a)
Read the story and put the paragraphs in the correct order.
Heroes by chance
A. They enjoyed their picnic and decided to come back home. Suddenly they saw two big black animals running towards them. The boys didn’t know what to do. Joshua started shouting at the animals. The animals were not frightened at all and the boys climbed up a big tree.
B. The next day the boys were on the front page of the local paper. The boys received a medal for their help in catching the panthers. Everyone called them heroes. The boys said “Heroes? How could we be heroes? We spent the whole time up a tree!”
C. One sunny morning Joshua and Steven went to the park to play football. The boys wanted to have a picnic, so they took some sandwiches, fruit and juice with them.
D. Joshua and Steven sat in the tree. They were terrified! After some time, two men entered the park carrying guns. They were zoo keepers who finally caught the panthers. They returned the animals to the zoo. The zoo keepers explained, “Next time we have to be more careful when we clean the cages. The panthers escaped.”
b)
Say which paragraph(s) give(s) information about:
1. the time, the place and the people in the story
2. the events one after the other
3. what happened in the end and how the people felt
Underline the correct word.
1. Luckily/After, the police came soon after we called them.
2. After/When that, Elizabeth was afraid to leave her house.
3. Before/Finally, the boys saw two men running towards the animals.
4. After/First I jumped from the helicopter, my legs were hurting.
5. After/When the victim walked into the kitchen, the robber attacked her.
Write a story for a competition in your school magazine. Use the plan below and Ex.1a as a model. Begin like this:
One afternoon, three weeks ago, Terry decided to take his pet snake out for a walk. He put….
Plan
Title:
What a day!
Paragraph 1:
snake is not in basket/get into car/drive to the park
Paragraph 2:
at the park/take the snake out/play with the snake/put it back in basket
Terry/read book /15 minutes
later/snake is not in the basket
Paragraph 3:
Terry/ look everywhere/start shouting /call the police/
people scared/everyone leave the park /police can’t find the snake
Paragraph 4:
Terry sad/drive home/notice/snake/sleep on car floor/both happy