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WRITING PROJECT 2Quarter 1, FALL 2015
A Cultural Event
LANGUAGE FOCUS
NAME: ________________________________
STUDENT ID: ________________________________
SECTION : ________________________________
TEACHER: ________________________________
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2. There are three endings for the regular simple past:-d, -ed, and –ied.
arrive arrived e.g. I arrived late.land landed e.g. He landed in Dubai.try tried e.g. He tried to change his flight.
Regular simple past verbs end in three sounds: /d/, /t/ or /Id/
/d/ He arrived late /t/ They worked on a boat. /Id/ We waited for a long time.
THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE
We use the Simple Past Tense to talk about actions / things that happened in the past and that are now finished.
We divide Simple Past Tense verbs into Regular and Irregular verbs to make them easier to study.
Regular Verbs in the Simple Past Tense
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SIMPLE PAST TENSE VERBS
REGULAR VERBS IRREGULAR VERBS
1. Use the simple past tense to tell about things that are finished.e.g. We arrived last night.
X
We arrived last night.
NOW
Verb + ed
e.g. want+ed wanted work+ed worked call+ed called
Verb, ending in –e + d
e.g. dance+d danced live+d lived die+d died
Verb, ending in –y: change y to i + ed
e.g. cry crie d try tried
One vowel verb: double the consonant + ed
e.g. stop stopp ed beg begg ed
Task 1 Complete the sentences below. Use the correct regular verb endings for the simple past tense of the verbs in rounded brackets (…..):
a) The old women (dye) _________________________the cloth yellow.
b) My brother (want) ____________________ to ride on a camel
c) The old men (use) ________________ a rope to climb the palm trees.
d) We (try) __________________ to make bricks out of sand, shells and water.
e) We (learn) ___________________ how to make fish traps out of wire.
f) The policeman (stop) _______________ us from going inside the fort.
g) The camels (carry) _________________ heavy bags.
h) They (plant) ________________ date palms in the oasis.
i) They (bake) ___________________ their own bread on camp fires.
j) We saw an exhibition of photographs that (show) _____________ us the history
of the fort.
Task 2
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Read the text below. Highlight the 10 regular simple past tense verbs in the text. Each
box shows the number of regular past tense verbs in the paragraph next to it.
The Qasr Al Hosn Festival Regular Simple Past Tense Verbs
Festivals are important events in the UAE because they celebrate our culture
and heritage. This year I went to the Qasr Al Hosn Festival. I had a wonderful
time because there was so much to see and do there.
Last weekend I went to the Qasr Al Hosn Festival in Abu Dhabi with my family.
The festival was in the Qasr Al Hosn fort and in the four areas around it. These
areas demonstrated Emirati life in the desert, the oasis, the sea, and life on Abu
Dhabi Island. I was proud to be Emirati and to learn more about life in the UAE
in the past.
There was a lot to see and my brothers and sisters enjoyed themselves. First
we explored inside the fort. Then we went to the desert area because my little
brother wanted to ride on the camels. Men told Bedouin stories around a
campfire. After that we went to the marine area. A fisherman showed us how to
make fish traps out of wire. Finally we explored the Abu Dhabi Island area. Old
ladies taught us how to make traditional dyes from herbs and plants. We tried to
see everything but we didn’t have enough time.
I loved the Qasr Al Hosn festival because we saw so many things and learned
about Emirati traditions and our heritage. We watched demonstrations and did
many craft activities. Next year I want to go to the festival again.
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Irregular Verbs in the Simple Past Tense Here are some useful Simple Past tense Irregular Verbs
INFINITIVE
PASTSIMPLE
INFINITIVE
PASTSIMPLE
INFINITIVE
PASTSIMPLE
be was/were go went say saidbecome became grow grew see sawbegin began have had sell soldbreak broke hear heard send sentbring brought hit hit shoot shotbuild built hold held sing sangbuy bought hurt hurt sit satcatch caught keep kept sleep sleptcome came know knew speak spokecut cut leave left spend spentdo did let let stand stooddrink drank lie lay swim swamdrive drove light lit take tookeat ate make made teach taughtfall fell meet met tell toldfight fought pay paid think thoughtfind found put put throw threwfly flew read read* understa
ndunderstood
get got ride rode wear woregive gave run ran own owned
Task 3Read through the Qasr Al Hosn Festival again. Highlight the irregular past tense verbs
in the text.
Introduction:
Body 1:
Body 2:
Conclusion:
These verbs are irregular verbs. There is no rule for the formation of irregular verbs. You have to memorize them!
Three of the most important irregular verbs are
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to be to have to do
The simple past tense of the verb to be:
Is the following statement true or false?
We put ‘was’ or ‘were’ before the subject in a sentence. ___________________
Write 2 sentences using to show how we use was and were.
1. (was) _________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
2. (were) _________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
4. Linking Ideas
You can make your writing better by using link words to connect two ideas.
We can use a link word to make the two sentences below, (a) and (b) into one longer
sentence.
(a) I didn’t see everything.
(b) I did spend some time in each of the four areas with the themes of life in the desert,
the oasis, the sea, and life on Abu Dhabi Island.
Which word do we use, ‘and’ or ‘but’? ____________
Why? _________________________________________________________
I didn’t see everything ______________________ I did spend some time in each of
the four areas with the themes of life in the desert, the oasis, the sea, and life on Abu
Dhabi Island
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First we went to look inside the fort and we saw an exhibition of photographs that showed us the history of the fort. We watched the special police as they marched around the fort. Then we went to the desert area because my little brother wanted to ride on the camels.
Old men told Bedouin stories around a campfire and we listened to music played on the rababa and oud. We drank coffee brewed in a traditional pot on a fire. We also saw falcons and salukis. We watched old men climb tall palm trees and learned how to make ropes.
Look
at the
essay below and highlight the words that the writer used to connect her ideas.
How many sentences have one idea? _________
How many sentences have two ideas? _________
How many sentences have three ideas? _________
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Task 5: Connecting ideas - Practice Underline the simple past tense verbs in the text
below.
Use the conjunctions from the box below to join some of these ideas together.
a) I had a hard life when I was young. It was a simple and good life________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
b) My parents were poor farmers. They did not have a lot of money.
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
c) I looked after the camels and goats. I collected firewood three times a
day. I loved being outside.
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
d) At night we sat around an open fire. I played the oud.
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
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I had a hard life when I was
young. It was a simple and
good life. My parents were
poor farmers. They did not
have a lot of money. I looked
after the camels and goats. I
collected firewood three times
a day. I loved being outside.
At night we sat around an
open fire. I played the oud.
Tell me about life in the desert.
and but so because
Subject Verb Object
Finding the Subject or the Object of a Sentence
The verb is the most important word in a sentence . To find the subject of the sentence,
first find the verb. Look at the sentence below.
The old man climbed the date palm.
Put a rectangle around the verb, like this:
The old man climbed the date palm.
Now ask yourself ‘Who’ or ‘’What’ did the action?
Who climbed? the tree or the old man ________________
What was climbed? the tree or the old man ________________
‘The old man’ is the subject of the sentence. He does the action – he climbs.
The old man climbed the date palm.
What did the old man (the subject ) climb? _______________________________
The answer is the object of the sentence.
The old man climbed the date palm.
The old man climbed the date palm. ‘The date palm is the object of the sentence. Put
a circle around the object.
The old man climbed the date palm.
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Subject Verb
What was climbed?
Subject Object Subject Object
Task 6: Find the verb in each sentence. Draw a box around it. Find the subject of each sentence. Underline it. Find the object of each sentence. Draw a circle around it.
a) They old lay dyed the cloth.
b) We tried to open the oysters.
c) The fishermen missed their families.
d) In the old days the women collected water from the well.
e) Old men told Bedouin stories around a campfire.
f) She made dresses for herself and her sisters.
g) She wove baskets and mats.
Note: Every sentence has a main verb. Every sentence has a subject. Not every
sentence has an object. Look at the following examples:
The policemen marched around. His family was poor.
Using Pronouns
Be careful! If you use too many pronouns, or use them incorrectly you will confuse your reader.
e.g. She dyed it.
But if we write like this then it is clear what we are talking about:
The old lady had a white cloth . She dyed it .
The second sentence is clear because the first sentence told us that we are talking
about the old lady (subject) and the white cloth (object).
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ObjectSubject
Task 7: Gap-Fill[adapted from http://www.thenational.ae/uae/heritage/children-learn-traditional-emirati-crafts-at-qasr-al-hosn-festival]
Fill in the gaps in the text below. Use the Simple Past Tense form of the verbs in brackets.
This year at the Qasr Al Hosn Festival two sisters from Khor Fakkan, Halima and
Mariam Al Naqbi, [1] (demonstrate) ___________________ how to dye materials. The
two sisters [2] (hold) _______________ a workshop in the in the Abu Dhabi Island zone
of the festival.
The sisters [3] (say) _____________ that in the past, people [4] (import) ____________
plain white textiles from India, Iran and other neighbouring countries. Then there came a
point when people [5] (get) _________________ bored with wearing the same colour.
The Emiratis came up with effective ways of using natural materials on most types of
textiles, including silk and cotton, [6] (explain) ___________ Mariam.
Like many Emiratis, the sisters are also storytellers. Halima [7] (tell) _______________
us about the tradition of painting textiles using turmeric, pomegranates, blue indigo,
saffron, henna, and the leaves of almond trees,
al waras and al yas plants. She said, “Most natural
ingredients we [8] (use) ____________ in the past
might not be familiar to the new generation.”
“Our ancestors may not have been educated, but
they [9] (be) ____________ wise, and life
[10] (teach) ____________ them many lessons,”
said Mariam.
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The Structure of an Essay
The Qasr Al Hosn Festival
Festivals are important events in the UAE because
they celebrate our culture and heritage. This year I
went to the Qasr Al Hosn Festival. I had a wonderful
time because there was so much to see and do there.
Last weekend I went to the Qasr Al Hosn Festival in
Abu Dhabi with my family. The festival was in the Qasr
Al Hosn fort and in the four areas around it. These
areas demonstrated Emirati life in the desert, the oasis,
the sea, and life on Abu Dhabi Island. I was proud to
be Emirati and to learn more about life in the UAE in
the past.
There was a lot to see and my brothers and sisters
enjoyed themselves. First we explored inside the fort.
Then we went to the desert area because my little
brother wanted to ride on the camels. Men told
Bedouin stories around a campfire. After that we went
to the marine area. A fisherman showed us how to
make fish traps out of wire. Finally we explored the
Abu Dhabi Island area. Old ladies taught us how to
make traditional dyes from herbs and plants. We tried
to see everything but we didn’t have enough time.
I loved the Qasr Al Hosn festival because we saw so many
things and learned about Emirati traditions and our heritage.
We watched demonstrations and did many craft activities. Next
year I want to go to the festival again.
Introduction:General background
Name event
Thesis statement
Body 1:What?
When?
Where?
Why?
Body 2:Describe what you
saw and did.
Say what other people
did
Describe events in
chronological (time )
order.
Conclusion:Summary of B1 & B2
Opinions / Feelings
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