1 1 What is the main tense used to tell the story?
2 Is the language in direct speech formal or informal?
3 What happens when you have direct speech from two people in the same paragraph?
a the second person's follows straight on from the first person's
b the second person's is on a new line
4 Is the story definitely true?

1. He hasn't got a car. But he's got a computer. The computer is new.
2. His friends have got a cat and a dog. The dog never bites the cat.
3. This is a tree. The tree is green.
4. I can see three boys. The boys are playing.
5. I have a bicycle. The bicycle is black. My friend has no bicycle.
6. Our room is large.
7. We wrote a dictation yesterday. The dictation was long.
8. She has two daughters and one son. Her son is a pupil.
9. Last year I gave my mother a bracelet for her birthday. She liked thebracelet.
10. My brother's friend has no dog.
11. This pencil is broken. Give me that pencil, please.
12. She has a ball. The ball is big.
13. I got a letter from my friend yesterday. The letter was interesting.
14. When they were in Geneva, they stayed at a hotel. Sometimes they had dinner at the hotel and sometimes in a restaurant.
15. I've got an idea.
16. What a suprise! Our parents gave us a DVD player for Christmas.

1. a car, a computer, he's coputer is new.
2.a cat, and dog, The dog's never bites the cat.
3.a tree, the tree is green.
4.I can see three boys , the boys are playing.
5.a bicycle, my bicycle is black, my friend has no bicycle.
6.Our room is large.
7. We wrote a dictation yesterday.
8.She has two daughters and one son. Her son is pupil.
9. gave a bracelet for her birthday, she liked the bracelet.
10. My brother's friend has no dog.
11. This pencil is broken. Give me that pencil, please.
12. She has a ball, the ball is big.
13.I've got a letter from my friend yesterday, the letter was intresting.
14. at the hotel. at the hotel, in the restourant.
15. I've got an idea.
16. What the shame?