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About 1
3
/
4
million years ago, small
groups of people lived by the side of
a lake in East Africa, now called Olduvai Gorge. We call these people «homo
habilis», which mean «skillful man». Fossil remains tell us many things about
these people, who ____________ our direct ancestors. They ____________
about 1.5m tall. They ____________ for their food and ____________ their
kill back to their camp. The hunters ____________ no weapons and probably
____________ sharp pieces of stone to cut up meat to carry it home. They
____________ the meat raw. They also ____________ tools from stones.
Homo habilis ____________ shelters of branches for pro tection from animals
and cold winds. The women ____________ near the camp with the children.
They ____________ eggs, berries and small animals to eat. The children prob-
ably -____________ and ____________ as children today.
Exercise 9. A. Write 10 true sentences about things you did, people you
met, or places you went to. In addition, write 10 true sentences about things
you had to do yesterday.
B. Think of something you did or learnt in the past. Write a short para-
graph about that ex perience. Include adverbs of sequence.
C. Think about the time when you were younger. Did you do things which
annoyed your fam ily members or friends? What did you always do? What did
you never do? Use adverbs of frequency in each of your sentences.
NEGATIVE FORM
I
You
He/She/It
did not (didn’t) use much
water last summer
We
You
They
I (You/He, etc.)
didn’t have to wait long.
I
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