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Reading and Writing Portfolio 11 Reading a story Writing verb forms in narratives; getting ideas; a narrative Review Past Simple; Past Continuous; crime

Telling a story 1

Read the first part of the story and put pictures A–F in order.

2 A

6

B

5

Read the story again. Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? 1

T

Detective Inspector Carr knew the man on the phone.

2

C

3

D

F

The man told Carr what the thieves planned to steal.

2

3

F

The police immediately knew who the robbers were.

4

F

The thieves were planning to steal some diamonds and £200

E

1

F

4

million. 5

F

Operation Magician: The Robbery of the Century

involved in the robbery.

I

t was a warm day in the middle of summer, when Detective Inspector Sam Carr’s phone rang. The man on the phone was speaking quietly, but Carr recognised his voice. “There’s going to be a robbery near the River Thames,” the man said quietly. “The thieves are going to use a boat to escape.” Carr rang his boss and told him about the strange phone call. The police immediately started an investigation*. They called it ‘Operation Magician’. For the next few weeks, they watched many different places near the River Thames, including banks and also, of course, the Millennium Dome. A few weeks later, Carr knew that the Dome was connected with the robbery. He also knew the names of the suspects. But what were the thieves planning to do? The police put cameras inside the Dome and started fi lming all the visitors. On 1st September, three of the suspects were seen in the Dome. They were looking at the diamond exhibition in the Money Zone and they were especially interested in the Millennium diamonds – a collection worth over £200 million. For the next month, Carr and his officers watched six suspects carefully. The men were testing a JCB digger* and a boat. But Carr still didn’t know the time of the robbery. On 6th November, Carr decided to change the real diamonds for fake* ones. At 3.00 am on 7th November, Carr arrived at the Dome and spoke to the 200 police officers who were waiting inside. Six hours later, the Dome was open. It was unusually busy for that time in the morning – Carr and his officers weren’t wearing uniforms. They were dressed as tourists, cleaners and other workers. *investigation = when the police try to discover the facts about a crime *JCB digger = a large machine used to move earth *fake = not real

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There were three people

6

T

The real diamonds were not in the Dome at the time of the robbery.

HELP WITH WRITING Verb forms in narratives 3

a Match these verb forms to sentences a–c from the story.

C

1

Past Simple

2

Past Continuous

3

Past Simple passive

a

But what were the thieves planning

A B

to do? b On 1st September, three of the

suspects were seen in the Dome. c

The police immediately started an investigation.

b Read the story again. Which are the two most common verb forms in the story? PAST SIMPLE and PRESENT CONTINUOUS

c Underline three examples of the most common verb forms in the story.

4

Read the end of the story. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

6

Match the first lines of stories 1–3 to questions a–c. 1

A few minutes after 9.30 am, while Carr and his officers 1were 2

2

(crash) into the side of the Dome. Three men

jumped out* of the digger and

3 broke

into

A

very nervous.

Carr and his officers moved quickly. They took their guns out of

3

the bags that they 4 were carrying (carry) and then they arrested

a

(wait) in the boat. The police

success. No one

was shot

(shoot) or seriously hurt. Carr

and his officers 8 were boat. What 10 was

What happened?

(find) the receipt for the

c

(be) the name on the receipt?

What was his problem? Who was he going to talk to? What did he do next?

‘Mr Diamond’, of course.

7 *jump out = get out of a car, lorry, etc. suddenly and quickly *(glass) case = furniture used for displaying something, for example, in a museum

Who wrote the letter? Why did she feel that way?

b Why was he there? Why was she there?

(be) amazed and very pleased.

After the robbery, police 9 found

Laurie had a problem, but he knew who

What did she do next?

quickly arrested him. Operation Magician was a complete 7

C

to speak to.

(arrest) the men in the Money Zone. Outside,

another man 6 was waiting

Suzie recognised the writing on the letter immediately and suddenly felt

(break into) the

glass case* with the fake diamonds.

5

Ian first met Nicole at a police station in central London.

walking (walk) around the Money Zone, a JCB digger

crashed

B

a Choose one of the stories in 6. Then answer the three questions in 6 to get ideas for the story.

HELP WITH WRITING Getting ideas 5

a Read the first sentence of the story. Can you remember the answers to questions 1–3? It was a warm day in the middle of summer, when Detective Inspector Sam Carr’s phone rang. 1

Who was on the phone? A man

2

What did he tell Carr? About a robbery near theRiver Thames

3

What did Carr do next? He rang his boss

b Read the beginning of the story in 1 to check your answers. c You can get ideas about writing a story by thinking of questions about the first line. Look at this first line and notice the questions we can ask to get ideas.

b Write a story beginning with one of the first lines in 6. ●

Use your notes from 7a.

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Use the Past Simple and Past Continuous in the story.

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Write about 100–150 words.

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Read and check for mistakes.

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Give your story to your teacher in your next class.

First line of the story: As soon as Ashley walked into the room, she knew something was wrong. Some questions: What was wrong? What could she see? What did Ashley do next? TIP • The first sentence of a story is important because it should interest the reader.

Tick the things you can do in English in the Reading and Writing Progress Portfolio, p88.

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