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. WRITING
A STORY

A. Discuss.
• Has anything unbelievable ever happened
to you? Can I give you a hand?
• What happened?
B. Read the story and answer the questions. It was a warm summer evening. Paul was returning
home when he saw two men outside the house of his
1. What is the purpose of each of the neighbour, Tom Baker. They were carrying his
paragraphs? furniture into a van.
2. What tenses are used? finish, the two men quickly got into the van, thanked
He knew that Tom was moving out in a few days,
He knew that Tom was moving out in a few days,
so he walked up to one of the men and said, ‘Hello,
so he walked up to one of the men and said, ‘Hello,
can I give you a hand?’ The man just stood there,
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looking at Paul. That’s when the other man said,
‘That would be great.’ As soon as Paul helped them

him and left. Later, while Paul was having dinner, the
doorbell rang. It was Tom and he looked very upset.
‘Someone broke into my house and took everything!’
he shouted. Paul froze. ‘I’m so stupid!’ he thought.
Fortunately, Paul gave a clear description of the
men to the police and they found the burglars after
only an hour. Paul helped move everything back
into the empty house but he’s never offered to help a
neighbour again.

C. Look at the questions and decide in which paragraph each of them has been answered.
Write 1, 2 or 3.

Who is/are the main character(s) and what was/were
the main character(s) doing? What happened in the end?

What did the main character(s) do and what happened? Where did the story take place?

When did the story take place? How does/do the main character(s) feel now?

How did the main character(s) feel?

WRITING TASK
D. Look at the stories in the
Speaking Section, choose When writing a story:
one and write it out. Answer  write the events in chronological order. Use past tenses (Past Simple and Past
the questions in activity Progressive).
4 C. Your story should be  use time linkers (when, while, as, as soon as, etc.).
between 100-120 words.  use adverbs and adverbial phrases (suddenly, fortunately, in the end, to my
surprise, etc.).
 use adjectives describing feelings (surprised, amazed, frightened, upset, etc.).
 use direct speech, questions and exclamations to make your story more
interesting.
 organise it into paragraphs as shown in activity 4B.

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