To write a story, see page 21 in the workbook, where it advises:
- using the past tenses (except in "direct speech") to show what order things happened
- using time adverbs and phrases, like Long ago in the first line
- using clauses that begin with before/after etc., like after the race had begun in line-10
Below is an example of a genuine Irish folk tale:
The Cat
and the Dog:
Long ago a dog lived outside in the wet and cold,
while the cat lived inside, near the fire.
One day, when he was terribly wet, the dog became angry and said to the cat, “You have a comfortable place, but you won’t have it for much longer.”
One day, when he was terribly wet, the dog became angry and said to the cat, “You have a comfortable place, but you won’t have it for much longer.”
The cat
said: “You are wrong. I´m going to stay beside the fire and you will stay
outside.”
The man who
lived in the house heard them arguing and he decided to organize a race between
the dog and the cat to find out who would stay beside the fire.
He said:
“Tomorrow, you will both take part in a race of 5 miles. The one who gets inside the
house first will be able to stay beside the fire and the other can stay
outside.”
The next
morning, after the race had begun, the dog was winning. He had almost reached
the house and was running extremely quickly with his mouth open. Suddenly he
met an old man carrying a big, thick stick. The old man saw the dog´s sharp, white teeth and, thinking that the dog was going to bite him, he hit the dog
with the stick.
The dog
became extremely angry. He stopped running and started to bark at the old man
and was trying to bite him in revenge.
Meanwhile,
the cat ran towards the house, and she was licking herself near the fire and
resting after the race when the dog arrived.
Remember! Stories are always written using the past tenses!!!
thanks :)
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