Writing A description of a person you admire 11 Read Patrick’s description of a person he admires. Why was Judith by the river? ‘One person | admire is Judith, a girl who lives ‘on my street. She's older than | am but she’s in my sister's class and they're in the same ‘swimming club as well. ‘She's got a dog so she often takes it for walks by the river at the back of our house. Last winter a small boy fell into the river and ‘couldn't swim. Judith heard him scream and didn’t stop to think. Although the water was very cold, she jumped in to rescue him. The boy disappeared under the water, but Judith stayed calm and pulled him out. A neighbour ‘saw them and went to help them get out of the water, They were both fine after they got 2. Read the description again. Answer the questions. 1 How does Pattick know Judith? 2 Why did the boy scream? 3. What did Judith do? 4 What happened when they were in the water? 5 What does Judith think about what happened? 30 Unit 2 Useful language Keane 3> Look back at the text. Which words does Patrick use to join these ideas? Where do go in the sentence? 1. Mysister and Judith are in the same class. Th are in the same swimming club. 2 She's got a dog, She often takes it for walks the river. 3. The water was very cold. She jumped in to r him, 4 | admire her. She saved the boy's lif. Join the sentences using the connectors in brackets. 1. The bag was very heavy. He carried it for her. (although) 2 We live in the same street. We go to the sar school. (and, as well) 3. We both like music. We decided to start abi together. (50) 4. The man couldn't get up the stairs. He was it wheelchair, (because) Look back at the text. Find apostrophes a match them with their uses. 1 __She's__ = Sheis could not he has apostrophes in the correct place in sentences. 1 Theyare my sisters best friends. 2. Shes a real hero because she saved the boys! 3 Were in the same class so were the same, 4. Life wasnt easy for her because she didnt us have a lot of money. 5 Id like to be like him when Im older.Wines Make it better! VW Vv Use the infinitive with to to explain the purpose of an action (wiy someone did something). Iwent to the shop to buy some bread. plete the sentences with the infinitive of the verbs in the box. make work become rescue help find out earn She heard a girl shout so she ran __tohelp “her. ‘We called our friend what pened. studied very hard worked very hard a doctor. enough ‘climbed the tree ‘went slowly the cat. sure he didn’t fal. a8 a firefighter. He saved iabout the person's character ~ use es to say what the person is like. ‘can be quite serious but she's very too. ‘sentences. Which one does not ‘someone's character? ‘friendly and she talks to everyone. Kind and always finds time for her friends. is very brave but he doesn’t think so young and he's tall and strong, tells jokes — he's really funny. Patrick's description. Order the in ks about. people think of hinvher eris_ why you admire them the person what the person did ‘character boys li ne age int use PLAN 10 Choose a person you know and admire to write about. Use the things in Exercise 9 and make notes. WRITE 11 Write the description. Look at page 31 of the Student's Book to help you. CHECK 12. Check your writing. Can you say YES to these questions? ‘Is the information from Exercise 9 in your description? ‘+ Do you describe the person's character and say why you admire them? ‘+ Do you use connectors to join sentences? ‘© Do you use the infinitive with to to explain the Purpose? * Do you use apostrophes correctly? + Are the spelling and punctuation correct? Do you need to write a second draft?