Unit 5 / Lesson 7
AB page 52/ exercise 3:
Linking words in stories Establishing a sequence
3 Write these phrases in the correct place to complete the story
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When she opened the door As soon as Max gave the man his mum’s address Half an hour later As they cycled back One very hot day last summer before his uncle saw it a few minutes after they knocked When they arrived |
(1) _________________________________One very hot day last summer, Nina and Max saw Max’s mother come in looking very angry. “Do you remember that old house over on Norton Drive?” she said. “I put a FOR SALE sign up in the yard this morning, and now it’s gone.” Max said to Nina, “Let’s solve this mystery!” “An old lady lives in the house next to the one for sale,” said his mother. “Maybe she saw something,” Nina said. “Let’s go and ask.” (2) ,__________________________________ they saw a man in a truck in front of the empty house. “Is this the house for sale? There aren’t any signs. I want to buy it!” The man said. “My nephew lent me his truck to see it.” “My mum is selling it,” Max told him.
(3) _____________________________________, he drove off. “Mmmm!” said Nina. “His nephew may be the thief. Maybe he didn’t want people to buy the house
(4) ______________________________________, and he put the sign in the back of a truck.” Max said: “Let’s ask Mrs Stearns.”Mrs Stearns came to the door
(5) ________________________________________. “Oh, the thief is Freddie Swanson,” she told them. “He lives a block away and he’s very mean.
” (6)________________________________________ , Nina looked inside and she saw a cheerful fire in the chimney. “Let’s go and see Freddie,” Max said. Freddie said, “I didn’t take that sign. I worked in the garden all morning.” Nina looked at his garden. It was very tidy.
(7) ________________________, Nina and Max talked.
(8)_________________________ , Nina told Max’s mother: “We know who took the sign.”
The answer:
1. One very hot day last summer
2. Half an hour later
3. As soon as Max gave the man his mum’s address
4. before his uncle saw it
5. a few minutes after they knocked
6. When she opened the door
7. As they cycled back
8. When they arrived
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AB page 52 / exercise 4:
4 Who took the sign? How did Nina and Max find out?
Freddie / Mrs Stearns / The man’s nephew did it because … Max and Nina found out because …
Example answer: Mrs Stearns stole the signs because she didn’t want to have any neighbours. Max and Nina found out because Mrs Stearns was burning the signs in her fi replace on a very hot day in summer
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AB page 53
What I have learnt
1 Read this text. Then complete it with the Past Simple form of the verbs in brackets. (1 mark each)
| Once upon a time, there (1) ___________ (be) a very rich merchant. He (2) ___________ (travel) to different places to sell goods. One day he (3) ___________ (lose) a bag full of money. He (4) ___________ (become) poor and (5) ___________ (sell) everything he had. In the meantime, a Sheikh (6) ___________ (find) the bag. He (7) ___________ (take) it and (8) ___________ (hide) it away. He (9) ___________ (know) that he would return it one day. When the Sheikh met the merchant, he (10) ___________ (give) it back to him, and the lost bag was restored to its owner. |
The answer:1. was 2. travelled 3. lost 4. became 5. sold 6. found 7. took 8. hid 9. knew 10. gave
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AB page 53/ exercise 2:
2 Look at the information in the table. Write one comparative and one superlative sentence for each adjective. (2 marks each)
Example sentences:
a. Sherlock Holmes is / was younger than Miss Marple. Hercule Poirot is / was the youngest detective.
b. Miss Marple is / was older than Sherlock Holmes. Miss Marple is / was the oldest detective.
c. Miss Marple is / was more pleasant than Hercule Poirot. Miss Marple is / was the most pleasant detective.
d. Sherlock Holmes is / was more professional than Miss Marple. Sherlock Holmes is / was the most professional detective.
e. Hercule Poirot is / was more logical than Miss Marple. Sherlock Holmes is / was the most logical detective.
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AB page 53 / exercise 3:
3 Choose the correct answer. (2 marks each)
1. Holmes always in a logical way.
a) thinking b) thought c) think
2. Miss Marple was than Hercule Poirot.
a) wiser b) more wise c) wisest
3. Poirot was in details than Holmes.
a) less interested b) more interested c) not interested
4. Poirot quietly and thought to solve a crime.
a) sit b) sitting c) sat
5. Miss Marple is of women detectives.
a) popular b) more popular c) the most popular
The answer: 1. b 2. a 3. a 4. c 5. c
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Unit 5
Lesson 8
Project
| A Your first assignment Write the answers to these questions on the sheet of paper your friends pass on to you. Fold the sheet to hide your answer and pass it on to your friend on the right. What happened? Where did it happen? Who did it? How did he/she do it? Why did he/she do it? |
| B Your second assignment Unfold your sheet and use the answers on it to write a detective story. Then read it to the class. |
Example:
A rare book was used to make a fire.
The butler did it in the library because he was cold ...