Spoof, Simple Present, simple past

1. NAME :
REG.NUMBER :
CLASS :
ENGLISH EXERCISE
Grammar Focus
Study the sentences below!
In 1980. I had a show in Jakarta. While I was singing my favourite song,
a truck hit the stage, it completely fell
down and I was seriously injured
Activity 1
Put the verbs into the correct form, past continuous or simple past!
1. Donny .................. (listen) to his walkman when I .................. (arrive).
2. What .................. (you/do) this time yesterday?
3. .................. (you/go) out last night? No, I was too tired.
4. Was Tony at the party last night? Yes, he .................. (wear) a really nice dress.
5. How fast .................. (you/drive) when the accident .................. (happen)?
6. When I was young, I .................. (want) to be a police officer.
7. Mozart.................. (write) more than 600 pieces of music.
8. I.................. (walk) along the street when suddenly I .................. (hear) footsteps behind me.
Somebody .................. (follow) me. I was frightened and I .................. (start) to run.
Activity 2
Cross out the wrong answer!
I was getting/got out of the taxi and walked/was walking into the airport. There were
being/were a lot of people waiting for their flights. Some of them chatted/were chatting, some of
them were sleeping/slept and some children were running/ran around shouting at the top of their
voices. I wanted/was wanting to ask If my flight was going to be delayed so I was going/went
straight to the information desk.

2. Activity 3
Rina’s Dream
Insert the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Continuous) of the verbs in brackets!
Tommy’s wife, Rina, had a dream which she told Tommy about next morning.
Rina : I (1) .............. (have) a wonderful dream last night! I (2) ..................... (dream) that I was
a lady of leisure who (3) ................. (not do) any housework! You (4) .................. (do) it
all instead! I (5) .............. (dream) that while I (6) ............ (lie) in the sun, you (7) ....
(cut) the lawn. While I (8) ....... (relax) in the bath, you (9) ............. (iron) the shirts.
While I (10) .............. (take) a swim in the pool, you (11) ..................... (hang out) the
washing. While I (12) …………(watch) TV, you (13) ………….(cook) the meal. While I
(14) ................ (buy) new clothes in town, you (15) ................ (clean) the house. Wasn't
that a marvelous dream?
Tommy: And while you (16) ...................... (dream), I (17) .................... (have) an even better one.
I (18) ...................... (dream) that I (19) .................... (become) a king with beautiful ladies
around me. But, I (20) .................. (not find) you among them.
B. MODELLING OF TEXT
Activity 4
Read the text and learn the generic structure.
Title A Bumpy Flight
"This is your captain speaking. We have had a failure in one of our
Orientation engines. There is no cause for alarm as we still have three engines left.
Unfortunately this means that we will be one hour late”
A short time later the captain again spoke to the passengers: “There is
Event 1 no cause for alarm, but we have just lost another engine. We will now be
two hours late.”
When the captain spoke to the passengers for the third time, he again
had bad news. “Ladies and gentlemen, I assure you that we are in no
Event 2
danger, but I must inform you that we have had another engine failure.
This means that we will now be three hours late.”
Event 3 Finally, the captain announced that the fourth engine had failed.
One of the passengers turned to another passenger and said, “Oh no!
Twist
That means we’ll be four hours late!”
(Taken from English Elements 3)
Activity 5
Answer the questions according to the text above!
1. Who were the participants in the story?
Answer: ...................................................................................................................................................
2. Where do you think the story happened?
Answer: ...................................................................................................................................................
3. When did the story happen?
Answer: ...................................................................................................................................................
4. What tense is mostly used in the story?
Answer: ...................................................................................................................................................
5. Which part of the story is funny?
Answer: ...................................................................................................................................................
6. How many events are there in the story?
Answer: ...................................................................................................................................................
7. Why do you think the story is funny?
Answer: ...................................................................................................................................................
8. What is the purpose of the writer telling the story?
Answer: ...................................................................................................................................................

3. Note:
The text above is called a spoof. It retells an event with a humorous twist. That’s why the
story is funny. Sometimes, we can also find spoof in a sport conversation or in a cartoon.
C. JOINT CONSTRUCTION OF TEXT
Activity 6
Read the text and analyze the generic structure of this story!
Label the parts of the spoof in the spaces provided.
………… Smartest Man in the World
A doctor, a lawyer, a little boy, a priest were out for a Sunday
………… afternoon flight on a small private plane. Suddenly, the plane developed
engine trouble.
In spite of the best efforts of the pilot, the plane started to go down.
………… Finally, the pilot grabbed a parachute, yelled to the passengers that they
had better jump, and bailed out.
Unfortunately, there were only three parachutes remaining. The
………… doctor grabbed one and said, "I'm a doctor, I save lives, so I must live," and
jumped out.
The lawyer then said, “I’m a lawyer, and lawyers are the smartest people
………… in the world. I deserve to live." He also grabbed a parachute and jumped.
The priest looked at the little boy and said, "My son, I've lived a long and
………… full life. You are young and have your whole life ahead of you. Take the last
parachute and live in peace."
The little boy handed the parachute back to the priest and said, "Not to
………… worry, father. The smartest man in the world just took off with my back pack."
Activity 7
Answer the questions according to the text above!
1. Who were the participants in the story?
Answer:.............................................................................................................................................
2. Where do you think the story happened?
Answer:.............................................................................................................................................
3. When did the story happen?
Answer:.............................................................................................................................................
4. What happened with the plane?
Answer:.............................................................................................................................................
5. Why did not all passengers get the parachutes?
Answer:.............................................................................................................................................
6. Who jumped out for the first time? Why?
Answer:.............................................................................................................................................
7. Who was the smartest person in the world?
Answer:.............................................................................................................................................
8. Is he really smart? Why?
Answer:.............................................................................................................................................
9. Why did not the little boy want to accept the parachute from the priest?
Answer:.............................................................................................................................................
10. Why do you think the story is funny?
Answer:.............................................................................................................................................

4. Activity 8
Expressing Embarrassment
Read the dialogue below with your partner!
Vira : You know what Something really terrible happened in my last Chemistry exam?
Hana : You tried to cheat and were caught by the supervisor, didn't you?
Vira : No, it's not about cheating thing, not at all.
Hana : So what happened?
Vira : Listen! I was sitting next to Erin in front row.
Hana : Eh em ....
Vira : All of a sudden, I felt something crawling across my foot.
Hana : Something what?
Vira : Something crawling across my foot.
Hana : So?
Vira : I looked down and, there I saw a dirty big cockroach.
You know how I hate it.
Hana : What did you do then?
Vira : Well, I screamed and jumped on the chair. And you know what? I knocked all Erin's paper off
into the bin beside him.
Hana : Ups
Vira : Yes... and you can imagine what an idiot I felt when the supervisor came running over.
Everybody was look at me. I was so embrassed. You know ... you can't really sneeze or cough
or anything in those exam rooms.
Hana : Wow ... what an embarassment situation!
Vira : It was! I think this could only happen to me, it really makes me ashamed.
Activity 9
Answer the questions according to the dialogue above!
1. What experience did Vira tell to Hana?
Answer:.............................................................................................................................................
2. Where and when did the incident happen?
Answer:.............................................................................................................................................
3. What was crawling across Vira’s foot?
Answer:.............................................................................................................................................
4. How did she react?
Answer:.............................................................................................................................................
5. How did she feel? How do you know?
Answer:.............................................................................................................................................
6. Why did she feel so embarrassed?
Answer:.............................................................................................................................................
7. Find the expression of embarrassment in the dialogue!
Answer:.............................................................................................................................................
8. Give other examples of expression of embarrassment!
Answer:.............................................................................................................................................

5. Activity 10
Learn the expression of embarrassment below!
Expressing Embarrassment
Have your ever been embarrassed in front of your friends or have they ever been in an embarrassing
situation? In order to show that kind of feeling, we can use certain expressions of embarrassment.
Here are some of them.
• What an embarrassing situation!
• I’m so embarrassed!
• It’s so embarrassing!
• I’m so ashamed.
• It makes me feel so ashamed.
• I was so embarrassed.
Activity 11
Make the dialogues using the expression of embarrassment based on the situations below.
1. You had your first date with your girl friend. (imagine you’re a boy if you’re a girl)
You invited her to get dinner in a luxurious restaurant. When you wanted to pay the
bill, you realized that your wallet was left.
You : ……………………………………………………………
Your girl friend : ……………………………………………………………
You : ……………………………………………………………
Your girl friend : ……………………………………………………………
2. Your friend invited you to join his/ her party. You thought that it’s just a party as
usual. You dressed up casually. You just wore jeans and t –shirt. You were
surprised that the party is very formal.
You : …………………………………………………………………
Your friend : …………………………………………………………………
You : …………………………………………………………………
Your friend : …………………………………………………………………
3. You saw a young girl in a mall. From behind she looked like your friend. You
clapped her shoulders and called her name. Then she turned her head to you. To
your surprise she was not your friend.
You : …………………………………………………………………
A girl : …………………………………………………………………
You : …………………………………………………………………
A girl : …………………………………………………………………