Lesson The 1001 Nights Vocabulary

Help with Listening
In sentences we say many «.mall words with a schwa /e/ sound. These are called weak forms.

5. 
   a) R2.9Listen to the difference between the strong and weak forms of these words.
   

	strong	weak
and	/send/	/en/
to	/tu:/	/te/
of	~/ov/	/av/
the	/di:/	/de/

2. 
   R2.8 look at R2.8, p146. Listen again. Notice the sentence stress and weak forms. Are weak forms ever stressed?
   

Help with Vocabulary Connecting words

6. 
   a) Look at sentences 1-5. Then fill in the gaps in the rules with the words in bold.
   

1. 
   The King found' his wife with another man so he killed her.
   
2. 
   The King killed his wife because he found her with another man.
   
3. 
   While the King was drinking with his friends, Shahrazad went to find her sister.
   
4. 
   Shahrazad was getting ready for bed when her sister came to visit her.
   
5. 
   The King never heard the end of a story until the next evening.
   

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  We use………..to give a reason why something happened.
  

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  We use ……….to say what the consequence of a situation is.
  
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  We use……….. to say something stops happening at this time.
  
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  We can use…….and for things that happen at the same time.
  
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  TIP We don’t usually use while with the Past Simple.
  

2. 
   Check in V2.3p121.
   

7. 
   Choose the correct words.
   

1. 
   Shahrazad’s father was very worried while/when she married the King.
   
2. 
   While/Until she was telling the story, the King came into the room.
   
3. 
   She didn't finish the story so/because the King didn’t t kill her.
   
4. 
   The King didn’t kill Shahrazad so/because he couldn’t live without her.
   
5. 
   Shahrazad wasn’t sure the King loved her because/until he married her a second time.
   

8. 
   a) Work in pairs. Choose a story you both know. Make notes on these things.
   

Ask your teacher for any new vocabulary.

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  the characters
  
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  when and where the story happens
  
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  how the story starts
  
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  the main events of the story
  
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  what happens at the end
  

2. 
   Write the story. Use past verb forms and connecting words from 6a).
   

c) Read other students’ stories. Which do you like best? Why?