Ghost Story Mad Libs
Halloween Story Starters
Ghost Story Mad Lib Word List
Fill in the blanks below with the words and parts of speech
noted beside each blank.
_______________(01) room or building (eg. barn, attic)
_______________(02) adjective
_______________(27) -ing verb
_______________(03) adjective
_______________(28) past tense verb
_______________(04) something that gives off an odor
_______________(29) past tense verb
_______________(05) adjective
_______________(30) past tense verb
_______________(06) adjective
_______________(31) past tense verb
_______________(07) thing (singular noun)
_______________(32) body part
_______________(08) thing (singular noun)
_______________(33) -ing verb
_______________(09) adjective
_______________(34) adjective
_______________(10) present tense verb
_______________(34) adjective
_______________(11) past tense verb
_______________(35) -ing verb
_______________(12) number
_______________(36) adverb
_______________(13) body part
_______________(37) name of someone you know
_______________(14) past tense (-ed) verb
_______________(38) -ing verb
_______________(15) adverb
_______________(39) things (plural noun)
_______________(16) present tense verb
_______________(40) thing (singular noun)
_______________(17) adjective
_______________(18) thing (singular noun)
_______________(19) thing (singular noun)
_______________(20) present tense verb
_______________(21) -ing verb
_______________(22) present tense verb
_______________(23) past tense verb
_______________(24) past tense verb
_______________(25) present tense verb
_______________(26) name of someone you know
Ghost Story Mad Lib Story
Transfer your word list answers to the corresponding numbers
in the story below.
We weren’t allowed to go in the _______________(01) and we really didn’t want to—it was
_______________(02) and _______________(03) and smelled like (a) _______________(04). The steps
leading down into the ___________(01) were ___________(05) and there was a _______________(06)
_______________(07) next to the _______________(08). It felt _______________(09) and we wanted to
_______________(10). We ____________(11) toward the ____________(01), ____________(12) steps at a
time till our _______________s(13) _______________(14) ______________(15) and we were too scared
to _______________(16). There was always a _______________(17) _______________(18) coming up
from below the _______________(19) and we weren’t brave enough to _______________(20) it. One
day there was a _______________(21) sound. It was coming from the _______________(01). We
wanted to know what was making the sound, but we were afraid we might _____________(22).
We ______________(23) and _____________(24), but each time the fear would _____________(25)
over us, and we would back away, terrified. Finally, _______________(26) decided to face the
fear and go down to the _______________(01). When we didn't hear _______________(27) we
became encouraged and followed behind, praying we would not be _______________(28) by
whatever it was that _______________(29) and _______________(30) down there. When we made it
to the very bottom, we _______________(31), _______________s(32) wrapped tightly around each
other, barely _______________(33). Then, we saw it. It was _____________(34) and it was
____________(35) _______________(36).
We moved closer, we couldn’t breathe . . .
It was _____________(37) _____________(38) the ______________(39) in the _______________(40).
THE END
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