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Read Jimmy’s story. Use the prompts to give more details and make the story more interesting.
One Sunday afternoon last spring (Which month?) I was with my class on a sightseeing to u r (Where?). I was a bit tired ( Give more detail). I was sitting on a wall talking w ith my mum on the phone when suddenly I dropped my bag ( Where to? What sort o f bag was it?). Suddenly we heard a shout. To my horror the bag had fallen on a dog (Which one?)\ We immediately rushed over to help the dog (W hat was the dog doing?). But the cat and the bag were lying in a deep ditch. Jen n y and I ran to borrow the ladder (Where from ?). I p u t th e ladder and w ent down (How?) to pick up the bag and the dog (W hat was the cat doing?). I managed to pull out the dog and the bag out of the ditch. Luckily the dog w asn’t hurt, ju st very frightened. The dog’s owner turned up about ten m inutes later. W hen she saw th e dog ( Where? What did it look like?), she was shocked and angry w ith me. I felt sorry. I certainly learnt a lesson — th e hard way! 7
a Complete the chart using the adverbs and phrases from the box. "Time Linkers a t f ir s t
ftesuli linkers as a re s u lt o f th is
Mood and attitude luckily
a t first, luckily, as a result o f this, later on, the next morning, then, sud denly, in the end, to my horror, to my amazement, soon, because o this, eventually, finally, consequently, immediately, (not) surprisingly so, afterward, from time to time
b Example:
Make up sentences using the adverbs and phrases from the box.
A t f i r s t we went to the Tower o f London. L uckily there were not so many tourists there. yls a result o f this we could visit all the attractions there.
Write a story about an event where something went wrong. Us the useful expressions above and the following questions: When d the event happen? What were you doing? What was the weather like How did you know that something was wrong? What had happenec What did you do? What happened in the end? How did everyone fee
