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d Match the underlined words in the text
with the definitions.
1 walking round the shop, looking at things
2 sell
3 using your fingers to go quickly through
pages / lists / collections
4 discuss the final price of something
(in a shop or market)
5 move, get rid of
6 slowly become something that you like,
though you didn’t like it at first
7 holding tightly
8 suddenly full of feelings of shock or worry
Discussion box
1 Do you buy music in shops, or only
on the internet? Which kind of music
shopping do you prefer?
2 Have you ever bought an album / CD /
DVD that you didn’t like when you got
home? What did you do? Tell the others
in your group.
Write
a Read the descriptions of three different
types of writing and match them with
examples A–C.
1 Mini-saga
A mini-saga is a story of exactly fifty words.
Like all good stories it must have a beginning,
a middle and an end.
2 Limerick
A limerick is a humorous five-line poem with
a special rhythm and rhyming scheme.
3 Haiku
Haiku is a traditional type of Japanese poetry.
The poems are about everyday things and are
usually three short lines which don’t rhyme.
A Curving up, then down.
Meeting blue sky and green earth
Mixing sun and rain.
B She was crying as she took the skin off. This
had happened many times before. It was
agony every time she did it. She dried her
eyes and put down the knife. This must be
the last time – but on the other hand, her
husband loved onions in his soup.
C There was an old lady from Crewe,
Who dreamed she was eating her shoe.
She woke in the night
And got quite a fright –
She found it was perfectly true.
b Which one do you like best? Why? Discuss
your choice with a partner.
c Choose one or two of these writing types and
try writing your own. Here are some tips to
help you.
Mini-saga
Think of a story (one you already know, or invent
one). It shouldn’t be very complicated, but it
should have a beginning, a middle and an end.
Write a first draft – remember, in the end you
want exactly 50 words!
Count the number of words in your first draft.
If you have too many words, cut out adjectives;
replace nouns with pronouns; use participle
clauses instead of full verb forms (Walking down
the street, he saw …’ is shorter than ‘He walked
down the street and then he saw …’) If you have
too few words, add some adjectives; add words
like then, next, suddenly, a few minutes later.
Limerick
The lines must rhyme in this sequence: AABBA.
Lines 1, 2 and 5 have seven to ten syllables and
rhyme with one another, lines 3 and 4 have five to
seven syllables and also rhyme with each other.
Remember there is a strong rhythm, like this:
da DUM da da DUM da da DUM
da DUM da da DUM da da DUM
da DUM da da DUM
da DUM da da DUM
da DUM da da DUM da da DUM
Limericks usually begin with There was a …
from … , but they don’t have to!
They should have a joke in the last line.
Haiku
Choose a topic, for example rain, traffic, old
people, mountains.
Write three short lines. The first line usually
contains five syllables, the second line seven
syllables, and the third line five syllables. Very
often, a haiku does not have any complete verb
forms. Look at example A – only -ing forms are
used.
d Swap texts with your classmates. Have fun!
For your portfolio
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