Housewife taken by aliens in Manhattan

ESL Lessons: True Stories

A printable worksheet for story-based English conversation classes.

Difficulty: Intermediate B1

PDF: Housewife taken by aliens in Manhattan

Warm-up

Do you believe in aliens?

Vocabulary Match

hallucinating •• taken
abducted •• tests
enthusiasts •• UFO expert
witnesses •• onlookers
experiments •• imagining
ufologist •• fans

Vocabulary Answers

hallucinatingimagining
abductedtaken
enthusiastsfans
witnessesonlookers
experimentstests
ufologistUFO expert

True Story

Listen and fill in the blanks with words from above.

Linda Napolitano, a housewife from Manhattan, claimed she was ________ by aliens on November 30, 1989. She said three gray aliens took her from her apartment to their spaceship using a blue beam of light. Inside the ship, they performed ________ on her before returning her to her bed.

Her story became famous because ________ Budd Hopkins wrote about it. He said 23 people, including a government official, saw the event. Linda said, "If I was ________, then the ________ saw my hallucination."

However, many people doubt her story because the witnesses never revealed their identities. Despite the doubts, Linda's story remains popular among UFO ________, and is featured in a new Netflix documentary.

Linda Napolitano, a housewife from Manhattan, claimed she was abducted by aliens on November 30, 1989. She said three gray aliens took her from her apartment to their spaceship using a blue beam of light. Inside the ship, they performed experiments on her before returning her to her bed.

Her story became famous because ufologist Budd Hopkins wrote about it. He said 23 people, including a government official, saw the event. Linda said, "If I was hallucinating, then the witnesses saw my hallucination."

However, many people doubt her story because the witnesses never revealed their identities. Despite the doubts, Linda's story remains popular among UFO enthusiasts, and is featured in a new Netflix documentary.

Quiz

  1. Who claimed to be abducted by aliens?
  2. What did the aliens use to take Linda to their spaceship?
  3. Who wrote about Linda's story?
  4. Why do people doubt her story?

Quiz Answers (examples)

  1. Linda Napolitano.
  2. A blue beam of light.
  3. Budd Hopkins.
  4. Because the witnesses never revealed their identities.

True or False

  1. Linda Napolitano abducted an alien on November 30, 1989. T F
  2. Budd Hopkins is a zoologist. T F
  3. Netflix made a documentary about Linda's story. T F

True or False Answers

  1. False
  2. False
  3. True

Conversation

A:Linda, did you really see aliens?
B:Yes, they took me up to their spaceship!
A:Oh really? What did they do to you?
B:They did some experiments on me.
A:Is that so? Did anyone else see it?
B:Yes, but they won't say who they are.

Discussion

  1. Are you afraid of aliens visiting Earth?
  2. What would you do if you saw a UFO?
  3. What's your favourite science fiction film?
  4. Why do you think people are interested in alien stories?

Further Reading

https://allthatsinteresting.com/linda-napolitano

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