Written example of narrative tenses in use
Содержание книги
- A.K. Izmukhanova, N.A. Aubakir
- Read the descriptions below of a normal day in the lives of two children.
- Write short questions ending in a preposition in response to these statements.
- Choose an answer from a,b,c, d, e.
- Public Health System in Kazakhstan
- Have you done something different from what was advised in a particular situation and found out it was wrong after reading the text? What happened?
- Discuss possible answers with a partner. Remember to support your ideas.
- Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous
- Fill in the blanks with Present Perfect or Perfect Continuous Tenses
- What can acupuncture be used to treat?
- Choose the correct answers to the questions
- Discuss or debate the questions below. Remember to support your answers.
- There are many types of sports. Can you name some sports in these categories? Use the words from chart below.
- Kazakhstan's foreign policy will be based on the principles of balance, consistency and pragmatism - E. Idrissov
- Listen to the audio one more time and retell the key information to your partner.
- Read the following questions and circle the best answer.
- Look at the photos. Identify the crime, which they represent. What could be the punishment for it?What should you do to protect yourself from such crimes?
- Richard Mann has been committing crimes since he was a boy.
- Complete the pairs of sentences. Use the Present Perfect in one sentence and the Past Simple in the other.
- Read the text. Predict which words are omitted.
- Look at the case studies below and answer the questions posed with respect to the key criminal elements covered above (e.g. mens rea, actus reus, party to an offence).
- Look at the list of youth crimes and rate each, which is the most serious one?
- Listen to an audio on Dr Christine Goodall, Director of the charity Medics Against Violence, talking about violence as a cause of crime in Scotland.
- Choose consecutive interpreters (to interpret the speakers into Kazakh/Russian)
- Make up about 5-10 questions according to the text and discuss the questions in pairs.
- Written example of narrative tenses in use
- Listen again and make a list of about 5-10 questions
- Answer the questions. Work in groups of 4 or as a class.
- Read the following text and entitle it.
- Discuss in pairs following questions
- Unit 4 culture and the arts in human life
- Play a game “If you had the chance”.
- What do you think of contemporary art now? Have you changed your opinion after reading the texts?
- Must have - Might have - Should have - Can't have
- Zhanar Dungalova Is the New Golden Voice of the Turkic World
- Look at the pictures. What do they show?
- Do you like opera? When was the last time you saw one? Did you enjoy it?
- Work with your partner. Cover the second part.
- English in the press British or American? Find out whether these extracts deal with a British or an American issue.
- Fill in the blanks below with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
- Now divide into groups and find benefits and dangers of television.
- Read the article “Email - a good thing or a bad thing?” and speak about the positive and negative sides of emails or debate
- Read the questions and choose the right answer.
- Modern means of communication have introduced relevant changes in our lives; some believe benefits outweigh disadvantages, others the opposite. Discuss your view and state your opinion.
- Look at the following pictures and discuss with a partner the news items in the radio clip. Can you put the pictures in order that they were mentioned?
- Select one of the following vocabulary acquisition activities.
- Complete the passage below by filling the gaps with the correct forms of thewords in a box below.
- Read the following sample letter
- Uncountable and plural nouns
- Make a list of 5-10 questions and discuss it in pairs.
Bond opened the door very slowly, looked carefully around the room and walked in. The window was open and the curtains were blowing in the wind.
Clearly someone had left in a hurry.
Past simple
opened, looked, walked, was
Past continuous
was
Past Perfect
had left
Spoken example of narrative tenses in use
A: I saw a UFO once. Well, I think it was one.
B: Oh yeah?
A: Yeah, really. I was in the country - in Yorkshire - on the moors...
B: What were you doing up there?
A: Oh, I was visiting some friends. They'd rented a cottage and we'd gone up to stay with them.
Past simple
saw, was
Past continuous
(What) were (you) doing? was visiting
Past perfect
they'd rented, we'd gone
EXERCISES
Read the text and underline narrative tenses
Dolphins saving a surfer from a great white shark
Dolphins are known to be some of the most compassionate and intelligent animals in the world. The evidence of the animals helping human beings dates back to the Ancient Greece. The friendly relationship between dolphins and human beings has been there since the old days.
In 2007, Todd Endris, a surfer was attacked by a white shark off the California's Marine State Park coast. It was dolphins that came to his rescue. The shark, believed to be 12-15 foot long, chopped off flesh from his leg to the bone, but the dolphins formed a protective ring around him and helped him to get to the shore safely.
Write an article of animals saving humans by using narrative tenses
Article writing tips:
Structure
1. Heading: think of an interesting title.
2. Introductory paragraph linked to the title: to make the reader interested in the topic, try to use a question.
3. One or two more paragraphs: develop your main points.
4. A final paragraph: summarize the main points and give your concluding opinion or express your feelings.
Useful phrases
Rhetorical phrases:
Have you ever........?
What do you think about........?
Are you one of those people who thinks that......?
Are you one of those people who.....?
What would life be like if......?
Will the future bring us.....?
Introducing your first point:
Firstly
In the first place
First of all
The first thing to consider is
One thing to consider is
To begin with
Introducing more points:
Secondly
Another consideration
Yet another consideration
Another thing to consider is
Added to that
Apart from that
In addition to this
Introducing your final points:
In conclusion
To conclude
To sum up
So
Introducing your opinion:
I think
In my opinion
Personally I believe that
In my view
If you ask me
To my mind
My personal opinion is
Pre-listening activity
Read and translate the following words
· Tech
· Challenges
· Innovative
· Projects
· Transform
· Landscape
· Giant
· Renewable energy
· Sustainability
· Power
· Necessity
· Business sense
· Operations meet a target
While-listening activity
Listen and fill in the gap
Tech giant Google is investing $1billion in ____________to make its operations totally green. The company hopes to exploit solar energy, wind farms and other forms of ________to power its data centres around the world. Rick Needham, Google's Director of Energy and Sustainability, told reporters: "We've invested over a billion dollars in 15 projects that have the capacity to produce ________around the world." Mr Needham added it was an economic necessity for Google to invest in energy. He said: "Procuring power for ourselves and investing in…renewable power plants…all make business sense. They make sense for us as a company to do. We rely on _________our business."
Mr Needham said Google still has a long way to go before all of its operations are fuelled by__________. He said about 34 per cent of Google's power requirements are sourced from renewables. Needham told reporters it wasn't always easy to meet this target in some parts of the world, saying: "Our goal is to be __________renewable powered. There are lots of challenges in getting there, not the least of which is operating in many _________that are in different parts of the world." He added: "At Google we invest in _____________that have the potential to transform the energy landscape and help provide more clean power to businesses and homes around the world."
Post-listening activity
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