Tell me your experience (Recount)Activity 1 Your teacher will tell you another past experience. Can you guess the story by looking at the picture? ‘The workmen who were building the new hospital in my town caught a snake last month. It was in the drain near the building construction site. Early in themoming, a workman wasjust going to sit under the tree when suddenly he saw a long creature lying in the drain. It did not move when he was approaching it. Then he shouted to the other workmen who were going to start to work. Then, Pic.2.2 (www.eclipticch) they caught the 8 - metre long phyton and brought it to the authority of the 200 in this town. ‘The diameter of its body was about 25 centimeters. They believed that the snake might belong to someone living in the area. The police were trying to find the owner. Listen to the story carefully, then do the follo wing exercise to help you understand. Say whether the following statements are True or False, ‘The workman found the snake at the site of the building construction, 2... The construction was going to be a new hospital. 3... The workman was sitting under the tree when he saw a snake. 4... The snake was approaching the workman. 5. ..« Itwasa phyton. 6... It belonged to the zoo. Activity 2 ‘Complete the following recount text with the correct forms of the verbs in the box. ‘Then, answer the questions that follow. Shirley's Day Off Shirley enjoyed her day off yesterday. She ....(1)..... up late, ....(2).... jogging in the park, .....3).-...a long shower, and .....(4).....a big breakfast. In the afternoon, she a movie with her sister. Then, she ....(6)..... groceries at the supermarket, big dinner for her parents. After dinner, Shirley and her parents iving, room and talked. Shirley had a very nice day off yesterday. Questions: 1. Inthe beginning of the text, what kinds of information do you get? ‘a. Who enjoyed the day off? b. When did Shirley have her day off? ¢. Where did she spend her day off? ‘What did Shirley do in the morning? ‘What did Shirley do in the afternoon? What did Shirley do in the evening? ‘What kind of day off did Shirley have yesterday? weenActivity 3 ‘Complete the following recount text with the correct forms of the verbs in the box. Then, answer the questions that follow. ‘mall shirt house birthday cake candle flowers. Pic. 2 (Dit. PSMP, 2006) It was my grandpas birthday last Sunday, On Friday, my sister and I went shopping at the ....(1)..... We bought a nice .....(2)...... Then, we wrapped it in a blue paper. Blue is my grandpa’s favourite colour, On Saturday morning, my brother and I helped my sister making a birthday cake in the .....G).... It was a big and beautiful .....4)...... I wrote ‘Happy Birthday’ on it. After that, we put some chocolate and a ..... (5)... on the top of the cake. On Sunday evening, my uncle and my aunt came to my .....(6)....« They brought several bottles of soft-drink, and .....(7)..... for grandpa. Then, we sat together in the «on (8).-m- Finally, grandpa blew the candle and cut the cake while we were singing a “Tappy Birthday’ song for him. After giving, each of us a piece of cake, he opened the present, He told us that he liked the present, and he was very .....(9)....- Activity 4 How About You? Tell about. a day off YOU enjoyed. What did you do in the morning? in the afternoon? in the evening?Activity 1 Your teacher will tell you another story. Listen to the story carefully. Fill in the blanks with the suitabie verbs in the box. | am used to travelling by air and only on one occasion have I ever felt frightened. After taking off, we ... (1).... low over the city. Tt slowly ...2)... high to the sky. But, suddenly it ...(3).... round and ...(4)... back to the airport. An air-hostess ...(6).... us to keep calm and to get off the plane quietly as soonas it .. (6)... down. Everybody on board ...(7)... sored and we @)....curious to find out what ...(9)..Later ~-(10).... that there ...(11)... a very important person, on n board. Earlier, somebody ...(12).... the police that there Pie.29 (13).... a bomb on the plane. After we ...(4)...., the police (www offthemarkcartoonscom) “-(03)--» the plane carefully. Fortunately they ...(16).... not ..(17)....a bomb and five hours later we ...(18).... able to take off again, Activity 2 A: How do you usually travel? B: —_ A: Did you have any interesting experience while traveling? B: Yes, « Could you tell me what happened? ® Complete the dialogue below based on the recount text above. 1h is veally on nteesing experience, Activity 3 Write a recount text of your own. Think about a memorable event in your life. Remember these points when telling. + Begin the story by telling when and where it happened as well as who participated. + Write the events in the order they happened. . End your story.