tieng anh 8 Unit 4: Write - Website Trường THCS Phan Bội Châu - Đại Lộc - Quảng Nam

burned escaped went was appeared left lit tied was grazing said1. Complete the story.[r]

Mother / died / she / young

Father / married / again

New wife / cruel / Little Pea Once a poor farmer / daughter /

Village / held/ festival

master (n)

ông

chủ̉

•

graze (v):

gặm cỏ

•

nearby (adv):

gần bên

•

master (n):

ơng chủ

•

servant (n):

đầy tớ

•

wisdom (n):

trí khơn

•

tie (v) :

trói buộc

•

straw (n):

rơm, rạ

How the tiger got his stripes

One day, as a farmer was in his field and his buffalo(0) was grazing nearby, a tiger(1) _ The tiger wanted to know why the strong buffalo was the servant and the small

man(2) _ the master The farmer(3) he had something called wisdom, but he(4) it at home that day

He(5) to get the wisdom, but before that he(6) the tiger to a tree with a rope because he didn’t want it to eat the

buffalo When he returned, the farmer brought some straw with him He said it was his wisdom He(7) the straw and the

fire(8) _ the tiger The tiger(9) _ , but it still has black stripes from the burns today

burned

escaped

went

was

appeared

left

lit

tied was grazing said

1 One day / I / field

buffalo / graze / tiger / come

2 It / ask / why / strong buffalo / my servant / and I / its master 3 I / tell / tiger / I / have / wisdom

4 tiger / want / see / it

5 I / tell / it / I / leave / wisdom / home

6 then I / tie / tiger / tree / rope / I / didn’t / want / eat / buffalo 7 I / go / get / straw / and / burn / tiger

8 tiger / escape / still have / black stripers

2 Now imagine you are the man Use the words to

write the story Start like this:

(1) One day as

I

was in the field and

my

buffalo

was grazing nearby, a tiger came.

(2) It asked me why the strong buffalo was my

servant and why I was its master

(3)

I

told the tiger that

I

had something called

wisdom

(4) The tiger wanted to see it

(5)

I

told it

I

left the wisdom at home

(6) Then I tied the tiger to a tree with a rope

because I didn’t want it to eat my buffalo

(7)

I

went to get some straw and burned the tiger

One day as

I

was in the field and

my

buffalo

was grazing nearby, a tiger came It asked

me

why

the strong buffalo was

my

servant and

I

was its

master

I

told the tiger that

I

had something called

wisdom The tiger wanted to see it and

I

told it

I

left the wisdom at home that day Then

I

tied the

tiger to a tree with a rope because

I

didn’t want it

to eat

my

buffalo

I

went to get some straw and

burned the tiger The tiger escaped, but today it

still has black stripes from the burns.

Suggested answers :

farmer / tie / tiger / tree / rope

then / he / burn / tiger / straw

tiger / escape / still have / black stripes

1)

How many figures are there in the story?

2)

Who was the master?

3)

Who was the servant?

4)

How was the buffalo?

5) W

as the tiger stronger than the farmer?

6)

What did the farmer have?

3 Prepare

:

LANGUAGE FOCUS

Do all the exercises (page 44, 45).

1 Imagine you are the tiger Write the

story.