These verbs end ined. They are in the past tense. yD Tl Ug « We can use different words for verbs like said. Read these different words: Wecan punctuate direct speech correctly. ‘How will I sell my palm oil?’ wailed Auntie Fine-Fine. ‘How will I sell my yams?’ wailed Mama. new line for a new speaker) capt et We can form the past tense in two ways: Add ed, for example: Grandmother screamed. Use was / were + ing, for example: Iwas running when I heard a crack. (eect Cl} 1 The people of the village are getting ready for market day when something terrible happens. Read this extract with a partner. Identify the verbs that show you how the dialogue (speech) is spoken. | | | b Identify a verb in the past tense ending in ed. Identify a verb in the past tense with was / were + ing. These actions happened in the past and are finished. These verbs tell us about something that was happening when something else happened. Glossary palm oil: a typeof vegetable oil used for cooking kerosene: a type of fuel used for The next day was market day. We would sell our palm oil and our yams, our onions, our tomatoes and our chilli Peppers, our baskets and our dried fish, our oranges, mangoes, rice ... With the money we would buy the important things we Needed that only money can buy. Salt, sugar, kerosene026090 GPA aT Unit 1: Fiction: Different st for lamps, pencils and shoes for school. Sweets. Those things we cannot grow in our fields. Or pick from the trees of the forest. Or hunt in the bush. Or fish from the river. I was running back with a basket of ripe mangoes on my head when I heard a sharp crack. Grandmother screamed and all the aunties started crying. Emergency and Tuesday had been pulling the old wooden cart into position, ready to load with all our goods for market. “We heard a crack!’ wailed Mama B. ‘Like a gun firing,’ moaned Mama Coca-Cola. “But it was the cart!’ Mama cried. They were gathered around the cart, wringing their hands and tearing at their clothes. Coco-Cola and Sissy and Nike and I pushed in to see. The cart had broken! Snapped in half! ‘How will I sell my palm oil?’ wailed Auntie Fine-Fine. ‘How will I sell my yams?’ wailed Mama. ‘How will I sell my oranges and mangoes?’ wailed Grandmother. “No pencils for school,’ Sissy sobbed. “No sweets.’ Coca-Cola and I looked at each other. “This cart must be fixed!’ shouted Mama B. Glossary wringing their hands: twisting their hands together over and over 2 What can you infer about how the characters feel? Think about their speech and what they are doing. Why does it matter if the cart is broken? How does the illustration help you understand the extract? Tell your partner. Identify and copy five different words for said in the extract. a Tell your partner what each word means. Which words have a very similar meaning? b Write a new sentence using each word. Remember to punctuate the direct speech correctly. Identify the exclamation marks in the extract. Why has Atinuke used this punctuation mark so many times?Unit 1: Fiction: Different stories by the same author 5 Read the extract again. Compare the punctuation of the direct speech to the rest of the extract. What is the same and what is different? 6 Inasmall group, read the extract aloud, with each group member taking a part. Use the punctuation to show how each sentence should sound. Try to act out direct speech with drama. Can you use a different Use hand movements to show voice for the characters? \ {how the characters feel. L 1 With a partner, summarise what the extract on | Summarise means pages 12-13 is about. Say how you think the _| to pick out the main characters are feeling and why. Points of the story. In the next part of the story, No.1 turns an old broken car into anew cart. Look at this picture of the new cart. What do you think the people of the village said when they saw the new cart? In a small group, act out the scene. One person should pretend to be No.1. The others should be his family and friends. Write this part of the story. Start with No.1 showing his friends and family the new cart, and then add their speech. Use a different word for said each time to show how each person feels. Remember to use speech marks to punctuate your speech correctly. y Mensa Ni Make the cart sound perfect for carrying goods and people to market! Write an advert for the new cart. Use interesting adjectives to make the cart sound appealing. Design Technology Design your own cart made from an old car. Label its features. What type of car will you use? How will it be pulled along? Remember the features you included in your advert.