Activity 10

Read this description of the voyage of a cargo ship and then write similar descriptions of the voyages of three other ships according to the information below:

On May the tenth, 1949, the S.S. Ludwig left Bremen for Rio de Janiero with a cargo of electrical goods and chemicals. She called at Cherbourg and Vigo, and then sailed straight across the South Atlantic to Brazil. Her voyage lasted seventeen days. She spent a week unloading in the harbor of Rio de Janiero and began return voyage on June 4th.

1. 2/8/53 – S.S. Mary Jane – Liverpool – Montreal – whisky and textiles – Dublin – Cork – North Atlantic – Canada – twelve days – four days – August 23rd.
2. 29/10/55 – S.S. Boston – Sydney – Lima – meat and wool – Auckland – Fiji – Pacific – Peru – twenty three days – nine days – December 1st.
3. 10/3/57 – S.S. Tyne – Durban – Bombay – cereals and tinned food – Mozambique – Mombasa – Indian Ocean – India – twelve days – five days –March 28th.

Activity 9

Please make some sentences using the words given!

example:
wait/the bus/the rain/stop
While I was waiting for the bus, the rain stopped.

1. have/lunch/door-bell/ring
2. sleep/upstairs/house/catch fire
3. drive/to London/engine/stop
4. give/lecture/lights/go out
5. watch/TV/kettle/boil over

Activity 8

Please make some sentences using the words given!

example:
she/grocer’s/meet
She was looking for a grocer’s when I met her.

1. he/baker’s/find
2. they/doctor/see
3. the nurse/chemist’s/notice
4. my aunt/florist’s/come across
5. the policeman/telephone kiosk/knock into

Activity 7

Please make some sentences using the words given!

example:
put/old suit?/silly idea
Why did you put on such an old suit? What a silly idea!

1. buy/small dog?/funny animal
2. write/long letter?/ waste of time
3. tell/obvious life?/stupid idea
4. throw away/valuable book?/awful loss
5. get/expensive watch?/nice present

Activity 6

Please make some sentences using the words given!

example:
The doctor/gave/prescription/yesterday
The doctor gave me a prescription yesterday.

1. My brother/lend/50p/last week
2. She/tell/time/five minutes ago
3. The author/show/manuscript/in February
4. My father/give/bicycle/last Christmas
5. She/read/story/last night

Activity 5

Fill in the blank with the correct word. Do not forget to convert the word into their correct form!

example:
The lady (come) … to the bank two hours ago.
The lady came to the bank two hours ago.

1. I (do) … the assignment last night.
2. Yesterday (be) … the greatest day in my entire life.
3. I (wake) … at nine and (eat) … brunch at ten this morning.
4. The bus (leave) … at seven, so I (miss) … it.
5. I (forget) … to bring your book.
6. I (buy) … this motorcycle yesterday.
7. Sara (drink) … a cup of tea before school this morning.
8. Last night, I (read) … an interesting novel written by Agatha Christie.
9. (do) … you go to the library yesterday?
10. what (do) … he (say) …. to you last night?

Activity 4

Ask questions about the following sentences. See the examples

example:
Andrew got sick because he worked too hard.
(do – redecorate)
(?) What did he do?
(+) He redecorated his house

1. Rina was sad because she get a poor grade in a biology test. (get – an “E”)
2. Rudy left the meeting because it was boring. (talk about – the budget)
3. Terry could not buy the necklace because she lost her purse. (lose – the bookstore)
4. Nova could not eat with us because she was still typing. (type – some letters)
5. I have not eaten breakfast when Rick picked me up. (do – watch tv)

Activity 3

Paraphrase the sentences with the correct form
Use the words below, study the example

example:
usually get up – early – late
I usually get up early, but this morning I got up late.

1. normally have breakfast – at home – at school
2. usually take a nap after lunch – play games with friends
3. generally go home from school straight away – to see a friend in the hospital
4. after study the lessons for two hours – for three hours
5. always help my parents after school – do the homework

Activity 2

Please find the past form of these words!

Regular Verbs
Irregular Verbs
Present
Past
Present
Past
Ask
Visit
Stop
Walk
Study
Talk
Hope
Enjoy
Start
Wait
Lie
Cry
Like
Manage
Watch

Go
Buy
Choose
Come
Do
Drink
Give
Leave
Drive
Eat
Write
Send
Hear
Feel
Get

Activity 1

Please write some sentences containing the adverbs given!

example:
I drove my car carefully last night.

1. quickly
2. loudly
3. seldom
4. again
5. here

Clause Pattern of Past Tense

Statement
was/were at home
{I/We/You/He/She/It/They} worked hard yesterday
flew to England last week

Negative
was/were not at home
{I/We/You/He/She/It/They} did not work hard yesterday
did not fly to England last week

Question
Was/were {I/We/You/He/She/It/They} at home?
Did {I/We/You/He/She/It/They} work very hard yesterday?

Short Answer
Yes, {I/We/You/He/She/It/They} was/were/did
No, {I/We/You/He/She/It/They} was not/were not/ did not

Word Showing Order

one of the language features of recounts is the use of words that show the order in which the events in the text happened

first next then
when now soon after
at this point lastly at this time
at this moment before that after a while
afterwards following that meanwhile

Adverbs

here is a list of adverbs that you may need to use when you begin to construct your own recounts.

Adverbs that tell how Adverbs that tell when Adverbs that tell where
carefully again here
quickly often there
loudly seldom up
slowly now down
happily then forward
easily sometimes everywhere

What is recount text?

1. Constructing a written recount
The recount text type retells past events, usually in the order in which they happened. The steps for constructing a written recount are:
a. a first paragraph that gives background information about who, what, where, when (called the orientation)
b. a series of paragraphs that retell the events in the order in which they happened.
c. a concluding paragraph (not always necessary)

2. Language features in a recount
a. proper nouns to identify those involved in a recount
b. descriptive words to give details about who, what, when, where, and how
c. the use of past tense to retell the events
d. words that show the order of the events (for example, first, next, then)

A Wedding Anniversary

It was Thursday evening. All family members were at my parents’ house. My parents invited my uncle, my sister, my brother, and me for their twenty-fifth anniversary of their marriage. Everyone was busy to prepare the family party.

Suddenly the rain poured heavily and a few minutes later the light was off. When the light was off, my brother was roasting lamb, my sister was putting all the plates, spoons, forks, and was preparing the table with food, and I was helping my mother decorate the cake and candles. Fortunately, my uncle called and when I told him what was happening, he said he would come with emergency lights. In the dark, my father looked for other candles and lit some of them. When my uncle arrived, we were still setting up the table. He turned the emergency lights on. Under the dim light, we were ready to sit around table full of food. My father lit the candle, together with my mother they blew out the candle, and we clapped, sang and prayed for their health and happiness. Then, we started to enjoy the food. While we were having the food, the light was on again. We cheered and clapped once again.