Friday, February 11, 2022

Unit 8 KEY

 SB ex 2/119

1) T, 2) F, 3) F, 4) T, 5) F

SB ex 3/119

a) Helen spent 10 years at school in Boston and New York (improving her communication skills).

b) She decided to apply for university.

c) She graduated from the college and became the first deaf-blind person to gain a degree.

d) Anne died.

e) Aged 81, Helen suffered a series of strokes.

f) Helen died.

SB ex 4/119

1) To learn to speak

2) Harvard didn't accept women at that time.

3) Helen wrote her autobiography.

4) She was a socialist, feminist, pacifist and fought for the rights of disabled people as well as women's rights. 

5) She was nearly 88 years. 


WB ex 1-5/92



WB ex 6-9/93




Wednesday, February 9, 2022

A Narrative

 1) Write a narrative that involves a mobile phone or a phone conversation. It can be a true story or fiction. The main character can be you or somebody else. 

2) Divide your story into 4 paragraphs: a) set the scene, b) lead-up to the main event, c) the main event, d) the ending. Your paragraphs should be quite equal in length. 

3) Use at least 2 comment adverbs (What are they? - WB p 91)

4) Use at least 4 different time expressions (What are they? - WB p 91)

5) Use both direct and reported speech. Don't forget to use quote marks!

6) Pay extra attention to the use of capital letters, apostrophes and punctuation.