Стр.WB5 Writing Bank ГДЗ Starlight Баранова 9 класс
An English student magazine has announced a short story competition. The story must have the title: An Incredible Find. Write your story (120–180 words).
An Incredible Find
1 I felt really 1) good when my friend Tom suggested that I go fishing with him one 2) nice Sunday afternoon last September. It was a 3) nice day so off we went.
2 When we arrived at the river bank, we settled down to wait for some fish to bite, with the sun warming our faces 4) nicely. But to my disappointment, our lines stayed totally still. Then, just as we were thinking of leaving, I felt a 5) big tug on the line.
3 I tugged and tugged, and then, suddenly, not a fish but a strange, rectangular object that looked like a 6) small metal chest appeared on the end of my line. I pulled it in, opened it carefully and Tom and I were surprised! Inside was a 7) nice gold bracelet and necklace and a ring sparkling in the sunlight! The next day, we took our 8) nice catch to a local museum and were told that we had “fished” some very 9) nice ancient jewellery from a 5th-century AD burial site!
4 A few weeks later, Tom and I received a large reward for finding the jewellery. We were 10) happy! “I’ll definitely take you along again next time I go fishing!” Tom told me enthusiastically.
Practice
- Read the story and list the events in the order they happened.
- Replace the words in the story (1–10) with the following more interesting ones: absolutely delighted, valuable, heavy, pleasantly, lazy, beautiful sunny, excited, tiny, unusual, shiny.
- Find phrases where the writer uses his senses to make the description more dramatic.
- Rewrite the third and fourth paragraphs using your own ideas.
1. The events in the story happened in this order:
- Tom suggested going fishing.
- The writer and Tom went to the river bank.
- They waited for fish to bite.
- The writer felt a tug on the line.
- He pulled up a strange metal chest.
- They opened it and found jewellery inside.
- They took the jewellery to a museum.
- They were told it was ancient jewellery from a burial site.
- They received a reward.
2. Replace the words with more interesting ones:
1) excited
2) beautiful sunny
3) pleasantly
4) lazy
5) heavy
6) unusual
7) shiny
8) valuable
9) tiny
10) absolutely delighted
3. Phrases with senses:
- with the sun warming our faces — touch
- sparkling in the sunlight — sight
4. Sample rewrite of the third and fourth paragraphs:
I tugged harder and harder, and suddenly I saw something unusual coming up on the end of my line. It was a small, rusty metal box. Tom and I opened it carefully, and to our amazement, we found a beautiful gold bracelet, a necklace and a ring inside. They were shining brightly in the sun. We took our valuable find to the local museum the next day, where we learned that the jewellery was ancient and had come from a 5th-century burial site. A few weeks later, we received a reward, and we were absolutely delighted.
