Developing speaking
Developing writing
Describing photos 2
A story 1
4 Read the story again and underline any words or expressions which help you to understand when or in what order the events in the story happened.
speaking Answer the questions. 1 Have you ever visited any capital cities? Which one(s) and when? What do you remember about the experience(s)? 2 Which capital cities would you like to visit? Why? What would you see and do there? Look at this writing task. Think of a possible capital city and a discovery that would make a good story. speaking Write a story that begins with this sentence. Anna had waited for this special weekend for a very long time. Your story must include:
5 Look at the Writing bank. Match the tenses and verbs (1–5) to their uses in the story (a–e).
Writing bank Narrative tenses 1 past simple 2 past continuous 3 past perfect 4 used to 5 must/may/might/can’t have
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a We use it for the background of the story, to talk about actions that happened before other actions in the past. b We use it to talk about past habits. c We use these to make speculations or deductions about what happened. d We use it to tell the main events and actions in the story. e We use it to describe scenes and talk about activities in progress. 6 In the story, find an example of each of the narrative tenses in the Writing bank. Practice makes perfect 7a Look at the task in 1 again and write your own story. Use narrative tenses carefully and include words that explain when or in what order events happened. Lorem ipsum
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3 Read this story. What is the capital city and the discovery in the story?
Anna had waited for this special weekend for a very long time. She had always wanted to visit London, but had never had the chance to visit the capital before. She used to dream of seeing all the typical places that always appeared on TV and in films. This weekend was Anna’s birthday. When her parents had asked her what she wanted as a present, she knew immediately what to ask for – a trip to London! The train journey from Anna’s home in York to London was just over two hours. While they were travelling, Anna’s dad told her a story about the station they were going to arrive at. It was called King’s Cross. Anna’s dad was interested in history and he knew a fascinating story about the station. He told her about a legend that said that a famous queen called Boudica might have fought her last battle against the Romans in exactly the same place. There was even a story that Boudica’s body may have been right under Platform 10! Anna and her dad decided the first thing they were going to do in London was to take a look at the mysterious platform. As soon as the train arrived at the station, Anna and her family went to look for Platform 10. At first, they were disappointed as there was nothing very special about it. But then, around the corner, they made an amazing discovery. It was Platform 9 and three quarters, the famous platform where Harry Potter always caught the train to Hogwarts. Anna had a great photo taken there and afterwards her parents bought her a small present in the Harry Potter shop near the platform. What a great start to the weekend!
Practice makes perfect 4a Read and prepare the task below.
speaking Look at the photo above and think of questions to ask about it. Write them down. What can you see in the background? Where do you think they are? 71 Listen to a student talking about the photo. Does she answer any of your questions? Do you agree with what she says about the photo? Why/Why not? 71 Listen again. Which expressions in the Speaking bank do you hear in the dialogue? Why are expressions like these so useful when describing photos? Speaking bank Making speculations and deductions ● I imagine … ● I’m not sure, but … ● (It/They) must be ● (It/They) may/might/could be ● (It/They) can’t be ● (It/They) is/are probably ● It seems that ● (It/They) looks/look as if ● (It/They) must have (come) ● (It/They) may/might/could have been ● (It/They) can’t have been
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Decide with your partner which photo each of you is going to choose. Individually, spend three minutes preparing to talk about your photo. Say where you think it is and what you think is happening. How do you think the people in the photo are feeling?
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7b When you finish your story, use the Writing checklist on page 141 to check it.
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4b speaking Take it in turns to describe your photos. Use the expressions in the Speaking bank to help you. If your partner stops, ask questions to help them.
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