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Adapt a story
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bibikos
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Adapt a story
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hi dear colleagues!
I �ve got a short story told in the simple past to be used with my young learners. I need to adapt it transferring all verbs in the Present Simple. However, the first paragraph doesn �t sound so good to me in the Present Simple. Are there any suggestions? Here �s the beginning:
Once upon a time,
far, far away, there lived a king who had a beautiful daughter who was a
princess. They lived in a castle surrounded by a large forest.
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12 May 2011
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GIOVANNI
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There is a king who lives far, far away. He has a beautiful daughter who is a princess. They live in a castle surrounded by a large forest. I would leave out � �once upon a time � � because that refers to the telling of a tale in the past. |
12 May 2011
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bibikos
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Thanks Giovanni,
that was exactly what troubled me - the presence of "once upon a time"
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12 May 2011
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