Form 4 & 5
Shalom and hi!
The answers to the Grammar Drill 1 exercise are below. Use your red pen to mark your work. Please comment below or pm me if you have any questions! 😉
The Answer
“I am going (go) to the shop. Do you need anything?” Mum asked (ask) me. I did not/didn’t (do, not) even bother (bother) to lift (lift) my head from where I
was staring (stare) at the
television, I just grunted
(grunt) a ”No” at her. I knew
(know) Mum was scowling
(scowl) at me because I was being
(be) quite rude, but I did not care
(do, not, care) – my favourite drama was
(be) on and I couldn’t afford to miss
(miss) an episode!
Mum left (leave), closing
(close) the door with a bit of an irritated bang that I hardly noticed (notice), because my
eyes were (be) glued (glue) to the television
screen. It really was (be) a
crucial episode – today’s story would explain
(explain) the twist in the previous one, which I had been going (go) mad trying
(try) to figure (figure) out.
I was focusing (focus) so
intently that it actually took
(take) the sound of someone clearing
(clear) their throat for me to realise
(realise) that there was (be)
something thin, cold and sharp at my neck.
I
froze (freeze) and my eyes went (go) wide. Someone had come (come) into my house
without me being (be) aware
of it! I had been focusing
(focus) on the television so much that I had
not heard (not, heard) the burglar come/coming
(come) in at all! My heart was going
(go) a mile a minute as I tried
(try) to think (think)
clearly. I glanced (glance) at
the burglar from the corner of my eyes. He was wearing (wear) a balaclava, so I could not see (can, not, see) any of his facial features
other than his eyes. They were
(be) cold and unforgiving, and I almost gulped
(gulp) until I remembered
(remember) that he had (has)
a blade at my neck.
“Don’t do (do) anything
stupid,” the man warned
(warn) in a rough voice. It sounded
(sound) like he had swallowed
(swallowed) a mouthful of sand. A quiet corner of my brain that was (be) not panicking thought (think) that he was (be) probably trying (try) to disguise (disguise) his voice. I
recalled (recall) what I had watched (watch) on a
documentary on criminals some time ago – if they showed (show) you their face, your chances of getting (get) out of a situation
like this were (be) very,
very low. I squeezed
(squeeze) my eyes shut and tried
(try) not to cry (cry).
“I’m
going to tie you up,” the burglar continued
(continue), “and if you are
(be) a good little boy, I won’t harm
(harm) you.” He pressed
(press) the knife closer and I felt
(feel) it cut into my skin. I let
(let) out a whimper that he took
(take) for agreement. “Good. Now go
(go) sit (sit) facing that
corner. If I see (see) you peeking (peek), your mum will
have a very nasty surprise when she comes
(come) home.”
He
gave (give) me a kick in the
direction of the corner he wanted
(want) me to sit (sit) in. I tripped (trip) but managed (manage) to prevent (prevent) myself from
falling by clutching (clutch)
at the sofa on my right. I hobbled
(hobble) my way to the corner and stood
(stand) with my nose to the wall. I kept
(keep) my eyes closed and tried
(try) to tune (tune) out the
sounds of drawers being opened and furniture being overturned violently.
I
was (be) so intent on pretending (pretend) that
nothing was happening
(happen) behind me that it took
(take) me a while to realise
(realise) that the sounds had ceased
(cease). I had to take (take)
a few minutes to screw
(screw) up the courage to turn
(turn) around. When I finally did
(do), I saw (see) that the
place was (be) in a shambles,
and that the burglar had disappeared
(disappear). My knees knocked
(knock) together and I sank
(sink) to the floor, shivering
(shiver) and almost fainting
(faint) in relief.
Mum
was (be) horrified when she came (come) home to find (find) me sitting pale and
shaking amidst the mess that our living room had become (become). She immediately called (call) the police, who came (come) and took (take) my statement. Till this
day I cannot quite remember
(remember) what I said (say),
but I recall (recall) very
clearly what the policeman said
(say).
“You’re
very lucky, boy,” he told
(told) me. “From what you have told
(tell) us, this is (be)
definitely the modus operandi of The Slasher Thief. He has killed (kill) almost all his victims so far, so you
should be (be) very thankful
to be (be) alive.”Hearing
that, I nearly passed (pass)
out again.
Over
two years have passed (pass),
but as much as I want (want)
to, I’m not going to forget
(forget) this whole experience. It’s definitely the most horrible thing that has happened (happen) to me, and
I’m never going (go) to forget (forget) it.
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