How to-write-a-story
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The document provides examples of how to write dates, places, and settings in narratives. It includes a sample story with mistakes and prompts the reader to correct sentences, join verbs to their past tense forms, and describe sentence structure. The document offers guidance on including essential details in stories.
How to-write-a-story
- 2. What do we need?
- 3. “Dates” They met on June, 1980. They met on June 7th, 1980. They met the Monday, 7th of June in 1980. They met in 1980.
- 4. “Places” - She was born in Chile. - She was born in San Fernando, Chile. - He saw her at the bus station. - He saw her at the school.
- 5. The setting What was happening? Nature the wind was blowing the sun was shinging People people were sleeping a man was walking his dog two young women were going to work a dog was barking
- 6. A Story talks about:
- 7. A Strange Story Jorge and Jane _____(meet) at the bus station, on April 10th, 1990. She _____ (be) waiting a bus to go to Santiago, when Jorge _______ (arrive) beside her. He ____ (ask) her if she _____ (can) lend him her cell phone, but she ______(say) “no, I can’t”. He really ______ (need) to make a call, so he _____(try) to convince her by telling to Jane that she ______ (look) absolutely beautiful like a model. After that, Jane _____(lend) her cell phone to Jorge. She also ________ (think) he was very handsome. Then, Jorge ______(take) a bus and _______(disappear). She _____(be) thinking of him many days. She _______(decide) to phone to the same number he ___(do) that day trying to find him. However, Jorge _____(not) answer and she ______(hear) a terribly scary voice that said " don't call again, Jorge is died“.
- 8. Correct the Mistakes 1.- He is born on April 10th, 1960. 2.- Michael goes to Brazil. 3.- They meet at the bus station. 4.- Camila and Marcos get married in 1990. 5.- He doesn’t think of her. 6.- At the bus station they met. 7.- They a beautiful baby had. 8.- Carmen bought a house big. 9.- Didn’t he love her. 10.- They met in Chile, Santiago.
- 9. Sentence Structure Subject + verb + complement/adverb Jorge arrived at home. Jorge fell in love with her. They had a big dog. They didn’t have a beautiful baby.
- 10. Join the verbs in present with their forms in past Meet Tried Be Wrote Write Decided Think Looked Walk Met Decide Needed Say Was/were Try Walked Need Said Look Thought