4 ACTIVATE Follow the steps in the writing guide.

WRITING GUIDE

A TASK

Write three paragraphs about one of

these events:

• Your first day at school

• A birthday

• A party

B THINK AND PLAN

1 What and where was the event?

2 What happened first?

3 What happened after that?

4 Who do you remember clearly?

5 How did you feel that day?

C WRITE

Paragraph 1: Introduction: I remember …

Paragraph 2: Event: First …

Paragraph 3: Conclusion: There were …

people …

D CHECK

• past simple forms

• linking words

• ago​

It is summer. Mother duck has got six eggs. Five eggs break and five yellow ducklings come out. But the sixth egg doesn’t break. "Oh dear! This egg is very big," says mother duck. Later, the sixth egg breaks. A big grey duckling comes out. "Oh no! This duckling is ugly!" shouts mother duck. "Come on, ducklings. Let’s go and visit the hen," says mother duck. She looks at the ugly duckling and she says, "Walk behind your brothers and sisters. I don’t want anybody to see you. You’re ugly!" The ugly duckling is sad. The hen sees the ducklings. She sees the ugly duckling too. The hen laughs. "Look! That duckling is silly!" says the hen. "He has got short legs. He’s grey. His beak is silly. He’s an ugly duckling!" Everybody laughs. The ugly duckling is very sad.

1. He hasn't got a car. But he's got the computer. The computer is new.
2. His friends have got the cat and the 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 the 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 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 got the  letter from my friend yesterday. The letter was interesting.
14. When they were in Geneva, they stayed at hotel. Sometimes they had dinner at hotel and sometimes in the restaurant.
15. I've got an idea.
16. What surprise! Our parents gave us DVD player for Christmas.