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Unit 1
Have fun

UNIT 2
Fovorite places

Unit 3
Where Do You Go?

Unit 4
Long Time Ago

Unit 5
What Youre Doing?
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Unit 6
Spare Time

UNIT

Have Fun
Activities

Activities

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1. Which line that is an identification? 2. Which line that is an description? 3. Make a short story, in that sory contain to identify and

description.

Activities

I live in the country. I love the country life. Every morning when I get up and open the window, I can hear the little birds sing outside. Today is a fine day. The rain has ceased. The sun shines again. It shines in through the window. I go out and look around. I see that the fields and the hills are green. The

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flowers and the houses are red. The clouds above are white. Everything looks pleasant. How beautiful the country is!

Activities

THE WHITE HOUSE

of the most famous buildings in Washington D.C. is the White House. It is the home of the president of the United States.

One

The White House is a very large white building. It has three main parts, namely the main building and two

wings (west east wings).

and

The main building has large central porches. The porches have tall columns. Large
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lawns and gardens

surround the White House.

Generic Structure text, is :

A descriptive text , is a text that describes about something, for example object, people or a certain place. Description of this text usually cover characteristic, type, form, detailed things and function about something Identification: One of the most famous buildings in Washington D.C. is the White House. Description : It is the home of the president of the United States. The White House is a very large white buildingetc.

Activities

1. What do you know about the white house ? 2. The white house has three main parts, what is it ? 3. Paragraph 2 line 3, it refers to ? 4. What do you think in Indonesia, it has a white house too? 5. Describe it about the white house in the other country.

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Look at the picture below. Decribe it, and then read aloud in front of the class.

GRAMMAR SUMMARY

Simple Present Tense

Simple Present Tense expresses daily habits or usual activities. The simple present tense expresses general statements of fact.

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In sum, the simple present tense is used for events or situations that exist always, usually, or habitually in past, present and future.

Vs/es is used for third person singular (he/she/it + verb), add -s/-es to the base form of most verbs. V1 is used besides for third person singular (they, you, we, I, or other)

POSITIVE : I / You / We / They He / She / It V1 V1 (s/es)

NEGATIVE :

I / You / We / They He / She / It

do not (dont) does not (doesnt)

V1

INTERROGATIVE : Do Does I / You / We / They He / She / It

V1

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UNIT

Favotites Place

Activities

Answer your teachers questions about holidays. - Have you ever been to a national park? - When is the best time to visit the place? Why? - When is the worst time to visit the place? Why?

Activities

The following expressions will help you understand the texts you will find in this unit. Those are several ways of describing a place. Check the meaning and the pronunciation of the following expressions.

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Activities

The above sentences show us how to talk about places. Notice that we use the Simple Present Tense. The simple present expresses general statements of fact, as shown in the above examples.

Read the following topics. Which ones can you discuss or write about with a simple present? Check () your answers and discuss them with your friends.

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Activities

Singapore is an island city of about 4 million people. Its a beautiful city with lots of parks and open spaces. Its also a clean city.

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Most of the people live in high-rise flats in different parts of the island. The business district is very modern, with lots of tall new office buildings. Singapore also has some nice older sections. In Chinatown there are rows of old shop houses. The government buildings in Singapore are very beautiful and date from the colonial days. Singapore is famous for its shops and restaurants. There are many good shopping centers. Most of the goods are duty free. Singapores restaurants sell Chinese, Indian, Malay and European food, and the prices are quite reasonable. (Source:Dit. PSMP, 2006)

Activities

Now you can work individually to describe your hometown or your favorite place. Use the following questions as guidelines to prepare your description.

1.

Where do you come from/Where do you live?

2. Where do you usually go on holidays? 3. Where is your hometown/your favourite place located? 4. How big is your hometown/the place? 5. What is the weather like there? 6. Whats interesting about your hometown? 7. What is it famous for?

Activities

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Answer these questions 1. Why did Sue write the letter? 2. To whom did she write the letter? 3. What did she tell in the letter? 4. Mention the words that Sue uses to tell the order of events. 5. Are the verbs in the present or in the past tense? 6. Write all the action verbs (e.g., started, played etc,) you find in the letter.

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Identifying text structure

Dear Sylvia, Hows everything? We just came back from our vacation in Peru. It was fantastic. Machu Picchu is an Inca city in the Andes Mountains. We took a bus in Aguas Calientes and arrived in Machu Picchu in the morning. We spent the day there and went to Cuzco in the evening. In Cuzco we hired a Peruvian guide, and we learned a lot about The Inca culture. Talk to you soon, Peter and Julie.

Event 1

Event 2

Event 3

Event 4

Event 5

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a. .................................................... c. .................................................... e. .................................................... g. ....................................................

b. ........................................................... d. ........................................................... f. ........................................................... h. ...........................................................

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i. ....................................................

j. ...........................................................

Discuss the meaning of each notice above with your group. a. .................................................... c. .................................................... e. .................................................... g. .................................................... i. .................................................... b. ........................................................... d. ........................................................... f. ........................................................... h. ........................................................... j. ...........................................................

UNIT

Where do you go?

Activities

Act out the following presentation to a friend.

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Hi, every body. Let me tell you something. Last night I went to my neighbours wedding party with my family. You know, it was the wedding party of my dads boss son. Well, in the party I had rawon and sate madura. Its

really nice to have them in a traditional wedding like this one. Then I had, you know what, some dawet ayu. After that, I sang for the happy couple. At about 09.15 we went home. We arrived home

ratherlate. I felt really very happy.

Activities

Write the past simple tense of the verbs below and read aloud. Present Tense Arrive Play Dance Speak Drink Look Study Travel Go Past Tense Arrived

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Activities

The following text about the capital of Egypt is not written properly. Edit the text so that it makes sense. Then, answer the questions that follow.

Egypts Capital
Cairo is the largest city in egypt Here you can always roll back the centuries Modern cairo has tall buildings and broad streets equal to any in the capitals of europe or australia. From the top floors of impresive blocks of flats you can gaze at magnificent views across the river nile. However behind the modern buildings are narrow alleys where there is no sound of traffic. The only sounds that come to your ears are the calls of the stall-holders Water sellers and herdsmen wander through the streets as their forefathers did thousands of years ago Many of the poorer people still dress in the same way as their ancesters.

Comprehension questions: 1. 2. In which country is Cairo situated? From where is the best place to absorb the views of the Nile?

3. How is the modern section of Cairo different from the ancient section?

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Activities

The Leaning Tower of Pisa

Thousands of people visit Pisas famous tower each year and wonder just how much longer it can exist without falling. Millions of dollars have been spent to stop the tower crashing to the ground. Soft, shifting soil has always been the towers problem. Recently, it was discovered that the tower had moved two millimeters. This was a great setback because engineers had previously corrected about twenty millimeters of the lean by using an inventive underground cables idea to straighten the tower. Pisa would hate to lose its precious Campo dei Miracoli and the tourist dollars it generates.

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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.

Rearrange the following sentences into the correct order. 1. His life ended with his being hanged in Melbourne jail. 2. He was the leader of the Kelly Gang. 3. At the age of eleven, his father died. 4. Ned Kelly is Australias best known bushranger. 5. Ned drifted into crime, being arrested as a fifteen-year-old for bushranging. 6. Soon after, he was sent to prison for three years for horse theft. 7. As he felt victimized, Ned finally embarked on three years of violent crime.

Activities
to or

Recount is a text which has social function retell events for the purpose of informing entertaining. Read the following text carefully . Reading Book for students of Grade VIII

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Last summer, the writer of a famous novel went to Italy. He visited museums. He sat in a public garden, and a friendly waiter taught him a few Italian words. He thought about postcards yesterday. His holiday passed quickly. On the last day, he got up early and bought 37 cards. He was in his room all day, but he did not write a single card. (Modified from Alexander, 1990)
When you tell about what happened in the past, it means that you make a recount text. A recount text has the following text structure :

Orientation participants

: provides the setting and introduces

The writer went to Italy.

Events

: tell what happened, in what sequence

He visited museums. He sat in a public garden. He thought about postcards yesterday. His holiday passed quickly. He got up early and bought 37 cards.

Re-orientation :

optional-closure of events

He was in his room all day, but he did not write a single card. Language features of a Recount
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Underline the participants in the following text. Circle all the verbs written in past tense in the text. Number 1 has been done for you

Please send me a card No 1 Transitional devices Last summer Events The writer went to Italy He visited museums. He sat in a public garden, 2 3 And Everyday a friendly wait Italian words. he thought about postcards. His holidays passed quickly but he did not send any cards to his friends. 4 On the last day he got up early and bought 37 cards. He was in his room all day, but he did not write a single card

Activities

A Tour to the Botanic Gardens By Nida

On Thursday 24 April, Year Eight students went to the Botanic Gardens. We walked down and got into the bus. After we arrived at the gardens, we walked down to the Education Centre. We went to have a look around. First we went to the Orchid Farm and Mrs.

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Rita read us some of the information. Then we looked at all the lovely plants. After that we went down to a little spot in the Botanic Gardens and had morning tea. Next we took some pictures and then we went back to the Education Centre to have lunch. After that we went for a walk. A lady took us around and introduced herself, then she explained what we were going to do. Next she took us in to the green house. It was most interesting. Soon after we had finished we went back outside. Finally we got the bus and returned to school. We were tired but happy. into

Identifying text structure above.

Event 1 Event 5 Event 2 Event 3 Event 4

Vocabulary list
Words Stories Events Holiday Partsof Speech noun noun noun Indonesian Equivalent Ceritera Kejadian liburan
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Recount Orientation Reorientation

noun noun noun

Penulisannya diurutkan berdasarkan kejadian Penjelasan awal tentang siapa, kapan, dimana Komentar yang ditulis di akhir cerita.

UNIT
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Babu and the Lion

One day, there was a slave whose name was Babu. His master was very, very bad. You know, he often punched Babu and did not offer him food for days. Poor Babu! So he escaped into a forest and slept in a cave. Next morning, he heard a loud roar. In front of him...., at the mouth of the cave..., was a very big lion. You see, Babu was scared to death! Kind of scary, isnt it? But he could not escape. But the lion didnt attack him. It was tame. There was a large thorn in its right front foot. The lion looked at Babu. It seemed to say something like:Please help me. Its very painful. Babu walked bravely to the lion and pulled out the thorn. Babu and the lion turned out to be friends.

(Adapted from GB Shaws play: Androcles and the Lion)

Complete each sentence below with the correct word from the box.

punched lame painful bravely heard

slept

ran away frightened

bad attack

1. The ... master didnt give him food. 2. The master often ... his slave.
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3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

The slave ... ... from his master. He ... in a cave. Babu ... a loud roar. He was ... by the roar of the lion. The lion did not ... him. The lion walked unsteadily. It was .... A thorn pained its right foot. The foot was ....

10. Babu walked ... towards the lion.

Activities

We use the Simple Past Tense of verbs to show events that happened in the past. With regular verbs, we just add the ending ed to the verbs to make the past form of the verbs.

Look at the following examples :

Babu escaped to the forest. The master talked to Babu. A lion appeared in front of the mouth of the cave.

Activities
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Snow White

Long ago, in the Neverland, there lived a very beautiful princess, Snow White. The Queen was her stepmother. She was very jealous of her beauty. So she wanted her to die. Snow White knew about the evil plan. She escaped into a forest. There she made friends with seven dwarfs. The queen turned Snow White into a witch. Snow White did not realize it. The witch gave her a poisoned apple. As a result, Snow White was put into sleep for years. Fortunately, in the end, Prince Charming revived her with a kiss. They lived together happily ever after. (Free adaptation from Grimms fairy tale)

Activities

According to the story, say whether each statement below is true or false.

1. Snow White was a beautiful queen. 2. Her own mother was jealous of her beauty. 3. Snow White ran away from her palace.
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4. She lived with Prince Charming in a forest. 5. Snow White was poisoned by her stepmother. 6. Her stepmother was evil. 7. The dwarfs helped Prince Charming revive Snow White. 8. Snow White and Prince Charming had a happy life after that.

In most narratives writers are writing about things that happened in the past. Therefore, the verbs are in the past tense form. Now change these verbs in the following into the past tense.
1. Today, the prince lives happily with the princess. Years ago he (live) a sad life. 2. Today, the prince obtains what he wants easily. Years ago he (obtain) what he (want) with difficulties. 3. Today, the prince realizes that the princess loves him very much. Years ago he (realize) that the princess (love) him little. 4. Today, the prince likes his castle very much. Years ago the prince hardly (like) his castle. 5. Today, the prince revives his love to the princess. Years ago the prince hardly (revive) his love to the princess.

Now, put the verbs used in the sentences above into the table below.
Today the prince lives Years ago the prince

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obtains wants realizes loves likes revives

Activities

Here is a story for you to rearrange. Pay a close attention to its parts so that it becomes a good narrative.

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1. One day there was a party at the palace. All were invited. Her

stepsisters would not let her go with them. Cinderella was sad.

2. Finally

the Prince found Cinderella and they got married and lived happily ever after.

3. Once upon a time there was a girl called Cinderella. She lived with her

stepmother and stepsisters. They were very very bossy. She had to do all the housework.

4. The Prince took her glass shoe. He traveled around the country to find

a girl that matched the glass shoe.

5. The Fairy Godmother came and helped her to go to the ball. Cinderella

danced with the prince. After a while, the clock stroke twelve. She left him one of her glass shoes and went home.

GRAMMAR SUMMARY

Simple Past Tense The past tense can refer to a completed action or event in the past. (Ex : At nine oclock I made a cup of coffee)

We can use this tense to refer to repeated past events. (Ex : I played a lot of tennis when I was child)

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The past tense can also refer to past situation or states that we consider to be finished. (When he was a little boy he lived in Madrid)

Statement

: I- She-He-It was in class yesterday. We-You-They were in class yesterday.

Negative : I- She-He-It was not (wasnt) in class yesterday. We-You-They were not (werent) in class yesterday. Questions: Was I- she-he-it in class yesterday? Were we-you-they in class yesterday? Short Answer : Yes, I- she-he-it was. they were. No, I- she-he-it wasnt. No, we-you-they werent. Yes, we-you-

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UNIT 5

what youre doing

Activities

Complete the following recount text with the correct forms of the verbs in the box. Then, answer the questions that follow.

Shirleys Day Off

Shirley enjoyed her day off yesterday. She.. up late, ... jogging in the park a long shower, and a big breakfast. In the afternoon, she .. a movie with her sister. Then, she groceries at the supermarket, and she.. a big dinner for her parents. After dinner, Shirley and her parents ... in the living room and talked. Shirley had a very nice day off yesterday. buy eat get go make see sit take
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1. In the 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? c. Where did she spend her day off? 2. What did Shirley do in the morning? 3. What did Shirley do in the afternoon? 4. What did Shirley do in the evening? 5. What kind of day off did Shirley have yesterday?

Expression your self in front of the class.

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Activities

1. Do you like reading Ali Baba? 2. What do you think of the stories? 3. Identify structure about Ali Baba stories.

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Activities

Ali Baba

Once upon a time there were 40 cruel thieves who put their stolen money and treasures in acave. They went in the cave by saying Open Sesame to the cave entrance. A poor person, named AliBaba saw them while they were doing that, so he heard the opening word. After they left, he went toward the cave and opened it. Suddenly he found a very large quantity of money and golden treasures. He took some of it and went back home. After that he became a rich man and his brother wanted to know how he became rich. Ali Baba turned into the richest man in his village. His evil brother was really jealous of him, and wanted to know how he could get such a lot of money. Therefore, when Ali Baba went to the cave again to take some more money, his brother followed him. He saw everything, and decided to go backthe next day to take some money for himself. The next morning he found a lot of money in the cave,and he wanted to take all of them. Unfortunately, when he was busy carrying the money to his house, the thieves came. The boss of the thieves asked him how he knew about the cave. He told everything, but unluckily they killed him and went to Ali Babas house. After finding Ali Babas house, they made a plan to kill him the following night. Some of the thieves hid in big jars, and the boss pretended that he was a merchant who wanted to sell the jars to Ali Baba. Ali Baba who was a kind man invited the boss of the thief to have lunch together. After lunch they took a rest. Luckily, the house maid went out of the house, and found that there were thieves inside the jars. She finally boiled hot oil and poured it into the jars to kill all of them. The boss of the thieves was caught, and put into prison.
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Ali Baba was saved from the danger, and he finally lived happily ever after with his maid who became his wife shortly after. (source:http://baharudin.web.id)

Narrative text [is] text which [is] its contents represent story or story about something.Example of narrative text : folklore (folktale), animal story (fable), legend, short story, and of a kind. In it there are have conflict of followed with solution. The general function of this text is amusing reader.

Characteristics of a Narrative Text : Orientation : It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of the story are introduced. Example : Little Mantu lived in a village deep in the jungle where elephants helped the men with their work. Complication : Where the problems in the story developed. Example : Now, Mantu had an elephant of his very own. His name was Opie. Resolution : Where the problems in the story is solved. Example : Mantu then climbed upon his little friends back and went home to the village.
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UNIT

Spare Time
cycles along action used easy bumpy

Choose the correct words for the bicycle cloze test.

Bicycles amusement

Bicycle is a word meaning two circles. ____________ were first __________ 150 years ago. However, they were only used for sport or __________. The first _________ were made mostly of wood and they were very heavy. They had no pedals. A rider drove them _________ by using his or her feet in a kind of running __________ on the roadway. This was not _________ because the roads were very ___________, not smooth as they are today. Early names for the bicycle, hobby-horse, penny-farthing, and bone-shaker, speak for themselves.

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Activities

1. 2. 3. 4.

What does the word bicycle mean? In the past, what did people use bicycles for? What were cycles made of previously? What is the opposite of the word smooth used in this text?

5. What were the early names of the bicycle? Explain each of them.

Activities

Change the verbs between brackets in the following text into the correct form. The first one that is underlined has been done for you.

Last weekend my friends, Dicky, Vinda and Laras and I hiked to Gunung Penanggungan. We (start) very early on Saturday from our village, Klandungan, and (reach) Oro-oro Ombo for lunch after we (hike) for almost 4 hours. We (continue) our hike. We (talk) about many things along the way to the next stop. Sometimes we (laugh) aloud when our stories we (exchange) one another (seem) funny. We (reach) the next stop one hour later. It was a hilltop. The view from this place (look) very amazing. Then we (walk) off down into the valley and there we (camp) for one night by the river in Gunung Penanggungan. I had not been there before. On Sunday we (return) by a small village -- Desa Pasir Wangi -- to a closest bus station. The climbing out of the valley was really hard for us but it was worth it. (adapted from Moline, 2000:145-146)
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Activities

Read the text above once again. Then, based on the information in the text, answer the following questions.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

What does the text deal with? How many people were there in the story going with the writer? What did they do? How many hours did it take them to get to Oro-oro Ombo? What did they do in the first stop?

Did they have a good time along the way to the next stop? How was the view from the hilltop? Where did they have a camp? How did they probably go home?

10. How did they feel after the hike?

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Look at the picture and answer the questions. Discuss with your partner. Then continue to read the following text.

1. Do know about the picture ? 2. Can you describe it? 3. If you have a free tickets airplane, where you want to travel?

Give your reason!

Activities

Before you answer the questions above, now read aloud your answer in front of a class!

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Activities
They tell you some tourism Talk about them with your

Look at the following pictures. objects and outdoor activities. teacher.

Characteristics of Recount Text

A recount text is a text that telling the reader about one story, action activity. Its goal is to entertaining or informing the reader. Orientation tells who was involved, what happened, where the even took place, and when it happened. Example : When I was in junior high school, I was not a very diligent student.

Events (event 1 and 2) tell what happened and in what sequence.

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Example : Once, my teacher grounded me in the library because I did not do my Biology homework. Reorientation consists of optional-closure of events/ ending. Example : After I read the book, I realized that science is useful for human kind

The features are including Who? Where? When? Why?, noun or pronoun, and past tense. Examples : I, at home, last night, a book, I took....

Activities

Listen to the teacher reading the following text. While listening to your teacher, you may fill in the blanks with the words in the box. And then, after that read aloud the complete story.

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It was my grandpas birthday last Sunday. On Friday, my sister and I went shopping at the..... We bought a nice .... Then, we wrapped it in a blue paper. Blue is my grandpas favorite color. On Saturday morning, my brother and I helped my sister making a birthday cake in the .... It was a big and beautiful .... I wrote Happy Birthday on it. After that, we put some chocolate and a ... on the top of the cake. On Sunday evening, my uncle and my aunt came to my .... They brought several bottles of soft-drink, and ... for grandpa. Then, we sat together in the ... Finally, grandpa blew the candle and cut the cake while we were singing a Happy 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 ....

mall kitchen birthday cake happy candle

shirt flowers

house living room

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Bibliography

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