Jonathan spoke to a famous soccer player about his goals.
(d) The Wright brothers dream of building an aeroplane.
(e) Pablo dreamt about flying over the ocean.
2. Write the following sentences in the future tense:
(a) Frederick dreams about his favourite food.
(b) Justine and Tony are talking about their recurring dreams.
(c) Donna becomes a famous model.
(d) The girls go to their favourite mall.
(e) I am a professional dancer.
3. Write the following sentences in the conditional tense:
(a) We dream of the future.
(b) Tebogo looks at his dream car every day he passes it in the window.
(c) The girls talk about their dream jobs when they can.
4. Write the following sentences in indirect speech:
(a) Ray says: “When I grow up I want to be a pilot.”
(b) Jennifer and Ruby say: “We have always dreamt of the future.”
(c) Charles said: “It is easy to think of something to invent.”
(d) Nicky said: “Ryan often talks in his sleep.”
(e) The Wright brothers said: “We had many unsuccessful attempts at human flight.”
5. Write the following sentences in direct speech:
(a) The girls say that they are going to their dream concert.
(b) Sipho says that he often dreams of inventing the television.
(c) Wilbur said that he had a bad dream last week.
(d) Paul said that he had only dreamt of living in a big house.
(e) Marion said that she would be at the rehearsals tomorrow.
A poem
The poem on the next page looks very simple but it has a very serious message of hope for South Africa. Richard Rive wrote this poem during the years of apartheid rule, before the first democratic elections in 1994. He has hopes and dreams that one day South Africans will be united as one people.
Your teacher may want to use this activity as a Formal Assessment task. If so, you will work alone.
1. Read the poem silently to yourself and then discuss the questions below with your partner.
Where the rainbow ends
by Richard Rive
Where the rainbow ends
There’s going to be a place, brother,
Where the world can sing all sorts of songs,
And we’re going to sing together, brother,
You and I, though you’re white and I’m not.
It’s going to be a sad song, brother,
Because we don’t know the tune,
And it’s a difficult tune to learn.
But we can learn, brother, you and I.
There’s no such tune as a black tune.
There’s no such tune as a white tune.
There’s only music, brother,
And it’s music we’re going to sing
Where the rainbow ends.
2. What is usually said to be at the end of a rainbow? (2)
3. The singing in the poem is a metaphor. What is likened to the singing? (4)
4. What race are the poet and the person he is speaking to? (2)
5. Can you describe the situation the poet is referring to? (4)
6. What does the poet mean by ‘Because we don’t know the tune,/And it’s a difficult tune to learn’? (4)
7. Why do you think the poet says the tune will be sad? (4)
8. Quote the lines where the poet is saying that skin colour doesn’t matter, all of us belong to humanity. (2)
9. The poet repeats the word ‘brother’ several times. Think of the connotations of the word and explain why he does this. (3)
10. In your opinion, have Richard Rive’s dreams come true? (3)
Total: [30]
Drama
The script of a drama is very like that of a film. Here you will read the beginning of such a script.
1. Read the first scene from a play below. Note the different elements such as stage directions, character names, the setting.
Juba Berries
Adapted for the stage from ‘The Love Potion’ by Herman Charles Bosman.
[This play is about a young man who is too shy to tell a girl that he is in love with her.]
CHARACTERS
Oom Schalk Lourens
Gideon van der Merwe
Krisjan Cordier
Lettie Cordier
Scene 1
The bush at night. In the centre of the stage is a structure that represents a cliff. One thin light shows Oom Schalk Lourens stalking through the bush (through the auditorium, perhaps) with a hunting lantern (perhaps strapped to his head) and a rifle. He stops a couple of times, switches off his lantern and listens in silence to make sure he is alone.
| Oom Schalk: | (Confiding in the audience) Excuse me – I’m not usually so nervous. Ordinarily there would be little to fear, but a couple of days ago two policemen were seen disappearing into the bush after sunset. By their looks they seemed to be young policemen anxious for promotion – the kind who don’t know that it is more becoming for a policeman to drink an honest farmer’s peach-brandy than to arrest him for hunting by lamp-light. |
When he reaches front right he suddenly freezes as his lantern picks up Gideon van der Merwe in a police uniform on the opposite side of the stage. He switches off his
