1. Read the text about Mattie Smith's life now. Complete text A with the verbs you see. start write live clean sit have think

A

Mattie Smith is 91 years old. She alone in Atlanta, Georgia. She her day at 7.30. First she a bath, next she the house, and then she outside on her verandah and about her past life. Then she poems about it.

2 Read the text B about Mattie's life a long time ago. Underline the verbs in Past Simple.

B

Mattie was never at school. She lived with her mother and four sisters. She started work when she was eight. She worked in the cotton fields from 6.00 in the morning to 10.00 at night. She couldn't read or write but she could think, and she created poems in her head.

3 What is the past form of these verbs? Listen and practice saying them.

look work love learn earn marry die hate want

4 Read and listen to Mattie talking about her past life. Complete the text, using the Past

Simple form of the verbs in exercise 3.

I from 6.00 in the morning until 10.00 at night. Sixteen hours in the cotton fields and I only $ 2 a day. I sure that job but I the poems in my head. I really wanted to learn to read and to write. When I was sixteen I Hubert, and soon there were six children, five sons, then a daughter, Lily. Hubert just before she was born. That was sixty five years ago. So I after my family alone. There was no time for learning, but my children, they all to read and write – that was very important for me. And when did I learn to read and write? I didn’t learn until I was 86, and now I have three books of poems.​

All around the world there are many natural habitats that are 1) in danger of disappearing. 2) When a habitat becomes endangered, the plants and animals that make their homes there are also endangered. People destroy wild places everywhere. Why? Simply 3) because there are too many of us! We need room for houses, clean water and large areas for building factories. Sounds selfish, doesn't it? It does, but 4) there are ways you can help. Firstly, find out if there are any organisations in your area that try 5) to protect natural natural habitats and get involved. Or, if you really don't have enough time to join one 6) of these organisations, why not donate some money to help them with 7) their cause? Finally, you could write a letter to your mayor or MP protesting that a natural habitat in 8) your area is endangered and needs protection. You can even start a petition, get all your friends and neighbours to sign it and then give it to your local council. Don't forget - we can all do something to help.

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