Sample
B Complete the play script using 'why', 'because' and the words in the box.
I go to the department store after school I want to buy a gift for Dad
it's Dad's birthday today I'm busy with the housework
we can make a birthday cake together
A play script is a piece of writing for people to perform. In a play script,
stage directions tell actors and actresses how to speak or move. We use the
simple present tense or the present continuous tense in the stage directions.
Text Gra�ar
Scene 1
Jack arrives home after school. He is talking to Mum in the sitting room.
Jack: (Putting a shopping bag on the sofa) Mum, I'm home!
Mum: (Feeling worried) Why are you so late today?
Jack: 1
Mum: Why do you go to the department store?
Jack: 2
(Jack takes out a jacket from the shopping bag.) Look!
Mum: It's nice, but why do you buy a gift for him?
Jack: 3
Mum: Oh, yes! It's the twenty-ninth of May.
Jack: 4 do you forget Dad's birthday?
Mum: 5
Oh, no! I don't have a gift for your dad.
Jack: Don't worry, Mum. (Jack's eyes light up. He rushes into the kitchen.)
Mum: 6 do you go into the kitchen?
Jack: 7
Q7: What does Jack plan to do in the kitchen?
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