Енглески језик 8, уџбеник, старо издање, Нови Логос

WRITING A narrative
I can write a narrative with dialogue.
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1 Read the model text and answer the questions.
1 What did the writer do?
2 Who didn’t tell the truth?
3 What did the gardener do about the
accident? Why?
4 How many people speak in the story?
5 How do you know which parts of the story
are dialogue?
2 Study the key phrases. Put them in the order of
the text. Then read the model text again and
check your answers.
KEY PHRASES Telling a story
We were (having a great time) when ...
To cut a long story short, …
In the end, …
At first …
Just then, …
Something happened …
AN ACCIDENT
Something happened a couple of weeks ago which was
a real test of my honesty. I was with some friends and
we were playing football in a park near town. We were
having a great time when I did something rather stupid.
There’s a statue in the park and, to cut a long story
short, I broke the statue’s head with the football. We felt
bad about the accident and we weren’t sure what to do.
Just then one of the gardeners suddenly appeared.
‘Who broke the statue, lads?’ he asked. ‘Did you see
anything?’ At first nobody said anything. We just looked
at each other guiltily, then my friend spoke. ‘I’m not sure
what happened,’ he said.
He wasn’t exactly telling the truth and I knew that I had
to say something. ‘The ball hit the statue,’ I said. ‘It was
me who broke it.’ Surprisingly, the gardener didn’t look
too upset. ‘Well, I’m glad that you admitted it,’ he said,
‘because I knew it was you. I saw you.’
In the end, nothing happened about the statue. The
gardener was very good about it and it was an accident
after all. It wasn’t a pleasant experience, but at least I
felt that I’d done the right thing.
Language point: Punctuation in dialogues
3 Study the sentences from the text. Then
rewrite sentences 1–6 including commas,
question marks, full stops and speech marks.
‘Who broke the statue, lads?’ he asked.
‘I’m not sure what happened,’ he said.
‘The ball hit the statue,’ I said.
1 I’m going home now I said
2 Why did you say that my friend asked
3 I didn’t see what happened I told him
4 Are you feeling guilty she asked
5 Who found it the police officer asked
6 You weren’t breaking the law he told us
4 ACTIVATE Follow the steps in the writing guide.
WRITING GUIDE
A TASK
Imagine that you were with a friend when you
found a wallet with €1,000 inside it. Write a
narrative to explain what happened. Include the
conversation which you had with your friend.
B THINK AND PLAN
1 Who were you with and what were you
doing when you found the wallet?
2 How did you feel and what did you say to
each other?
3 What happened after that?
4 Did you tell anybody about your actions?
What did they say?
5 How did you feel about the experience in
the end?
C WRITE
Paragraph 1: Introduction – the situation
Something happened …
Paragraph 2: Action – what happened?
We were … when …
Paragraph 3: Action – what happened next
and what people said
Just then, …
Paragraph 4: Conclusion – what happened in
the end and how people felt
In the end, …
D CHECK
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