4activate look at the photo of the helicopter
rescue and follow the steps in the writing
guide.
o writing guide
a task
imagine that you took the photo of the
helicopter rescue. write a story with the title a
brave rescue.
b think and plan
1 when and where did the rescue happen?
2 what happened to the person on the
stretcher?
3 how did the rescuers know about the
accident?
4 why was the rescue dangerous?
5 how did the rescue end?
c write
paragraph 1: introduction
the rescue
paragraph 2: the people and the rescue
there was / there were
paragraph 3: the end and your opinion
the rescuers
d check
• when, while, as soon as
• there was, there were
• past simple and past continuous verbs
• linking words