Advanced Writing with English in Use

Narratives andconnectingwords • Module3A

BoxB

Tostartwith No\\,2 Intheend

.I tfirst '/Fir st Atp resent .It{ast^3

A i t hemome ll! Ecentualb]

l liitial/y Forth e timeIJeill g IIIti me

IIIthehegillllill g NowadalJs^111 the end

High tnow

Thesedays

1 Firstly/Firste mphasizes the seq ue nce of events.

First .. .then...fillal/y...

Atfi rstimplie sa contrastwit hwhathappe nslate r.

AtfirstIrcastncompetent.hnrilltheClUJI becam ercasOIllIblyp rofi cictll.

2 A ctuallymeansi llfact;itneverme ansllOre.

:3Atlastim plies a feelingofre lie f, soitis notthe usualpartnertoatJirst(lis e

illth e em !oreventually).

B Practice

Now , usingoneof the new opening sentences below, start yourcontinuation

witha word or phrase fromBoxB column 1 (e.g.at first).Continue, usingany

wordsfromeitherbox, especially Box B column 2 (takingyour narrativeintothe

present) or BoxB column3 (which brings yournarrativeto a conclusion). This

time, be espec iallycareful with the tensesof your verbs.

• I dream edI was A)i ngina hotairballoon.


• DidI ever t e ll yo uabo ut the timeI was kid nap pe dbyaliens?


• Ithas heena fantasticholiday.


• Har rison was hcginn ing towish he hadnever e nte red the j ungle.


• \"henI lostmy job, I decided tobecome a cri minal,


• Ihaven 't e njoyedthis part yat all.

1.2 Writingpractice

Write a brief historyof your town or region(150- 200 words) forthe English-

languageeditionof atourist guide.Usethe text abo utCambridgeon page 59 as

a model.

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