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1. SPEAKING Look at the title of the text and the photo. What do you think the story is about?
2. Read the text. Who replied to Zoe's message? When did they reply, and from where?
Message in a bottle
In 1990, Zoe Lemon was on a ferry, sailing from Hull in England to Germany. She was going on holiday with her family. The journey was long and tiring and ten-year-old Zoe soon got bored. To pass the time, she decided to write a message in a bottle and drop it into the sea. 'It will be interesting if someone finds it,' she thought. Then she forgot about the bottle completely.
Twenty-three years later, she was amazed to get a reply from someone in the Netherlands. A man was walking on the beach and was surprised to find Zoe's bottle in the sand. He wrote to the address on the message, where Zoe's parents still live. Zoe was delighted, but it was also very moving for her to see her message again after twenty·three years, and she cried when she read it. 'It's astonishing that the bottle didn't break,' said Zoe. Her five-year-old son thinks it is all very exciting and wants to put a message in a bottle himself!
| LEARN THIS! -ed/ -ing adjectives Many adjectives ending in (1) _____ describe how peoplefeel. Adjectives ending in (2) describe something which makes them feel that way. Pairs of -ed / -ing adjectives like these are formed from verbs, e.g. disappoint. I'm disappointed. My exam result is disappointing. |
3. Find all the -ed and -ing adjectives in the text in exercise 2. Complete the rules in the Learn this! box.
4. Circle the correct forms to complete the sentences.
1. I don't find computer games very excited/ exciting.
2. Don't be frightened/ frightening. The dog won't bite.
3. I was shocked/ shocking when I heard the news
4. It's really annoyed/ annoying when you interrupt.
5. Why are you looking so worried/ worrying?
5. Complete each pair of sentences with -ed and -ing adjectives formed from the verbs in brackets.
1. a. I don't understand this map. It's very _____. (confuse)
b. Can you help me with my maths? I'm _____. (confuse)
2. a. I was _____ when I fell over. (embarrass)
b. I hate it when my dad dances. It's so _____. (embarrass)
3. a. Are you _____ in photography? (interest)
b. Which is the most _____ lesson in this unit? (interest)
| LEARN THIS! How + adjective We often react to things we hear with How + adjective. How boring! How disgusting! How wonderfull! |
6. SPEAKING Read the Learn this! box. Then work in pairs.
Student A: Make a sentence using the past simple and the words below. Add your own ideas.
Student B: React to the sentence using How + an -ing adjective.
1. I/ drop/ phone/ and it/ break
2. My dad/ dance/ my birthday party
3. My favourite football team/ lose/ the weekend
I dropped my phone this morning and it broke.
How annoying!
