Writing a narrative
1.- My plane had just taken off the airport in Johannesburg and was on the way to Freetown, the capital city of Sierra Leone. Behind were my adventures in South Africa.
I thought I needed to overcome my "problem" with planes. I was also reading the book this man recommended and it was very helpful.
Fortunately, English was the official language of Sierra Leone. Therefore, although Krio was the national language, English was spoken at schools, and used by the media and the government administration. So I didn't think I would have any problems with the language.
Again, I had to take a plane in order to get to a new country. I had no other option if I wanted to travel across Africa. When I booked the flight, I remembered the businessman I had met on the plane to Johannesburg and his advice of having a nap before landing so as not to get nervous.
I had also been thinking about all my travelling adventures: I had never travelled abroad before and, since I had left my country, I had already been to three continents. I had visited the British Isles in Europe, the USA and Canada in North America, and now I was travelling across Africa.
So far I had realized that you can go anywhere if you speak English.
I had visited the Apartheid Museum a couple of days ago and it had been much harder than I had imagined. This left me a bit thoughtful and sad but, at the same time, relieved that this situation with black people was over.
Put it into practice
Write a narrative. Think about an interesting trip you have made; make notes following the structure you have studied on the previous page. Then send it to your teacher to have it checked.
Before you send it, check if:
- you have followed the plan
- all your sentences have a subject and if they agree with the verb
- the sentences follow the correct order in English
- you have used the correct tense
- you have used the right connectors
- you have used punctuation marks and capital letters when necessary