Week 12 ; 2nd-4th December

 CLASS 1 - 2nd December 

FUN TIME 

objective : - past tense 

Read the following story:

 

     Bob is a young sailor. He lives in England, but he is often away with his ship.

     One summer he comes back from a long voyage and finds new neighbors near his mother’s house. They have a pretty daughter, and Bob soon loves her and he wants to marry her when he comes back. Bob promises the girl to send a present from every port.

      Bob’s first port is Capetown in Africa, and he sends the girl a parrot from there. The parrot speaks three languages. When Bob’s ship reaches Australia, a letter comes from the girl. The letter says, “Thank you for the parrot, Bob. It tasted much better than a chicken.”

 

      a) Write the story again. Use THE SIMPLE PAST:

 

      Bob was a young sailor. He lived in England, but he was often away with his ship.     

One summer he came back from a long voyage and found  new neighbors near his mother’s house.     They had a pretty daughter, and Bob soon loved  her and he wanted  to marry her when he came back.   Bob promised  the girl to send a present from every port. Bob’s first port was  Capetown in Africa, and he sent  the girl a parrot from there. The parrot spoke three languages.When Bob’s ship reached Australia, a letter came  from the girl. The letter said “Thank you for the parrot, Bob. It tasted much better than a chicken.”

 

to fall in love with = a se indragosti de ...

fall- fell - fallen 

      b) Answer the questions about the story:

 

1.     What was Bob?

He was a young sailor.

2.     What change did he find when he was back home?

When he came back home he found new neighbours. 

3.     How was their daughter?

They had a pretty daughter .

4.     How did Bob feel about the girl?

He fell in love with the neighbours' girl. 

5.     What did Bob tell the girl?

He promised that he would send a present to her from every port.

6.     What did Bob send the girl from Capetown?

He sent her a parrot. 

7.     Where is Capetown?

 It is in Africa . 

8.     How many languages did the parrot speak?

It spoke three languages. 

9.     What did the girl do with the parrot?

The girl ate the parrot .

   

Page 40 - listen to the text and complete ex 3/ 40  AS HOMEWORK 

auditorium = sala de specatacol

audience = public 

fair = targ 

to juggle (ed) -a jongla

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TEMA CAMPIONULUI :

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simple-past/exercises

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-exercise-8.html