Write a paragraph about "The invention of writing" You can include ideas: - Types of writing. – Development from the first alphabet to three modern alphabets. – Development from the first alphabet to the modern alphabet used in Europe

1.When did writing begin? Why did people need writing in the past?

2.What was the first stage of writing in the past?

3.How long did the first stage of writing stand?

4.What was the second stage of writing about 5000 years ago?

5On What did the ancient times people write? Why did the people need to write on a light and cheap thing?

6.Where and when  was the paper discovered and who discovered the paper? Who kept the paper as secret?

7.To what did ideogram develop and where / when did it develop?

8.From what did several important alphabets grow out of ?

9.What are the examples of these alphabets?

10.How did the Roman alphabet develop?

11.How did you see the development of writing ?

Answer the following questions in order to write a narrative paragraph (not less than 100 words )about an experience when you got a bad grade at school.

1.Why did  you get a bad grade?

2.When did you get the bad grade?

3. where did you get the bad grade?

4.What did you do when you received the bad grade?

5.How did you feel  when you received the bad grade?

6.Did your parents know about your bad grade?

7. If they knew, How did they react?

8.What did you do after you received the bad grade?

9.Did anything change because of this experience?

10.What did you learn from this experience?

11. What did you do differently after the experience?

Write a narrative  paragraph about the incident of Mary Celeste

1.What was the name of the ship?

2.When did Mary Celeste mystery happen?

3.Who was on the board of the ship?

4.From where did the ship sail and to where did it head to?

5.What did happen on December 5th, 1872?

6.How did the Dei Gratia and his men report about the Mary Celeste ship?

7.What were the theories about what might have happened to the ship?

8.IS there a better explanation about what happened to the Mary Celeste ship?

9.IS the fate of the Mary Celeste ship  one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of all time?

Activity 3: Complete the following with a suitable past tense:

1.                  My landlord threw me out of my flat because (not pay the rent for six months and break all the windows)

2. When I eventually got to the meeting, I was bad tempered and exhausted! I (sit in traffic jam for 45 minutes, a motorist bump into me, and get completely lost)

3.By the time 5 o'clock arrived, Brenda was furious. She (wait for an hour, drink six cups of tea, and they not arrive.

4.I was so depressed that I couldn't do the exam. I (study every day for two months and give up see my friends)

5.After I (finish) my lunch, I went back to work.

6.When the police (interview) me, they let me go home.

7.As soon as I got home my brother (go out).

8.The children had to stay in until the rain (stop).

Activity 2: Change the verbs in brackets to the past tense: simple, continuous, or perfect

The Unlucky Burglar

One evening Paul (watch) ____________ the television and (eat)____________ his supper when the door suddenly (open) ____________ and a burglar (come) ____________ in. He (wear) ____________ a mask and (carry) ____________ a sack. Before doing anything else, he (tie) ____________ Paul to the chair. Then he went upstairs to look for money. Although he (not find) ____________ any money, he (find) ____________ a lot of jewelry, which he (put) ____________ into his sack. In his rush to get downstairs, he (not see) ____________ the dog that (lie) ____________ at the bottom of the stairs, and he (fall) ____________ over it, losing his glasses. ____________ the burglar (look for) ____________ them, Paul (try) ____________ to free himself. Finally, Paul (manage) ____________ to escape and he (phone) ____________ the police. When the burglar (find) ____________ his glasses, he (run) ____________ out of the house. However, unfortunately for him, the police (wait) ____________ for him at the end of the garden.