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The story of a rescue
I can write a description of an event using linking words.
THINK! When do animals need humans to help them?
An exciting rescue
I took this photo while we were on a safari holiday in Kenya last February. It was an amazing rescue and I was lucky to see it.
It happened while we were taking photos of wild animals. We were driving slowly when we saw a bulldozer. There was a group of people and they were looking at something. There was an elephant. It was in a mud hole and it couldn't get out. The elephant wasn't moving, but it was alive. A bulldozer was breaking the sides of the hole. As soon as it was possible, the elephant climbed out. After a few minutes, it walked away.
The elephant was very lucky to be alive after twelve hours in the hole. The rescuers were very pleased and one of them posted a video of the rescue online.
1. Read the story. Where was the rescue? What was the writer doing?
2. Complete the key phrases from the text in your notebook. Then read the text and check your answers.
| KEY PHRASES |
| Describing events in a photo I took this photo while (1) _______. It was an amazing (2) _______ I was lucky to (3) _______. It happened while (4) _______. There was a group of people and (5) _______. |
Language point: Linking words
3. Read the text again and find the linking words: after, as soon as, when, while.
4. Choose the correct linking words.
1. I saw a bear when / while I was walking in the forest.
2. As soon as / While I saw it, I climbed a tree.
3. It ran away while / when my friends arrived.
4. After a few minutes / As soon as, I climbed down.
5. 
USE IT! Follow the steps in the Writing Guide.
| WRITING GUIDE |
| A TASK Imagine that you took the photo of a fire rescue. Write a story (60-80 words) with the title An amazing rescue. B THINK AND PLAN 1. When and where did the rescue happen? 2. What happened to the people in the photo? 3. Why was the rescue difficult? 4. How did the rescue end? C WRITE Paragraph 1: Introduction I took this photo ... Paragraph 2: The people and the rescue There was / There were ... Paragraph 3: The end and your opinion The rescuers ... D CHECK • when, while, as soon as, after • There was / There were • Past simple and past continuous verbs |
