TOUCHSTONES 1 READING ACTIVITY
Turn to your activity book to complete the tasks on contractions (see pages 119–120).
Ire la n
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Inversions
I went to Dublin
Inverted order
To Dublin went I
om pa ny
Normal order
of
Sometimes Shakespeare changed the order of words in his lines to fit a particular rhythm or to make a rhyme.
Normal order
Inverted order ‘Of honourable reckoning are you both’
A day as black as this was never seen
READING
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‘Never was seen so black a day as this’
You are both of honourable reckoning
at io
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ACTIVITY
Turn to your activity book to complete the word inversion task (see page 121).
PERFORMING
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In pairs, create a performance where one person speaks in inversions and the other person speaks normally. The person speaking normally should get increasingly more and more frustrated with the person speaking in inversions. Pick from the list of scenarios in the box below. Ordering a pizza on the phone
A talk-show host interviewing a guest
An awkward first date
A lawyer convincing a judge to dismiss a case
Two people fighting about a seat on the bus
Trying to return a faulty item of clothing to a shop
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