Question

E) Read the following story: Bob is a young sailor. He lives in England, but he is often away with his ship. One summer he comes back from a long voyage and finds new neighbors near his mother's house. They have a pretty daughter, and Bob soon loves her and he wants to marry her when he comes back. Bob promises the girl to send a present from every port. Bob's first port is Capetown in Africa, and he sends the girl a parrot from there. The parrot speaks three languages. When Bob's ship reaches Australia, a letter comes from the girl. The letter says, "Thank you for the parrot, Bob. It tasted much better than a chicken." a) Write the story again. Use THE SIMPLE PAST: Bob was a young sailor. He lived in England, but he was often away with his ship. b) Answer the questions about the story: 1. What was Bob? He was a young sailor. 2. What change did he find when he was back home? 3. How was their daughter? 4. How did Bob feel about the girl? 5. What did Bob tell the girl? ****​

Answer 1

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a) Write the story again using Simple Past.

Bob was a young sailor. He lived in England, but he was often away with his ship.

One summer he came back from a long voyage and found new neighbours near his mother's house. They had a pretty daughter, and Bob soon loved her and he wanted to marry her when he came back. Bob promised the girl to send her a present from every port.

Bob's first port was Capetown in Africa and he sent the girl a parrot from there. The parrot spoke three languages. When Bob's ship reached Australia, a letter came from the girl. The letter said, "Thank you for the parrot, Bob. It tasted much better than a chicken.

b) Answer the questions.

2. What change did he find when he was back home?

He found new neighbours next to his mother's house and they had a pretty girl.

3. How was their daughter?

Their daughter was pretty and attractive.

4. How did Bob feel about her?

Bob felt that he loved her and he wanted to marry her.

5. What did Bob tell the girl?

He told her that he will send her presents from every port.

6. What did Bob send the girl from Capetown?

Bob sent her a parrot from Capetown.

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