Survival ——— Mopute Ossectives Vocabulary accidents & disasters natural phenomena weather/cothes space exploration phrasal verbs: PUT prepositions ‘word formation: forming nouns from verbs > Reading an article about space (multiple choice/answer questions) > Grammar past tenses + past simple vs present perfect * used to/would - be/get used to > Listening monologues (multiple matching) narrate an experience express interest/shock/ disbelief + describe a picture > writing > speaking an informal email a news article astory collocations phrasal verbs & prepositions sentence transformations > Language Focus ‘grammar in focus > Progress Check "Man can lve 40 days without food, 3 days without water, 8 minutes without af, but only } one second without hope.” I (C. Darwin) a dialogue (T/F statements) ‘word stress & weak vowels Module 2 HOUSE 1) IN THE BASEMENT PEOPLE EVACUATED FROM HOMES AFTER | FIVE MISSING AFTER ROCKS AND MUD RIVER 3) ITS BANKS 4) sos HOMES IN VILLAGE ‘TANKER 5) ‘TONNES OF OIL INTO SEA SPILLING Accidents & Disasters Complete the news headlines with: collapses, bury, bursts, sinks, breaks out. B . Listen to three people describing events in Ex. 1. Which event is each one talking about? EB gait trnsine you witnessed one of PEL the accidents/aisasters in Ex. 1. What did you see and hear? How did you feel? Tell the class,eee Se Eee cd 200,000 miles from Earth, the crew of the third manned mission to the Moon. faced an astronauts worst nightmare: an explosion on the spacecrat, It's the plot of the Oscar-winning film Apollo 13, but it's aiso a true story (of survival against the odds. D> Was it doomed from the beginning? The scientists at Houston were in ‘charge of getting the spacecraft to the Moon and back. They had scheduled the April 1970 lit-of for thiteen minutes aftr the thirteenth hour. They had ‘lsu plained the moon landing itself fr the thirteenth day of the month. Fer seacea9 s those who believe n bad luck, perhaps the only thing missing was a Friday. the Moon Scientists aren't sunnased to be superstitious. though. and despite minor problems on it-off, Apollo 19 started its journey. [> Two days into the mission, the three-man crew faced catastrophe. They had been carrying out routine checks when there was a loud bang. Warring lights were starting to flash furiously, Looking out into space, they could see a teal of ges the spacecraft was leaking oxygen. They sent outa short message to the scientists back on Earth: “Houston, we've had a problem here.” At fist, Urey Uhuughi that a meteor had hit them, but they later found out that @ short Circuit had caused an oxygen tank to explode. Whatever the cause, they knew thera was na time ta lose. Thar electricity supply in the command madule depended on that oxygen and pretty soon they would run out of both ‘command mode OM): onl carte veg cures fr 1) Check these words/phrases in the Word List at the back of the book. Use them to complete the sentences. ‘= meteor * liftoff + re-enter * manned * leaking ‘anding + carbon dioxide 1. Apollo 13, with a crew of three people, was the third ‘mission to the Moon, 2. There were some problems during the even boforo the opaccaratt got into epace. sss 3. They noticed the spacecraft was 2s into | * crew * manned mission + explosion | oer Ds blot « survival + doomed * lending ice re sa | ee ean 4 They thought @ hit the spacecraft ‘leaking * oxygen tank « meteor 5 The airin the lunar module contained | ‘no time to lose » command module 6 The lunar module managed to art's | * lunar module lifeboat * enclosed atmosphere without cn the Moon, + cope with » adopter + corbon diowide ‘reenter » splash down by What do you know about Apollo 13? What do the * g0 down in history sentences in Ex. 2a tell us about it? «+ Listen, read and check |[> The only solution was to conserve cxygen by moving from the command ‘module into the lunar mooue ~ the section of the spacecraft thet would have landed on the Monn Now though thay were using it 25 a kind of ifeboat. With its own power supp, oxygen and water, the three men could survive inthe lunar module and return to Earth, There was another problem ‘rough. In an ancloeed epace lke a lunar module, the catvon doxide the crew was breathing out was dangerous. The ecuipment to clear the air of carbon dioxide as only built or two people. Now ithad to ope with three, Amazingly, the crew managed to put together an adapter that reduced the carbon cioxide toa safe vel. D> There was one final obstacle. The lunar module wasn't strong enough to re enter Eath’s atmosphere so the crew had to transfer back into the damaged command ‘modula, To everyone's role, the crow of Apollo 13 splashed down safely in the South Pacific Ocean on April 17th. It was a space ight that would go down in history. | though the crew didn't land on the Moon, NASA sill considers the mission @ ‘success. The Apollo 13 disaster was proof ‘that their highiy-trained astronauts could deal with anything that could go wrong. i National Aerorautes and Space Agrnistation~te organization respon forth US space programme Bes roe Pee eas nc point of view. Think about: the Pe ae ue ee jishru Read the text and the questions below. For each question, choose the correct letter A, B, C or D. 1. What is the writer's purpose? A to give advice to astronauts B to describe a mission to the Moon © to persuade people to travel in space D to explain how to travel to the Moon 2. What does the writer say about the mission? A. There were some problems at the start B They had planned the Itt-off for a Friday. © Scientists should believe in bad luck. D The liftoff had bean delayed. 3. What was the astronauts’ attitude towards the explosion? A They didn't think it was a prohlem B They thought they would die, © They realised they had to do something, D They believed there was nothing they could do. 4. How did the astronauts survive? A They used the lunar module as a lifeboat. B They created a new oxygen supply. © They repaired the command module, D They adapted to less oxygen. 8. Which would be the most appropriate heacline? APOLLO 13 CREW LOST IN SPACE LIFE AND DEATH DRAMA IN SPACE METEOR STOPS MOON LANDING ASTRONAUTS WALK ON MOON coop Answer the questions in your own words 1 How ine astronauts ot back Eat? 2 What does NASA belove about hems? 2 lin ere me astonats uy oruneny? wry a Match the words/phrases in bold in the text to their synonyms: + Para A: responsioie for, believing in goowbad luck, although, arranged + Para B: disaster, relied, doing, blow up + Para C: save, lowered, made + Para D: difficulty, manage, regards, be remembered in the future reer) eee aE) safely back on Earth, Describe how you felt when the accident happened. What did you think and how did you‘www frengiish.ru Vocabulary | Vocabulary from the text Topic vocabular ry pi Fil in: minor, face, oxygen, Natural phenomena ‘manned, power, rele, odds, [Eg compete tne mindmap, Use these words: routine, carbon, highly-trained. esendels © teunami * sunny ° frosty (ete rission + tornado + snowy * mild * gloves * cap | 2 against (all) the .....s.00 3. problems CLOTHES/FOOTWEAR! DISASTERS B10. catastrophe 4) a flood 5 checks =) eee i es 8) aac i ee supply > es earthquake 8 to everyone's. ' 10 astronauts BAD | a foggy windy B Choose the correct word. 4 cloudy cold 4. The film is based on a reall warm ee haa Aad tf se a thunder 2. Jim Lovell was in charge! ary section of the mission, j They hed to den wih ne b) _SPEAKIG) What's the weather like in your country in catastrsche tie) Taceaillt tthe: winter? spring? summer? autumn? Tell the class. 4. He noticed a problem during In my country, t's cold and snowy in winter. his sepa routine chore |.) Close your eyes and listen to the music. What season 5 The oxygen tank exploded! it it? What can you hear and see? What's the weather leaked Devaves ce arr like? Open your eyes and tell your partner. cut fe San dxthieleceatie isis conc warn Chol in the Wade tthe tove back of the book. 1 Take yous untrota— Ve pourtngleipping wh al 2 Are Buster could hardly see where she was civing inthe Ey tevteee te passin bot tie nates aL ss rt 3 Look at the rays/bolts of light shining through the clouds! + against all the odds 4's freezing cold/bolting hot today. Put on your coat + has gone down in history 5 Sam got soakingltreezing wet in heavy/strong shower * go wrong on his way home. Grea ever s 6 [sit snowing strongly/heavily outside? You've got 1. No one thought they could snowflakes/snowdrops all over you! survive but, despite ali te Accidents & Disasters problems, they managed to land safely on Earth, EJ Complete the table in your notebooks. Use these words: | 2 Everyone was pleased that train crash, car crash, earthquake, factory fire, tornado, the plane took off without any volcanic eruption, oil spill, flood, drought, tsunami, problems. building collapse, drowning, plane crash, gas leak, food 3. The Apollo 13 mission is poisoning, shipwreck. remembered by everyone. 4 No one expected that it would bbe unsuccessful. | ieasters | ~—=SCS*«CAeIdents | 24Complete the sentences. Use: bumped, survived, injured, scratched, broke, twisted, rescued, escaped. 1 Only two people the plane crash. 2. Tho tree crashed to the ground and te ‘a man walking his dog 3. The man jumped into the pool and .» the drowning boy. 4 Luckily, the family from the fire before the house collapsed. 8 Tim Sine his log fon some rose bushes, 6 Sue her ankle and now it's very swollen, 7 Ben's got his arm in a cast because he fell out of a tree and at B KOM eee his head on a branch and now he's got a big bruise there. USTENING ) Listen to three news reports. What is each about? NEWS REPORT 1 NEWS REPORT 2 NEWS REPORT 3 Space exploration FT) > choose the correct word. Mars the fourth 4) planet/star from the Sun. The Red Planet’ (as people cal As the second smallest planet in ou soar 2) cicle/system. Is got a thin 43) atmosphere/air and its days and seasons are Similar tothe arth There ae huge canyons, volcanoes ‘and ice caps at its poles. It has got two 44) moons/asteroids, Phobos and Deimos, Mars canbe seen ‘rom Earth without a5) telescope/satelite. In 2012, the Mars Rover Curiosity 6) spacecrafY/robot discovered water ‘on Mars, but found no 7) evidence/site of life, ) [ICT Collect information about another planet, Present it to the class. ish.ru Phrasal verbs: PUT through, out, on, off, up with. Check in Appendix |. 1 They decided to put because of the cold weather. (de later) 2 The firefighters managed to put the forest fire. (stop it burning) 3. Could you put me please? (connect me) 4 We can't put (tolerate) 5 Put your thick coat; it's freezing outside. (wear) their trip le to go to the police, this heat anymore! Prepositions Choose the correct item. Check in Appendix I 1 Henry suffered offfrom shock after falling off his motorbike. 2 They were very lucky to escape fromvot the burning building 3 He was shaking offwith fear when the rescuers found him. 4 Have you heard aboutiof the earthquake in China? 5 Have you heard offfrom Patrick Moore and his novel Mission to Mars? 6 People depend in/on police officers to protect them, Word formation (forming nouns from verbs) Read the theory, then form nouns from ‘the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences. We use -lon (discuss - discussion), -ment (agree - agreement, -ation (organise - corganisation), y (deliver ~ delivery) to form abstract nouns from verbs. 1. Scientists are very excited about the ofan ‘ancient sean ust Mars. (DISCOVER) 2 Harry needed hospital after his accident, (TREAT) 3 ityou have any ‘about the robbery, call this number. (INFORM) 4 The 7 lasted for nine hours and caused a lot of ‘earthquakes. (ERUPT) 2526 Four people were injured when an electric train 1) derailed last Friday evening. The train 2) was travelling near Gdynia and was carrying 100 passengers at the time of the accident. At around 7:15 local time, while the train 3) was coming around a sharp curve, three cartiages came off the tracks. According to eyewitness reports, passengers 4) had heard a violent explosion just before the train derailed. Teams of emergency workers 5) arrived at the scene and began to pull out passengers trapped inside the carfiages. The cause of the derailment is under investigation, Authorities confirmed that a railway crew 6) had been working on the tracks for several hours before the accident happened, Gh) Peas the news article. it formal of informer? Identify the tenses in bold (1-6) and match them to their uses (A : ‘A an action that happened at a certain time in 2 the past (there is @ direct/indirect reference to the time) 3 B actions which happen one after another in the past 4 © anaction which had been in progress before another action in the past D simultaneous actions in the past E an action which was in progress in the past 5 ‘and another action interrupted it F an action which happened before another ation in the pact a Put the verbs in bold into the past simple or the past continuous. 7 1A: What . (cause) the accident? B: The driver (lose) control of the car and then it (crash) into another vehicle, 2h (youfhear) the thunder? B: Vee. . (walk) back home atthe time, 3. A: While the plane (land), 1 an engine v (@ateh) fire, B: That's terrible, (everyone/get) out alive? 4 A: What .. (you/do) when the earthquake started? 4 BI (read) a magazine 8 while Laura (cook). 6 www frenglish.ru, Grammar in use [Econo cre cra] [ER croose the best verb forms. He had spenthad been spending 16 days at sea before they found him. He was waitinghad waited for the bus when the accident happened It was snowing/snowed and the wind had howlediwas howling as | closed the door. Rescue teams looked/were looking for people trapped in the building while the firefighters had triediwere trying to put out the fire, ‘The accident happened because the driver had been taikingywas taiking on his moDlie land hadn't seen/didn't see the car in front of him. Ben was walking/walked on the beach, ‘when he had noticedinoticed the shipwreck Rescue teams had been tryingiwer trying to locate the 14-year-old boy for 10 hours before they had managed/managed to find him, Use the phrases in brackets to make ‘sentences using the past perfect or the past pret com inuvus, 9 iu Une exariple. ‘They were afraid. (see a bear) They hau sen a bee! He was tired. (sweep water from his hous Mary was worried. (Tom leave the map at home) He felt angry, (wait for the police for an hour) ‘The roads were flooded. (rain all week) Harry's head was sore. (a tree fall on him)Past simple vs Present perfect She called an hour ago. She hasn't called since last Monday. Bob has worked as a firefighter for 10 years, Tom worked as a firefighter for 20 years. before he retired. Ebsco. cre] B a) Read the examples in the table. When do we use the past simple/present perfect? b) Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the present perfect. 1h {notirain) for a month. 2 The earthquake (happen) in 1997. 3 ssnnnsnnne (YOuMhear) about the tsunami? 4 They .. (novity) Ina plane since the crash. 5 When (the fire/start) last night? Read the story and put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tense, Kean and | 0... ‘ ‘eng yesterday. By midday, we 2) for hous and my feet hur, so we topped fr e (eat) ou sandwiches, we {smell) something buing. Jean quickly (limb) tothe top ofthe next hil and (Gee) there was a forest fre inthe valley ~ --{eome) our vay! (ers) 2 ive eater ‘50 we headed back towards | wasnt sure we could make it, “Souch.19) (see) a documentary about forest ‘es the weck before, so | 10) nme (ROW) that ‘re could wove! very fast We 11) ononnnnnn (De) teed Soden, 12) ~ (feel) a raindrop fll on my ‘od. Soon, it was pouring with i193) neon ‘rain) bar fo two hous, bef it stopped, Reeves, we walked back home, The rin 14) ~ (ave) vs ~~ and the forest. We can ice wauild andl ised ta te talk about past habits. As child, ! used to/would spend ‘my holiday by the sea. What did you use to do? We use used to to talk about past states. / Used to live by the sea, but now I live in city. (NOT: Hwee...) Note: be/get used to + noun/-ing form = be/ get accustomed to We weren't used to such harsh weather conditions. [5see GA, @ 0 ish.ru a) Read the theory. Choose the correct option. 1. Ann used to go/going skiing before her accident. 2. Before the tsunami hit the area, locals would ‘spend/are used to spending their evenings at the beach, 3. They are getting used to/used to the heat in India 4 The Smiths lived/would live in a block of flats before it collapsed in the earthquake. b) What did/didn’t you use to do when you were seven years old? Use these phrases. + play in the snow play video games + go swimming + read books ‘watch documentaries + go out with friends * share my room with my brother/sister Key word transformations Complete the second sentence so that it has ‘the same meaning as the first sentence, using the word given. You must use between two and five words. 1. The ship sank within an hour. TOOK Meee to sink 2 Itlast snowed two years ago. FOR It two years. 3. An hour after John had set oft, heavy fog covered the area. DRIVING John an hour when heavy fog covered the area. 4 trained hard all day long. STOP tt all day long, 5 Oliver had never seen a forest fire before FIRST i Oliver had seen a forest fire. i SPEAKING ) Use these adverbs in sentences of your own: ago, before, never, already, yet, last peut, eve, just USTENNG ) Listen to Amy telling Mia about an experience she had and make notes. b) (waits) Now imagine you're Amy. ‘Write your English pen-friend an email about your experience. 27‘www frenglish.ru Listening skills 9 ') Listen and match the people (1-5) with what each says about their experience (A-H). There are three extra sentences that you don't need. Multiple mate Preparing for the task Read the text and answer the questions. Justify your answers. . ‘One of my favourite things to do on c holiday is try the local cuisine. 1 was i E A. My friends had to call someone to find me. The loral peopla hala 1s get hama | regularly take trips of this kind. Many others on the trip had tha same problem. The weather changed halfway through the tip. The problem started on the way home. l ignored some good advice on the tip. H_ This was my first time on such a trip, tealy excted about the top restaurant | we had booked near our hte I hada incl’ eect lea | Was good. The food was not as great a8 | had expected though. Later thal evening. my siomach stared to nun and | ended up sick in my rom fra on roe day. Funai the vest of te) Ep Narate a travel experience of yours tothe dass. | food on the holiday was just fine. TIF statements | 1 tia ithe text bok? [> Yow tt near aman tetng the story of how he got A an avful restaurant caught in a tsunami. Before you listen, check the words/ | Ji phrases below in the Word List. What do you think © aterrile hola happened to Toby? ‘tsunami struck * loud roar * froze in fear * terrifying * huge wall of black water * pushed underwater 2. Which sentence best describes the main idea of the text? A Aholiday meal was a bad + floating inside hotel lobby * grabbed onto a staircase experience + standing on roottops + debris + upside down cars B Food poisoning ruined my * broken wrist holiday. | didn'tike the food on my b) |.) Listen and for statements 1-10, write T (true) or oy F (fol2e) ait Formal or informel? 1. Toby wont to Thailand with his family BB» Vor va near ve peopte a ‘Theitderaritiajansuditha bagniig talking about bad experiences of Toby's holiday. they had while on a trip. 3. Toby got separated trom his brother. Before you listen, check the 4 The wave took Toby outside the hotel phrases in the Word List. 5 The brothers floated in he water for hours. + gat stung by a bee 6 They reached a tree and held onto It. + get bitten by mosquitoes 7. They stayed there the whole day. * get caught in a terrible storm 8 A policeman told Toby where his parents were. ieee canyon ol) 9 Toby's parents were in a hospital. ptenametaaben 10 Toby's aad ha broken fs wit + get food poisoning ” + get caught in a natural disaster | (taunemi, hurricane ete) ‘ive the class a summary of 1oby's experience. Kewrite it « get baaly sunburnt asa news article, Sa onry Intonation: Word stress & Weak vowels ead the statements and underine the} (Qj)? + Usten and say. | | key words. isten for words and phrases Sy Sel lee! AS that mean the same, This will hep you ‘ sinburnt +weather + advice + return | to match each speaker to what the sad Be careful Because you my ear b) |. Listen and identify the stressed syllable (e) and the information that could distract you weak vowel (2) in each word, then repeat. ‘about * rainy * attack * perhaps * rescueSpeaking skills Ask about an experience - Express interest/shock/disbelief Ey ® Listen and say. Which of these phrases express: interest? shock/disbelef? You're kidding! Well, better luck on your next camping trip! (Oh my goodness, that's tercbte! No way! So what did you do? Not 0 good, I'm afraid How come? But that’s not the worst of it onmooar b) Complete the gaps (1-7) in the dialague with the phrases (A-G). Harry: How was your camping tip wth Joo? mark: 1) Hay: On, eal? ZT] Mark: Wel, onthe rst morning we set cut on €1fong hike, but | had forgotten to take tho map and compass with me, so we get lst ham: [3 Mark: Wel, aly, another hiker passed us and pointed us in the right direction. [4] | On the way back to our tnt | fl aver and oturbed a wasp nest. Both Joe and | got ting all over our ams and oge ary: 5] Mark: No, Ti not. Fortunately, hada fat aid kit wth me 80 we put some cream on the stings, but they wore so paint eo I know. We clan sleep much that hight. To make matters worse, by the morning t was pouring with rat, £0 we cameo | Harry: On dear «» Listen and check. What went wrong on Mark’s camping trip? Is the dialogue formal OF informal? Give raacone PY Take roles and act out the dialogue. a Work in pairs. Imagine you went ona trip with a friend and some things went wrong. Use the prompts below and/or your own ideas and the language in the box to act out a dialogue similar to the one in Ex. 1b. ‘twisted ankle * limped back to campsite * bear stole food trom outside tent during the night + rained and tent got flooded rE Pree + How was your |» Not so good, 'm afraid tip? + itwas awl + Did you nave a |» itadnt go wll at all nice ume on |+ That's not the worst fit your trip? | To make matters worse Pers iter * How come? |» On dear! That's awful! + What went |» Oh my goodnoss, thats tril! wrong? + That's too bad! + Oh nol What |» Youre joking/idding! happened? | + Seriously? * Oh, really? '* Oh, come on! Why's that than?|» You're pulling my log! + Really? Tell me |+ No way! allaboutit!__|+ Undeliovabie! Narrating a bad experience eed ‘While speaking use facial expressions and gestures to express your feelings. Describing a picture a ) Look at the picture and in pairs make notes under the headings: time ~ place ~ people ~ clothes - actions - feelings. 'b) Use your notes to describe the photograph.(Pl Wiiting Bank 2 p. Wa? ) Rubric analysis Read the rubric and look at the underlined words. Then answer the questions. Stories wanted ‘We are looking for stores for our ‘new English-language magazine for ‘youna people. Your story must begin with this sentence: Tam felt ‘strangely afraid as he got into ‘the canoe. Write your story (120-160 words). Your story must indude: alligator. + amobile phone | 11 Who is going to read your story? 2 Who is it going to be about? 3, What tenses should you use? 4 What must you include in your story?) 5 What could your story be about? ‘A. your favourite piace to go canoeing B acanoe trip where ‘something went wrong Model analysis B @) Read the story and chouse the correct tenses (1-6). Is ita first or third-person narrative? b) Match the paragraphs (A-D) to the descriptions (1-4). (7 the main event ‘Setting the scene (main characters, place, event, ‘weather, feelings ote) incidents leading up to the main event what happened inthe end, feelings of the main cherracter(s) B a) List the events (A-H) in the order they happened. WI the climax event? 30 Writing story D> Tom fe strangely afraid ashe oot int the canoe. There was no reason for his far. Te sun 1) shone/was shining and a col wind was blowing as he Set cffon an amazing canoeing ti inthe oid Everoades wih his fend, Matthew. [D> the frst part of the trip was fun and relaxing, but suddenly, the water 2) had started/startedfiowing unbellevaby fast. Suceny, toe horor, the canoe capsized and they fel the rer! They 3) were grabbing/grabbed the ‘canoe while the nsing water swent them along faster and factor [> ater a short while, the water became calm again. But just as they dlimbed back nto the canoe, Tom frazein fear. huge aligator 4 stared/was staring at them! They 5) didn't know/weren't knowing what to do, but then Tom remembered hs mobil phone in his raincoat pocket. He called the canoe hie shop and half an hour later a helicopter came to rescue them, [D> -You were very lucky the alligator didn’t attack you in the water!” a rescue worker said calmly to them. They 6)had never felt/never felt so reicved before! ) Use the linking words fist, then, nex, after that, suddenly, after a short while, finally to give your partner a short summary of the story. Setting the scene ‘When we write a story, we begin by setting the scene. To do this, we imagine we are looking at a picture and try to describe the i place (where), the time (when), the weather, the people involved and ther feelings. a Read the tip. How does the writer set the scene in Ex. 2? Gy» Feed the paragraph and answer the questions. 1. Where and when did the story take place? 2. What was the weather ike? 3. Who was the main character? 4 How did he tool?b) Look at the picture ‘and use the words below to write a e beginning that sets u the scene. e te + 0001 windy day «last summer + Andy and Mary e ‘on a saling boat + feel happy and relaxed Z Adjectives/Adverbs 0 Use a variety of adjectives and adverbs. This makes your story m more interesting tothe reader. ite | [ER»» Fin ins huge sharp teri, venomous, loud dark ve ed ‘As James walked through the 1) nice cave, he suddenly heard a 2)bad hissing noise. A moment later, ne felt a 3) bad pain in his ankle. James switched on his torch just in time to see a 4) big snake siding away. He was 6) bad! “What iis a 6) bad snake?” he thought. b) Which adjectives are used to describe the following in the model in Ex. 2: the canoeing trp? the water? the alligator? Fl Find the adverbs the writer used in the story in Ex.2 to describe these verbs: flowing: said. Gite ——S ees ickily, carefully, angrily, quietly, heavily. 1 The man began shouting at Danio Ps the bear didn't see Mack and May. 3h was raining lastnight. 4. Simon erept : over the bridge 5 “Leave now!" Ann whispered to Sue e Writing a Ep ead the rubric, undertin the key words, then answer the questions. n ( You have decided to enter a short story competition in your | college. The story must begin with the following sentence AAs Jack and Tom put up their tent, they didn’t notice the big sign. Wiite your story (120-160 words). Your story must indude: « a bear. «fire 11 What will you write and who will read it? 2. How must you begin your story? 3. Will you write in the 1st or Srd-person? What tenses will you use? * Listening for ideas ») 2 Listen and make notes under the headings: time ~ place - people - events - climax event - ending ~ feelings. 0. Write your story. Follow the plan. iglish.ru Setting the scene * One day last... wentidecided, etc. + It was a... (cold, windy, beautiful, etc) day and l/welthey fet. Describing the events * After ive/they had + UWierThey were. when suddenly + After thatfter a short while Then/As Soon as... + WelThey couldn't believe mylourtheir eyes when Feelings + UWie/They had never fel o in imyfoud tei lifefivest + lWie/They fel. (elieved/angry/tired ete) butland.. happy tobe safe ete) {Introduction (Para 1) Set the scene (how, when, where, what) Main Body a (Paras 2&3) events in over they happened; clmax event Conclusion —_ (Para 4) what haopened in the end, characters feeings Checklist ‘When you have finished your story, check the folowina: ‘+ Have you written the correct number of paragraphs? + Have you used the right tenses? + Have you written the events inthe order they happened? ‘+ Have you set the scene inthe first paragraph? ‘+ Have you included a variety of adjectives, adverbs and linking words? ‘+ Have you written the correct number of words? ‘+ Are there any speling, grammar or 31Language —Knowledge Open cloze Preparing for the task a a) Read the sentences. What word is each gap asking for: preposition, pronoun, verb, conjunction? 1. They managed to @8¢apE oss tHE burning building. 2 They put off thelr trip cnn it was raining heavily 8. He forgot to take a map with 4. They managed to out the fire. 'b) Which of these words could you use to ‘complete the gaps in sentences 1-4 in Ex. 1a: after, of, take, his, from, put, him, because? Sai ete) Read the text to get an idea what itis about. Read ‘again and pay special attention to the words before ‘and after each gap. They will help you think of the ‘word that fits each gap. Read the completed text to see if t makes sense. Read the story. For gaps 1-8 think of the word that best fits each gap. Oz day last autumn | had a teriblo ‘experience on my 1) to work. It was raining very heaviy. | put 2 soso MY fubber boots and took my umbrella. | was waking to my car 3) all of a sudden there was a very bright light all around me. At the 4 time | heard 2 loud bang, tt was a bolo ightring! 15) hit the top of my umbrella and gone into me. 1 was able to get back into the house. | fat i oe | dosided to go to hospital “The doctor sad that | was lucky because if had ‘ot been wearing rubber boots, the lightning ‘could have hurt me very 7) | remembered that our teacher was always toling us 8) vw tO go out in a thunderstorm with an umbrela. | wish I had listened to him! www frenglish.ru Sentence transformat Here are some sentences about Christine's, accident. For each question, complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first, Use no more than three words. 1. Christine's favourite sport is sky-diving, Christine likes sky-diving more any other sport, 2 Sho jumps out of an aplane wearing special goggles. When she jumps out of an airplane, she special googie. 3. One day, her parachute had a serious problem! One day, a serious problem with her parachutel 4 She landed on power lines after falling thousands of metres, Siw for thousands of metres betore landing on power lines. 5. She survived with just a broken bone. ‘A broken bone was the injury she suttered, Key word transformations Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. Use the word in bold, Use two to five words. 1 Last month, a train erashed near Tom's hometown. THERE Last month, ‘near Tom's hometown 2 The news was a shock tous. WERE We news, 3 Luckily, no one ded inthe accident. PEOPLE Ntwas ‘atin the accicent 4 He joined the rescue team two years ago. MEMBER, He 7 the rescue team for two years. 5 The brakes on the car didn't work properly PROBLEM There the car's brakes.mn 0 nt ty. es. Grammar B Choose the item that best completes each sentence. 1. ans the firefighters arrived, the building was already in flames. A. By when © As soon as B Until the time D By the time 2 L enjoyed the film Apotio 13... saw it twice, A very © enough B too much D so much 3 Tony... his injured friend later tonight. A visits © is visiting B visited D was visiting 4 nae the hurricane destroyed many houses, no cone was killed. A Infact © Even though B Besides D Despite 5. Before his accident, Sam... ride his motorbike very fast A used © was used B usodto D useto 6 Rescuers... Survivors of the landslide since they arrived last night, A find © have been finding B were finding D had found 7 Tate... when we see a disaster on TV, and there is nothing we can do, ait © those B these Dit 8 A tsunami is more... just a big wave. A from © of B but D than 9 He was walking home when the ground shaking A was starting © has started B started D had started 10 The fire safety officer is giving a presentation week A present © next B before D previous 11. "Were there any injuries?” "As far as | know, everyone .... alright.” A be © wore B are Dis 12 They were lucky... the factory fire, A to-escape © escaped B escaping D have escaped 1 10 " 2 Vocabulary [G lath abuul aucidenls & uibasters * talk about natural phenomena ‘narrate an experience & express interestshock/disbaliet © write a story