Note: The text in Task 10 is a narrative text. As explained in Unit 5, a narrative text is a text that entertains and instructs the readers. It entertains because it deals with the unusual and unexpected development of events. It instructs because it teaches readers that problems should be confronted, and attempts made to resolve them. The text incorporates patterns of behaviour that are generally highly valued.
Task 11 Find words in the story which mean the opposite to the following words. Compare your answers with a classmate’s. Look at the example. (a)
blunt
: sharp
(b)
visible
: …..
(c)
violent
: …..
(d)
willingly
: …..
(e)
unconscious
: …..
(f)
coarse
: …..
(g)
rouse
: …..
(h)
excite
: …..
(i)
ineffective
: …..
(j)
bright
: …..
Task 12 Rearrange the jumbled paragraphs of the story of Bloody Mary from Pennsylvania into a good text by numbering the paragraphs. Look at the example. Once upon a time, there was a maiden lived deep in the forest in a tiny cottage. She sold herbal remedies for a living. Folks living in the town nearby called her Bloody Mary, and said she was a witch. None dared cross her cottage for paragraph 1 fear that their cows would go dry, their food-stores rot away before winter, their children take sick of fever, or any number of terrible things that an angry witch could do to her neighbours.
It Was The Least I Could Do.
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