8. T/F She is single.
9. T/F She ate lots of fresh food on her camping trip.
10.T/F She saw lots of wild animals on her trip.
KEYS:

It HAPPENED five years ago. I WENT to Canada on a solo camping trip. I FLEW there from
my home town, London. When I ARRIVED, I STOPPED off at a store and BOUGHT enough
dry food to last me for the nine days and nights I was staying. I was going to a huge forest.
There were streams in the area, so I HAD access to fresh water. I SET off in wonderful
weather. I FELT good about things. As I WALKED along, I WHISTLED or SANG. I SAW
moose, deer and - a bear, in the distance, thankfully! I DIDN’T SEE another person. Nobody
at all. I TOOK photos with my specialist camera and with my mobile phone. It was bliss, just
myself and the elements. I HAD the best time ever and RETURNED home feeling refreshed
and in love with my life. So, what was freaky? When I DEVELOPED the photos on my camera,
there were nine of me asleep in my sleeping bag. One photo for each night I was there. I
swear to you, there was no-one else anywhere near me on that trip. Now, what do you make
of that?

Age: 24
Address: 22 Grosvenor Square, London
Marital status: single
Eye colour: blue
Hair colour: brown
Height: 5’10
Weight: 9 stone
Hobbies: travelling, watching films, reading.

T/F

1.F – 5 years ago


2.T
3.F – blue eyes
4.F – tall and slim
5.F – she whistled or sang
6.T
7.F – she met nobody
8.T
9.F – dry food
10.T

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