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Listening and Speaking

1 Listen and match. Listen to a lecturer describing the stages of a plot.
Match the stages to their definitions.

Climax Resolution Falling action The beginning Rising action

1 …………………… This stage is the start of the story. The characters and setting are introduced.

2 …R…is…in…g …ac…ti…on… In this stage, the main conflict or problem of the story is developed.

3 …………………… This stage is the main part of the story when most of the action takes place.

4 …………………… In this stage the characters start to overcome the problem or conflict.

5 …………………… This stage is the end of the story. Usually, the characters solve the problem they
were facing or achieve their goal.

2 Read and label. Read the key events from the story, The Farmer without a Brain.
Write the stage of the plot of each event. Use the stages from
1 Activity 1.
Laith met the lion on the
path. The lion wanted to eat 2 3
Laith’s brain. The lion left Laith and went
to eat Imran’s brain. One day Imran and Laith
Stage of plot were walking to their fields.
Stage of plot They saw a lion’s footprints
on the path.

Stage of plot

4 5

Laith continued on the same Laith explained that Imran’s
path, while Imran took a brain was better, because he
different path through the was clever and took the other
mountains. path to escape from the lion.

Stage of plot Stage of plot

3 Discuss and order. The following events are from stories in this unit but they are not
in the correct order.
Example Look at the example and put the events of the second story in the
correct order.
Write the title of the second story in the space provided.

Story title: Trapped e

a The smell of smoke filled the train. Climax

b People escaped through the windows. a b

c The lights went out on the train. Rising
Action
d People walked away from the burning train. c Falling d
e Flames entered the train and the windows Action
Resolution
shattered. The beginning

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