UNIT 5 Narratives 4 Look atthe two photographs which show the beginning and ‘end of a story aswell as the lst of words below, and guess swat the storys about, lamer office scurty guard, moonlit sky, chil, cashmere coat, gra, ‘row woried, police chi, reward, organising fund-raising evens, sheer, homeless, hastel, counselor, ragged clothes, ramp, frown 2 BH Read the questions below, then listen to the cassette and “answer therm. Finally, looking at your answers, retell the stor. 1 Who i the story about? —§ What happens to him? 2 Whereis John? {6 Hove does Miriam fet? ‘3 Whats the weather like? 7 What does Miriam do? 4 What time of year ist? 8 How does she find John? ‘A narrate present connected seis of events. citer imaginary or based on our own expenence, na vss cesospte sto may bo writen the fst person Uwe o: td person [nts ana ot eucas tho though, eacons. te ot ‘he main crass), esorbng ihe acon a ¢ woud be seen cu ha eyes. (© A goed narrate snoui cons ot tan introduction wrxch ets scoe (pac, ina, character(s) coaes Linitratingmood/arnasprer to rake the reader wart to corer ready, lndior bogie dramatically to capone readers ateton by aman body whieh covepa the sree of vers cet, ves vs tieseipton ete peopaplaoes rwotod, ec; ane «) seoncsion whien comptes the sey, porapsin an unexpected way, an tray describe poop’ eeingsaactons ne consequences of whal intedection happened ot Paragraph 1 Points to Consider ‘01 the scene ‘i fiwno‘whatianeniwher ‘© Before you start wing, you must rethink oa stable story outline, ten you Sheule Gecidoon a deialed ple, including Mew the story wil begin, who the Main Body tec whew awa agee. eee mt or poragrophe 2-3-4 f@ Wnting techniques ietuce the use of vivid description of poop, places develop the story ‘bles. te expecially owe the scene athe bairung ofthe ry ascpion | {desonbe nents oa Srlesinge ane wtions seggening a cetan maodietmosphere: tbe use a re! ‘up fo the main event Speech and avrey of cjactves, adverbs et. This wil make your wing more the event tse in deta Inert, eseribe people[plac: © araivs ae normaly stint pst nal us vary ot ae ‘emotionsiactions/etc) tenses, For sxamplo, Past Continuous is ofen usec athe scone fg. tnd wes Rowing.) Psst Senso ued or the man ever (0g, He entared Conchsion the room. looked around, and..); Pact Prieta used to describe ar event Final Paragraph Sergeant (Shade nrg ao, bt athe stony 19 The sequence of events Important therefore you must use ime words such (complete the pot {2 betore ete, tan, tho beginning, later, in to onc, ntl whl, during, describe feeings reac Ina tons: expan tho cone ‘quonces)Unit 5 Narratives 3 Read the sry Below and complete the ass the ox onthe ght The Visitor A gal feling of shock piped me | sre atthe splintered shattered wood of font door he lock hang, sect shape, hig been ered ery part {de my pulse quicken as noticed ha he door was Searcy behing. pushed ghty with my ngertps and it swung open with the sites roan, the use was deathly sient | ped dawn the hall, peting ‘othe rooms on elher side. They stared blankly back at me, desested and un Change. revealing nothing, Thece were no burl stil sie, oF seemed TS bras could see, tere was nothing missing 1 heaved a sigh fede! Finding fry precious cllecton of crystal uetouched, and my heartbeat slowed my inal ‘hock subsided. Somebody Red cetaily broken in = But hy? It the frend of the paseageway | hesitate, puzzled, then caousy climbed the stirs A Ineared the top, here wae ana; ight hure,scabling sound keane tht ice ght mae, ly coming fom something rather bigger ted quickly Towards my open bedroom dor cn te entonte by he srangest igh a ele Ipnan bing uncom face-dow on he foe, his plump, Ashe chek presed ‘nthe carpet, hich had bee piled ack to reveal the floorboards undemeth hore he was with is right arm ust down int a gap between the beards. “What on earth age you dong” I demande Nerolled himself sll into a ting ponsion ad afd hs thing ha, ooking embarassed. srry he mumbled. used 10 Tie in this house and I puta box {um here wth my savings and some papas o keap them safe” He brushed thick fst and cobwebs of hi she and sighed "Bu when mewed cu ogo an I dnt toon you would et me have them: What else could O. Set the scene / ‘The beginning of a narrative story should usualy give the reader a clear plot a whats happening, and ray nude aeseipns ot: seaing: place time recy, stops), west, people: name, appearance fangs, ote cavers) med {© Vivid desenptionisimperan when beginning striae. To dace tho ting, you may ure deta evohing the senses to suggest a partuler imosphere (e.g ping waves, sf sand = peaceful scone). Whon ‘soning peopaiactons, you may use vid deserption of erotors. rrannerims, tc to suggest a pariculor mood (e.g “Stunned, she set ‘low shah and tured ar foo in ar ands” = shock, fi 1¢ dramatic beginning toa navative helps to capture tho reader's sttentian and makes them ware contnve eadng. Sudden or exiong fon, description of song emios, the use of avec! speech and a ‘arity ofedjeciver, adverts an verbs ay al be used to make the begining mor ramet ‘@- You ay crete an aosoher of mystery aror suspense by cescibing a evange character a dongoroun staan, ec. 4: Look at the photograph onthe right which shows the scene introducing 1 story, and answer the questions about how you imagine the story | might begin A Latter rfered win ach paca ‘wer retuns - doerbroksn 2 3 “4 goes uptars nears rose. fee svangerinbesreom 6 B Undetntenrphsesin cach prph ih dese ‘ge the eons sed + shooktear 2 talapprehoson ale 4 excotantylsuprise Ssupessianger 6 emberaseor ‘When and wheres tests? Wats the weather ie? Who are the people ines, and bo th et? ‘What wold ous, bea i you mere physkaly presen at | thescene How igh the story continUnit 5 orraives 5 Read the paragraph below abou the photograph in Ex. see whether the story isa you had predicted, Underline al references tothe ens 1s, and the wordsiphrases describing emotions. Then answer the ‘qwestons from Ex. 4 agin, based on what you have read. The coo ofthe ha gay erg the sun tose ner and ein tet ou eres, Dock MeL nk cis carign iene nist caganos coud uige yp sopetonas, ewig Te soto pcs nxt aa yc ede onus ms, ade Pa of oy tok od he sa is a he sn sh. ga he econ al a ara esti eae men he as ale since Ojpeedy Pe moony te ae Aan nce be dot utd { nizaaana sige "smut he Then lokdat Gite nt eas anos foes nd aed ity, T si ee a 6 Describe the photograph lelow using the wordsphrases given, then ‘rite a paragraph setting the scene fora stor. Pr ween varia iy te / ‘A good begining sas impertant a 3 good encing.A goed begining mone (9 Youcanstayourstryoy ——@.Youean end youre by ksenbag te weston lace," a using arec spc epi, ug esses tengo eng or mas ung de speech ‘deecbing peop reacbons asng@ soralquston tone ever dvalaped nthe {Lereaing myer of sapere rman boxy Guistemploresngs ermoces ——d orang mtn suspense I acrecsngtereedercrecty asking arhloca quan {9 Nac tht more fon on odnque canbe sad nite begnningo andr ot sey. 7 Match the following beginnings & endings, then Say which techn have been usd in each paragraph PCTs, 1 Bight.cloued fh snam among th 7a ad bors cf seaweod roche Svar othe sight on te sua ‘he se ga wih happires and wer erat the urderalr werd aroun me ‘Thon aiden movement caught my 27 and tuned to £00 Moo, Sak Sap hurting tonardme 2 "Dont mavel” a oice Nssed. Seve ‘rz, pore al he shape thin gut ‘alg coa, cancing inthe shadows. ‘usin dtr in realy out an the igure ued shar, cm ight gin of fe bare of & pun. Stover reno himsetal be gue asthe fash and crac of agustat ted te bare concrete eon Have youeverhadone ones cays wre tering goes wrong? When ys at flea oes ng. nd you tae out oh house pari, casper puting 0 yo ake, ony i a car won $ext and he bu ves ae on sk? Ue rie asec you thal such nos noe lances pale nsgpifcance bese (etapa endured yer ccd ADR 1 er such ati ay, was ipo tha fer to reach test oy nome. AS pases pela song cfs Icosed fen fora mare on asked Mya “Why os veo Rapp ome” Bihan ake, washing ahosptal be wih racial salt peetng cow at me fet exaust but eve, ard al rea remaber was one fhe docs Sy “Youre ky tbe a” © The sung hut is es ase resco to ond of he tne He stoped, fened ard bret alg feet whe tho was nosound of fokiepe bah fam The, 8 Rept out fe ina, ‘gure sipped foward to bar his way: fhnguem along cst, ugg sofUnit 5 Novrotives aa ‘Before you stat wrtng, yous! Rink oa basic sory outine fora sery Write a story with the tite ewtios “Aeron At apron ke As toys ng yan Ahmongeete Pts des at ens apts oonecge ending ts en Ore Ben you wee a mers you had ‘n inportat exam for ree ye pa 8 Aner the following questions aboot he three suggested story outlines i ay ad ight you ly so weneriaht ste at emt «ou th ‘eam and psd. 1 Which tas story eine sm appropriate to he ieinrcans © * Deeg old Wit aoa pion hen Why mag = bcane the act ot realy “erie” suai on gpa 2 Which tory outline, when writen as full narrative, would need very 82 aces to enemy infomation + He ‘advanced or specialised vocabulary? ae agaen ition] (se 3 Which would need specialised knuwdge ofa particular subject? foxpetation of» beaut waa who is ie ‘crea aba i 80 we ‘oer capture. «He succeed in disrptng bch comtains too many exens to write about fully in 380 words? the enemys suppl lin but hes ijn a exphsion ad loses hi mamay lar se ‘5 Which story outline, therefore, is both appropriate and manageable? zepba Read the following short text and A Ml Past Tenses and Time Words {nthe gaps using words phrases frow the Hist elon, then ident the tense ‘ot each verb in bold te and explair why this tense hasbeen used {@ PAST HABITS ae ot doscrbna using Past Coninuus. Instead, use Past, Simple "uses oof OU anappreprateadverD of equercy (4g, When was chi, my fate on (6) tolsomeimes used to tal arsine csp ne ease. wo oe ater, for, the tie, meade ' ‘avers of Frequency: amas usualy - teqvetyten sometimes! tema, mean Sccatonaiy Sekom rarely - never soci when, wht, nl {© PAST CONTINUOUS i use oak about an acon nto past whch » vas child L woul ws going ona he sae timo as another actin Bena be left at home ake ‘asinomipiod by anther acion One i 3) Tas plying rapeenesatan exact re with my doi decided 0 cook a prope 1, Iwas watching TV ahi ho was tying pone. ancl for my “cilen” had watched my ten tore was ate cn a dor other making chips 4) folder 0.8) "had pata parol Tine WordsPhrass: (atthe same me) as = mesh = when - wile on thes tne fo hea pT began i (@ PAST PERFECT ic uso to tok about an action which happoros bafera pol ptatves ciety 6 there was huge pile. 7) co uso ey ie the ol ms tings ad Tine oes tr ore 5 Thad ised. oso earls Peaster ae toon st = tre «byte te ce totaal ones. Teopy nen sowoke wee rising fom the pan. Trying te It abe red-hot pan, Epi the and huge flames instantly leapt upward sting fie to theiteen curs.‘Unit 5 Marrtives, Inversion fo. Some weeds aspaclalyatvrhs of equency anda wecdiphate, a0 ‘otowes y Inversion Wen ey are sec atthe beginning oa sentence. (20 dani ic eve ina tbe wot td ins nec ashton. ‘Mert Pad Jere raged athe wt nel Sc tuto (¢ Te worsaptases lowed by ivenion ae megave in meaning: [Naror (otriaan), No sooner, Mo longer; Nowhere ‘Not fen, Met aay; Net ony. but) ‘Saldana = ate’; Hardy ecianyaare =r mot ‘Not wnt, Hot before "Oni wn = not untibtr’, Only # = ret unos” (2G. No seamed stoned unde te shower than the dooret arg. Net only was |exeusted but aso acura nay. (© Nace at Not untae” and “Ory when are folomed by imeaion sn the second par of he srtsce (20.* Not unt ro clark ce ay op searching fore mising dog 10 Look a the fllovng‘shlctn’ sentences and, sing the appropriate teases ite a complet setece rom cach sketon aia he cample. Then ret each sentence beginning withthe word(s) nel pe (6&1) mo some it down / my sea | curcin rise pay Begin (hada soomer st om ny St an the carta roe adhe py began. (nw soaer ha sat cm ny set than te carta ros andthe poy began 1 Lights be /rarely/ oni museum midnight, so elie something strange / happen tht night 2 It/be mot wn be ell / Linda his mare / she reognis / who / se be /schoolrend hers ‘3 Rollercoaster o sooner start move /I know / make (tertile mistake by agree / get on 4 Cath’ foot dor nt ony stand wide open /when she / get hoe, ut, Hock /be (also /braken 5 We / seldom / us / joy | visit / my grandparents / when Ibe / child because / they /be / often sti us 11D You will bear 2 woman teling her fiend about the time she ‘early drowned. Number the following list of events inthe chrono- logical order in which you think they happened, then listen to the cassete and check your answers. Finally, retell the story ‘own words. 12 Look atthe task instructions below, together withthe beginning/ending of «story on each topic, and decide om suitable plot foreach story. ‘A Write 2 story ented “The Birthay pany Ending Suey the hts went on anda en of happy vs yee, “Sips!” Write a story that begins “She tok the ple of paper ot of her packet and ‘reached fr the phone.” ding: She oked aod te aureus room ard sed atthe hough taal er hears ad come te. (© We a sory that end: At ast be was bried Resjoning oe sat on the red tn, rehearsing Spech ore as ine Deseriptive vocabulary Avoid using simple aajectives or act (0.9, bd om wo) asthese wil ake your composiion ‘sound unrererig Instead by tue ‘more sophisicates wocabulany (ag. taxrun. esmagar, eatang, 0) hic wl rake you compostion more ‘ring tread. vary ofr ag. ‘marr, whiaper, mater instead of “ww wk mae you sty mre bey. 129."Oh, don bother" he growed, {2nd tomed ou oe room foe ort, wore) 19. sack trode up 9 and thrust (ti are tad ea, )Unit 5 Narretires 143 ED Look atthe two photographs below, and try to imagine what you 15 Look at the description below of wou you were philly presen at cach scene, then oka Poloraph A the, wing our oles follorng sto words: Which photograph do you think ach werd is from Exs. L414, write a similar rebel, and wich ofthe thee verbs in Brackets describes most description of Photograph B. carly the sound you would expect ober? Final listen to the cemeteries. We barely moved under the war sin tnt asf breeze began 10 whi (romtistaroay — C]seaguis cattereniiery through he rigging the apping Sai and sending sng (rumbicrastvoang) sais (apap) The sparking waves spathed apn i the creaking wood of our yack fing Crrmeriiorat) Joe (eqveaanowiicn, a ereaing ond ur vc ae (eolshisiockl) C]wood (eeahtsnapicrack) ed overhead showed against the fy outs (roanitrebigrow) [C]ston _(sreechiwaliwisto) 16 Look at the photograph below, and {ry fo imagine the scene asi you were physically present. Make notes ofthe ‘various seasory details you cam see oF imagine, and the moodatmosphere which the scene suggests to you, Then list words and phrases which serie these vividly. Finally, write a description of the Scene in about 80-75 words. 14 Look at the words below eating with sensory details of sight and touch. Which photograph is each related ta, and which of the three words in brackets best ‘matches what you can se in or imagine about cach? Ban — (oiingamnsu) spray. (reezinghotsaty) [igtning (sparkitashyoang) —[-] breeze (gentesutvolen) Clwaves Gemringtapidae) []tarmac (cracked also) wet street gleamisteamvoiter) [clouds (heavyldarkmuty) Tights fxltanvbindingism) ["}fumes (loudtraiputhUnit 5: Noratives 17 Read the story below and replace the words in bold type with suitable words from the followin list. Para, 1 Lingering, rusted, streamed, sired Para. evaported, a flurry, fencied, an uproar Para. gathered, rumows, stumbled, stunned, sailed Para. drifting in ruins, sunped, stared, tossed Para. grinning, ling her head, warmly Para, 6 admired, autumn, fresh it up, radiant, tilled Write a story which ends with the words: “She {knew the events ofthe day would change her Iie for ever” It was @ clear, crisp avumn morning, andthe wind ‘made Ets cheeks tingle pleasantly as she waked sty to work ale sung shone through he bare branches ofthe ‘tees lining he road, and allen leaves moved and made ‘4 moise round her fet, while the smel of bones staying in tear brought back nostalgic memos of he childhood hala century ago Her comeniment went away, however. the momest sho reached the ‘ofc, were she was oretted bythe noise of angry voices and a lt ot 18 Read the model again, and ides which tchniqus for begining a Ihave been used inthe fist paragn ‘quick activity. Puzzeg, she asked innocent what was wrong ‘Then underine the ve wordiphe Ne've been taken over by anather company,” someone sald hyster Finally, identify the main evens cally, “and teyve fied everyone!” Eats heat sank; she had refuse to ‘mins in each paragraph, bale ofc stores ofthe takeover, ard now she fet lost an frais. She (es Para Eat wakes to work had no idea what she could do, or whee she should po, Very surprised, horny) she dia’ even take of her cot, but simply tok 2 few persona pases ‘ons fom her desk before she tuned and walked binaly aut the office ‘Slowly making her way to the park, Eth sat dejectely on a bench ang | 19 Put the following descriptive ve looked at ie ducks moving onto ver. Aor iy years of kya serwce ino the correct categories, and t she tld hese biter, she had been put aie, and he ite was nat good. ad as many words as you cam th Noone woul hie an eleny secretary who knew noting about computers ‘oft each category. Then a fara oie suddenly intro her heugts: “Cheer up, Eth #5 notte end of he wor” Looking up, sho saw her oss, Me Bake, AN lance, slimpse, inspect, nod, ps ‘siting happly.As soon ashe had hoard about he tkeove, be explained, peer, plod, saunter, signa, sep, str he had decided to make ote pans, and had bought smal ot nthe squint, trudge, wander sath of France. “My wile and | needa housekeepes” he contin ed nicely, “and youd be prec ote job” ath looked at the beautul colours ofthe fale leaves and ‘ealsed instinctively that his was the chance of har creams She was happy alte idea of making 2 new star inthe ater ar of her ite, and a big smie was seen on hor face. She knew the evats of that day would change be ite forever.‘nit 5 Norrties Now dothe same withthe following words and categories. 1 Dap sprawled on the sofa, nosy leafing through the ghosy pages of bee ‘allo, clutch, ersh dash, embrace, jump, plunge, prin, lar, grasp, magazine as she chewed gum and srimace, grin, groan, mumble mute, roar, some, hoe, iter, sSlurped sof dink, smirk snatch, sneer, poe 2 His brows knitted, Alex stared bank a the computer screen, scratching the buck of hs head and drumming his _gerson the table, then he sighed deeply ana eluctantly ached forte phon. 3 The children stopped abruptly and aed at the shop window with wide, unblnking eyes, ging each otbet and pointing atthe dating piles of 20 Complete the follwing excerpt by replacing the verbs in brackets ‘rod from the list below, making any changes necessary pt place = eres lore grin limp dar - pase - ride ‘22 Fil in the gas in the folloing sen- tances by choosing the most suitable ‘word from those given im brackets 1 sect was suddenly reminded of herself and Gregory, many ; nes [cesta ates? | Siam | Yer te Pepe (come) out fom her hiding PACE Seg "Cor so i il?” the wack shouted | behind a hedge. Across the lawn she had 2). seo angrily (shy, angry, cheerful) 0s the | eee) Gregory heading for some trees. 3) enn chron flied rstesy (res, | Cohn oat she had raced across the open grass, quickly ‘bp, enexpece). PM esrree (look) towards Gregory to see what he was 1 The old man leant | doing She 5) (sop briefly to rest eside (ea, sy, weary) on his walking stick tushy then dashed on again, making, her atlempt to run and used nn (d ap ‘hase im ay ang) evar be Bose where Bea ‘Suddenly, she realised he had 6) a his wife had lived until her death. tas reper 087 one a) srg towards fer, Fora ite while, she thought she stil might make it by 2 Eleanor muttered — 3 5 rn) er hae, but Gregory was eh ma inp, ne) Ts (st smphantly. Reaching the tin tr cents wandered Recpeceeepaete terete) ek maa aa ‘oF breath and 10) + ok) at him ang. room 10 make sre it as. 2 The injured tit hobbled. aay a (ABEL pai, check) 21. Read the following descriptions and undertine the descriptive words or ‘embarrassed by the on phrases describing manner and manncrisms, then Gl the adverbs (COMET, casual, complica) ars tnd adjectives used in each sentence. Finally, write each description in." lobes simplified form, asi the example, and say what emotions andor t= 4 The Jandowner shook his fs sonality characteristics are suggested in each description. = (violent, calm, og) aie pee oo ndow, then stood with Is apart and ber a etsy epee sianinnene fedoras topon a iet ‘Sanh went 1 he window and stned crea. (inpatient, aggresive) prow), Sah soe EAB the fandom bx hb nein46 5 Narratives emotions into the corret cate- 23 Put the following words describ ores, then add as many words a yu can think f to cach ct ‘gory. Make sure that you know the various forms of each word (noun, verb, adjective, opposite, ee alarm, amused, annoyed, anions, ls calm, cheerful Aelightd, depressing, dread, cesta enthusiasm, eh laraing, righene, sad, irritating, infuriating, miser- ‘hl, melancholy, mown, panic, patience, pu egret ctisation, irring, temper, trie, upset iy guise thriled conteoomene apprehensive stInulting horror sadness . fan rage contusion wet furious 24 Fil in the gupsin each ofthe fllowing sentences by choosing the most appropriate word fem thse given in brackets and puting it into the correct form, asin the example, eg. The job wasecting at firs ut wher Tread ha it fered me no ue Itecame diluioned Gortuneilsion tril 1 After [had walked sound the War Museum, fl a rankinds abit to iit pin and suffering on others (disapoinapeliecite) 21 fond it hard 10 within as we both knew that what he had suffered had heen nobody fault but his own (apeloyyismpathy) 3 We all lapped and cheered er the performance hoping thatthe band would come back on te. (ahitipatencelethasagm) 4 We mere spending the summer holiday it ——— Fine contage near the ee, when disaster suddenly tuck (delighsurprselregres) 5 When I saw how moch damage de ite had caused and eae tha five year’ work had been destroyed, as (devasatepucedsappuin) 25 Replace the numbered words in t following paragraphs with those the ists given anf, brighy, extremely, huge lovey pleasant, raging, trib, tn, whspree A. There was 1) big crash of thunder a fash of ightning. Jess was 2) very frig ‘ened as she sat i her 3) He bed listen tothe 4) bad orm which was) happe ‘outside. She picked up her teddy bear a 6) sai it, “Tn 7) very afi but Em ny 10 think of 8) ace things” When J woke the next morning the sun was shin 9) nel it ws going the 1) god d rst, frious, hurled, marched, materi peered rainsweyt scrcaming, glaring, eri B, Steve sat 1) looking atthe eloek on val and 2) saying something to his was ahsoTutely 3) amgry at being he wating. Suddenly he sid up. 4) wah towards the window and 8) looked up a down the 6) wet seet, The, withou warning stranger 7) came in and 8) the {hey chi arose the room, 9) sa "You! Get out of here this instant!” Si vas 10) afraid, sand ran outside withou ach gan26 Look at the cartoon drawings below showing actions and mannerisms 2B Look atthe cartoon strip below ¢ and write a description of each on, as inthe example. rite a brief descriptive paragre about each picture, a inthe examy 6 rian stood with hands on Hes, taping Se fet mpc o&. tsa be OgF en toma eet UPN? red nith Pees) wer erties ee \ Staring out ofthe window, Mike couldn believe hs eyes: Somebody was wallin long the sect with Ret, Mike's do. ‘Throwing the window open, he leaned ot dnd bellowed, “That's my dog! What a) ‘ou dovng wth Nim?” t i t 27 Replace the word “said” in the following passage with more descriptive reporting ver rom th sto, ad he ising puto. i The words which are nde arn Direc Speech ft exclaimed, laughed, shouted, snapped, stammered, teased, wailed, yelled ‘ sos ne yig instr it ste jompedat fe plan go § | adittrsaio ie nese inne ean dite eed one ai in eed ji fk io et amp ow you never lod agi te itu | aida we te pine " bata! thet sald ve fe an chien “ Sion mt dangers st eta hd foul and remeber hat | seamed y the sen ses lok! ost th plane dor and he sen ls | talwakld hes dtrmton sad ne * te paint opened property and be od enw he round ihet you were terrified sa his wife when he touched down robe said cant wait todo it gainUnit S Narratives, Flashback Narration brent and then se fashack naraton fo dase the ewes up is oir (usualy Pet Pree), toor continuing wh he ether. {© Some nareatve mrting tasks tl yout begin your story with & gin Sorience which atten suggests ley hat another import ave has 29 Read the story below and underline the time words'phraes, then put the vers in brackets into the correct tenses, Weite a story beginning with the words: “He sat down, unable to believe what had happened.” ‘30 Complete the lst of events below He at down, unable obese what ad happened Angus (1 {heuer in hic he appear in cael dor ang shu andthe paler wing ay down te tose Thee masher te omats Clr ty, soa eve tk lo he ao ee respec set sah ta -paibecame avate of te sa, sour sel eco part of the story uses flashback w ration. Finally tl the story br th ‘your own words without using Ma A fo hours eat, Agus had been a carte tours ooking fornard to an : and shouting at him in a language he couldn't under: lepine ont tll swatty man ow tel west dn an sy boots cae the room, ad fe thor poemen & Sint stenn Th ma, cist ase fe Paragraph 3 ° “ale Ann rn Ft gett |] He kein sal om themman (0 Say theoties mas caninghmearetiery | [ hen icy ot eps week [ ut a’ cus Angas pater, (2 dave Pocaagh the curry aay ve ter bee here Ble ny ie aera seh nes denies the seowation A: that moment the telephone an, a he ier 2 long convesaon, aly he 13 (nu the phone de ant muted Paragraph $ Mindat aout man = tha cowed Ang 0 the door are xpath ews ee ve ‘Ais stepped out into the warm night it il taken bythe ersying exes ret but mmesely than ha wae ve. He Rew he woud el arg Tater atthe way he 18) the ete) — bat he hoped hat il om an aeroplane, ng home. He by that ime i " iri, 1 old hat he fo. Paragraph 6 tras fg in the 48 rd 1B) He decides to My home immediateil 5. Narratives 1 Wich of these “beginning” sentences WOuld saustob —C-mwatunasoton Esse nied require Mashck naraton, which would sit ersumnganenoacono “acamcmreeange” fe cmon” at hronolgial narration, and which could use wenn intone» MOMENT ther approach? Explain the reason fr your ‘oie, and then suggest a suitable plat foreach B Asvarowerito a a psang PF 'Stomataciny cc sep rate reves oss ‘esi hoy vi + ova oa pees chou change uses nth roe 32 Read the models below and number the paragraphs in chronological order. Which model uses fashback narration, and in which paragraphs) are the flashback events included? What tense has heen used for these events? Finally, select a diferent paragraph as a starting poot for flashback narration, and tll the story again in your avn words, MoDELA Mopet per and Me clea nto 2 rock aie the t= [AL]Mic ook cum onthe mounts fra the Tice ofthe valley fr blow ther, and ined the coo, | wndow of the Rept Heft increasingly Pps a5 pnesceted a pleased wih the dion to ci te ened ttle rom the ai ard the ner of ty eprom the ig hee they Ke hat Sunday pats was most obscured tro vw byte hk coring of ug fe ves. To make mars worse the i was aig st [Bt then csaster srk. As Peter cambered and 9 ack blanket of mst as largo om. se stomderca hain sipped and heuided WHE StOFY enna ep are tee moti esc rcvry othe urd. Mito stared rex @MtLEM | orks in the helcoter agreed hat hey would ais nen’ leg which was bent ata painful angle “The Rescue” have to go back and continue the search for feat im. Aust he pedo hake ad Miche ed, Peron fot ged it round Fees sunldere. "Look, be rg back” AB] eventing had fen tlh ter tha Sunday mer etd, hope tat his voce sounded reassuring and began Ping wine thet boys had set out on thir walk up the cool long rk back down the mountainside oft hep jpne-scente mountainside neat the vilage where they ved Erne hours ater, Michael foun hist ina hecopter ff Near the tp, Peter and Michel had climbed onto 2 rock to dng wth three mountain rescue workers, He fel increasing- facie the view of the vay fa below thes plese, 2¢ the mountain eked totaly dierent fom the Qe |Thar was when daser ad strck, On clambering Jaan the network of tiny paths was mostly abscured rom Jw, Peter had tumbled award ote ground, his le ey the thick covering of pine tres. To make maties bent aa panfl ange beneath him. Unable to mane; he was rs thei was ang fast and a blanket of mst was str forced to wait whore he was, rapped in Michael jacket, into her, venta, the plot announced that they would Awhile Michael had begun the ong rk down the maura have ogo back and continue the search or Peter on fot. Side t etch help BOTH MODELS (Ry seven oclck that evening they hale the elcopte in the village and gahered 3 mourn rescue tam of fen Then. Miche! fet dsheartened and cared fr Wis ens suey, Saw they ascended the moun, scouring the namerous puts for Peter Te ony suns were cronchingfosteps and the crackle of ttc onthe walketlkes that he rescue workers Ea oak to cach ter The mountainside was an eerie place afer ightall nd gradually Michael started to wonder whether they woud ever ind Peter atl [EB] Surely Michael heard a voice come over ane of he wlki-akes, ‘We've got him. We're taking him down, [Fi] "Tm som,” sid Michael ths rend tater inthe warm salty ofthe hospital raom, “id ealise would take so long Fete sled pinay. "t's okay croaked til weak from his ordeal “Tm vst ghd o be hee, le. [G7 The doctors decided to keep Peter at he spl forthe nigh case of complications with kg Before leaving, Michal inked down at his fend and pated is shoukler a, sent, they both vowed reve to go walking inthe mountains again.nl 5 Maraives| ‘33. ead the main body ofthe story below, aswell asthe dierent bein rings and endings. Which techniques have been ase in each of the ‘eginings and endings? Who narrates the story? FTI "A twas anormal cay aferoon nthe sepy lage ol Lshwood ae had gore othe Bark 25 suo Ss from my eccourt seat cule py fr my grocer shoppin. How was know at Fé be enduring the est ghee | tiperance ct my enon fon rans ne? 2 pettiness ne gen tat ay tron. had astange eng a moring 8 sig at sonating ‘Gongto happen bs at," De spd you and you ny feings ~ pul yours ogete and go and {he gocasen” 501 ana you never gees wl happened {C You know how someone et whan nes about pay fr is gro shepong and tds is walt amos empty Ming 1 poor excuse headed fore bark, Po prepared atl for w'a| was about experience there {was wating pation the queue when soe 60 men pulling black mass over their heads, used through the font Shor and began showing and waning guns inthe a. "Tiss & robber,” yelled one ofthe masked men "Do as we say and 99 ‘ne wil gt hurt” The other bank ober erded ws into aco pe ofthe room se ordered us tlie fac-down onthe oor. Twas tented, My whole body foe in fear Someone helped me down to the ground where all the oer customers were huddled togetr, hardly even daring to breathe in case the men decided io carry ut ther threat ad tart shooting. The cars were remarkaly calm but 1 suppose ther training had prepared thm for sich a situation. They busy emptied the Contents of ther til nto bag the ers had shed ove the counter to them | Kept expecting to hear the talingof sien a th otc buried to rescue whut there was yan unbearable ence Amv as suena they had entered the masked aes raed their hg and left the buklng jumping into a beige Eetoway cat. Minutes ltr, the plice seve. Several ites took off in thir ears osc if they couk atch the criminals 1 Ast ented he grocer’ ft strangely uneasy. was then that heard a sharp woes hissing: “Ths a robbery 2. el was walking back th grocer’ kept tikng of what ha b take cobcremt state Altera while, the feelings of shock and fet began shaken, bt Thad rexnered fromthe orl unt of what had happened es sila 2h to gre the police my 20 then ment to calles my shopping. mints belore Slo | opened he doo {te come face 1 ace with two armed masked men. “Ughning never thes tice in he sme pac." ‘ine. |S Yeu you be prepared io experience the same tng twice es than an Now’? | wasn, bu | had no ceice when, on mashed men ‘opening ne grocers door, came facet face wa——___ Unit 5 Koratves, T | 34 Read the mode Heluw and correct the highlighted words. Write S for spelling, WO for word order, for grammar, for punctuation o WW foe wrong word, Read the story again and pu the events in chronolog- ical order; then retell the story without Nashback aration. Suggest a suitable tte forthe story G was As hagot ol de ti, he Hoke! pana denn the platform. there@eRDo0 ne ere atid, as he stood listening the tft rating off tthe distance, he begua to fel Tink trotted. His brother had. promised eo weet him, but was | Inovhene tw be seen. Stood there checking his watch and imal peering nto a darkness beyond the sation, Mau felt terribly aoe Matt lick was. merchant sean. Ten years previously he has left hone to goat sea because there were Ble jobs in the ‘ilage which he grew up. Alter being s0 long at sea, he had tae enough mney tee back nel set pasa Busines He ul hens nerves shout sami’ reaction to his home amin, but me telephone call bad been enough to pu his tnind at rest Thc) sted auch excited that he was ening Fuck. His mone had ever cies, that Matt had food cmb ows standing im the deserted plan, he did wat kno Watt hin, Teas 4s in the orig al, ice i as me elope, be decd to walk the five miles to the village Smeney wil pick han ap, he tbonght. So, dragging his tw Inge hag Beinn btn hes of the narrow county ae Aer atkins omy for ten minutes. ome of is bags ght oa stenteaver the nny vad, | stone aud tore open. spilling theo Cold ed sa now ba tempered, he stom a nock lara while this was no he way Ie ha ine is eta ‘Once the lights of his village eae it ve, hi we file sgl. Hee wandered sshetber would he be able readjust Ie ina smal sonny aller sears ened a sip and bis experience of wr anans fone eniges, Bat, he decided, this fas iliere fe manted thes and hie pare qihenel as he speci tp te ail ne Walking np the dive, he wae ming the chen Hig of selesision ht denenstats winds. Thoth the pen eutains hhccolel we ie thor alee fas on the sna. Hetaped nthe loss his beter woke wp dived al contused. “Mat” he Snuedl excited. “Ol, Fell asleep! Hw did on ge heve Mint thenght back to when the fs of them lee theres fcemayers ancl, vith sgh a relict sid himsell “0 le se tings haven changed 35 a » 36 Look at the following. composition task instructions and answer the questions below. “= Write a story that begins or ends withthe words: “It had all been 2 ‘ase of mistaken identi.” What cont of manne. mse ture fimo roma, ie) does the te Would you use fshbsck narration? Why Why ot as the topic site vpeciaised kno ‘ge and/or vocobuly you may not have? Can yousuggesto psi plo using this sentence o begin your try? Write a story ented “The Locked Door’ What sort of norntive story fog musty ocean, e) det ie Wt eshngues would you use 9 besa Ist necessary for yu to write sis com ‘Poston sing shack nanan? Why Wana What time wors/phrnes woul you use tolink the evens (Can you sues! a posible plo? Choose ONE of the compasit tasks abose, and write a complete plan with notes. Then write the com- position i300 (0 400 words