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is morÄ™ than one correct answer.)
Grammar
could and was/were able to
Affirmative General ability:
They could^were ablo to swim well.
Specific event:
They were able to reach a rock. (NOT could) Negativo
General ability and specific event:
They couldrTt/wererTt able to survive.
They couldn’t/weren’t able to find water.
Ouestions
Could they swim well?
Were they able to survive?
Short answers
Yes, they could./No. they couldrTt.
Yes, they were./No, they weren’t.
1 swim
* carry • climb • dive • drop • fali • jump
• lift • puli • push • sink • slip • swim • trip
Correct the verbs in the sentences.
1 Please be careful! Don’t fali the eggs. drop
2 The boal dived to the bottom of the sea
3 I felł on a banana skin in the Street.
4 Jack dropped off the ladder and hurt his leg.
5 We went to the back of the car and putted it.
6 Lucy sank over the cat.
7 Sam lifted the shopping bags home.
8 Ted swam head first into the nver.
1 Fortunately. the police officer was able to rescue the child in the water.
2 She was tired. and she_walk any further.
3 We took a map so we find the house.
4 John is a very strong swimmer. He_swim
five kilometres when he was six.
5 The weather was terrible. We_see the top
of the mountain.
6 The town wasn't very far away, so we_get
there quickly.
7 They found some wood so they make a tire.
8 Last year I_ride a horse. but I can now.
G is Listen to morÄ™ information about Tama,
Josef and Hori. Answer the questions.
1 How did the children <now what to do?
2 How did Tama help her brothers?
3 What did they drink at first? Why were they lucky?
4 Where did they find the coconuts when they reached the island?
5 Why were their clothes a problem?
7a Look at Exercise 1 again. Then cover the text and retell the story. Use the prompts to help you.
1 three children/go/birthday party Three children were going to a birthday party.
2 storm/boat turn over
3 can swim well/swim to rock
4 eat oysters/not drink anything
5 can’t stay on rock/sw m to island
6 find coconuts/drink rrilk
7 can’t get away from sun
8 get sunburnt. dehydrated
9 father find them b Now write the stor/.
For morÄ™ practice, go to page 124. <j
Answer key
1 Everybody on the Island is taught how to survive from an early age. 2 She swam behind them and pushed them. 3 They drank sea water. They were lucky because it didn't make them unwell. 4 They found them on the beach. 5 They only had shorts and T shirts so they couldn’t protect thcmsclvcs from the sun.
7 a Ask Ss to look back at the photos and text in Exercise 1. Then they should cover it again and try and remember the story, using the prompts. They can work in pairs to remember the story.
Revise linkers and, so, but to aid Ss writing. Ask Ss to complete the sentences using these linkers and discuss when we use them.
(so)
Tama swam well_her brothers couldn 7
Ask Ss to join the prompts using the linkers.
b Remind Ss to use linkers such as and, so ano but as they write up their story.
See page 124 in the SB.
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