Стр.52-53 Unit 4 ГДЗ Комарова Ларионова 10 класс
Writing: a story — Facing the criminals
You are going to read a story called Facing the criminals. Here are some phrases from the story. What do you think happens?
late in the evening; strange noise; listened carefully; someone whispering; broomstick in my hand
Read the story. Ignore the wrong order of the paragraphs. Were your answers to exercise A right? Who were the criminals?
The paragraphs in the model have been mixed up. Put them in the correct order.
Paragraph 1 — the background: Who? Where? When?
Paragraphs 2–3 — the main events that took place
Paragraph 4 — what happened in the end
Read the story again and find all the past simple, past continuous and past perfect verb forms.
- In which part of the story arc are there a lot of simple past forms, describing actions that took place?
- What tenses are used to give the background to the story?
Read these paragraphs from stories and put the verbs in brackets into the right tense.
14 (just come) home from school. My parents 5 (sit) in the living room watching TV.
Read this advertisement in your school newspaper.
Write your story (150–200 words). Use the ideas from the exercises and language from the Language chunks box.
Think about:
- what kind of crime it is;
- where / when it happened;
- how it happened;
- who was involved;
- what happened in the end.
A. I think the story is about a crime at home late in the evening. Someone hears a strange noise, listens carefully and finds a criminal with a broomstick in hand.
B. The criminals were not real thieves. They were the narrator’s parents, who were making the noise downstairs.
C. The correct order of the paragraphs is:
- Paragraph 1 — the background
- Paragraphs 2-3 — the main events
- Paragraph 4 — what happened in the end
D. The story uses:
- Past simple — for completed actions in the story.
- Past continuous — for actions in progress in the background.
- Past perfect — for actions that happened before another past action.
1. There are a lot of past simple forms in the main events.
2. Past continuous and past perfect are used to give the background to the story.
Ответ
Facing the criminals
I had just come home from school. My parents were sitting in the living room watching TV. I was reaching the end of the last chapter when I heard a strange noise downstairs in the living room. At first, I thought I was just imagining things, but then I heard the noise again, a bit louder this time. I put down my book and listened carefully. Someone was downstairs: it was probably a thief, or even worse. I took a broomstick in my hand and slowly went downstairs.
When I opened the door, I saw two “criminals” in the kitchen. They were my parents, trying to surprise me with a birthday cake. The strange noise was just the sound of the plates and the oven. I felt very embarrassed, but we all laughed in the end.
