True Philippine Ghost Stories

Goal: You can expect to read different horror stories from the book, "True Philippine Ghost Stories" to practice your reading and pronunciation skills. I will correct your pronunciation as needed. After this, you will also learn the meaning of vocabulary words from the story. If we have more time, there will be a free-talking conversation to practice your English conversational skills.

The Haunting At Concha Cruz Drive Vocabulary Words: 1. Oblige: to force or make it expected for someone to do something. Example: "He was too ready to oblige the unknown challenger." 2. Drenched: to make someone or something extremely wet. Example: "Their clothes were drenched in fresh blood." 3. Streaked: marked with stripes. Example: "Their faces were streaked with blood." 4. Feebly: in a weak way. Example: "The only light was from the lamppost flickering feebly in the distance." 5. Frantically: in a hurried and disorganized way. Example: "They knocked frantically until someone finally opened the door." 6. Lurched: to move in a way that is not regular or normal. Example: "The two cars lurched ahead at top speed."

Message From Two Lovers Vocabulary Words: 1. Downcast: looks depressing. Example: "The sky was unusually downcast at that time of the month." 2. Desolate: looking lonely and deserted. Example: "The place looks so desolate that it's frightening." 3. Somnolent: feeling sleepy or drowsy. Example: "The somnolent dusk made the late afternoon suitable for sleeping." 4. Slithering: to pass by smoothly and silently. Example: "The day slithered into nightfall." 5.Rendezvous: an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place. Example: "The two lovers used to rendezvous at the old lighthouse." 6. Garbled: confused or unclear. Example: "The garbled sound of the waves smashed against the cliff wall."

Ghostly Encounter in Boracay Vocabulary Words: 1. Frolic: to behave in a happy and playful way. Example: "The father said his son loves to frolic in the water." 2. Pristine: having its original purity; uncorrupted. Example: "The beaches were pristine and beautiful." 3. Weaved: to go or make a path by moving quickly and changing direction often. Example: "We weaved in and out of the crowd on our way to our rooms." 4. Trudge: walk slowly and with heavy steps, typically because of exhaustion. Example: "We were so exhausted from trying to trudge the badly-lit road." 5. Careened: move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way in a specified direction. Example: "He increased his speed and careened dangerously from side to side." 6. Berserk: crazy and out of control. Example: "We began to worry that the driver had gone berserk." 7. Ample: enough or plentiful. Example: "The lampposts gave ample lighting to those passing by." 8. Disheveled: untidy. Example: "The bedcovers were disheveled."

A Summer Night's Tale Vocabulary Words: 1. Shrugging: to express that you do not know, do not care, or are not sure about something. Example: "I oftentimes shrugged off the stories that my grandma told me." 2. Lull: A lull is a period of quiet or calm in a longer period of activity. Example: "During a lull in the play, my girlfriend whispered that she had to go to the comfort room." 3. Vicinity: an area near a particular place. Example: "The only person near the vicinity was the security guard at the main gate." 4. Plummeted: to fall very quickly or suddenly. Example: "The air inside the restroom plummeted several degrees." 5. Scampered: to move in a hurry. Example: "We both scampered out the door." 6. Inexplicable: unable to be explained. Example: "The tiled in front of her got hit by an inexplicable force." 7. Commotion: noisy disturbance. Example: "Hearing the commotion, the security guard came over to check on us." 8. Spectre: a ghost. Example: "A spectre walked across the stage in one of the scenes."

Silhouette Vocabulary Words: 1. Delineate: describe someone precisely. Example: "One could clearly delineate a dress hanging without a head and feet on the ground." 2. Profound: great or intense. Example: "Everyone who saw it felt a profound sense of suffering." 3. Serene: calm, peaceful. Example: "I saw her serene, young face."

The Shadow of A Kapre Vocabulary Words: 1. Idyllic: extremely pleasant, simple, and peaceful without any difficulties or dangers. Example: "The place was very idyllic." 2. Patio: a space for sitting outside that's usually paved. Example: "The mothers gathered in the patio to gossip as usual." 3. Pungent: strong, sharp smell or taste which is often so strong that it is unpleasant. Example: "I sat down to a cup of wonderfully pungent Turkish coffee." 4. Assailed: come upon suddenly and strongly. Example: "A pungent smell assailed my nostrils."