Learning English

The laws they have to live with on the island

How do you think the story ends?

A) Prendick is turned into an animal by Doctor Moreau
B) Doctor Moreau dies, but Prendick manages to escape on a passing ship
C) Doctor Moreau, Mongomery and Prendick all escape from the island
D) The Beast Folk are all turned into humans

To do

Watch the video and find out which option is correct. And listen out for four more uses of with.

ነቲ ቪድዮ ብምዕዛብ ነቲ ስራሕ ዕመምዎ

To do

So, the correct answer was B) Doctor Moreau was actually trying to help the Beast Folk become human, but he is killed in a fight with an escaped puma. Prendick eventually leaves the island on a passing ship but has to pretend he has lost his memory – no one would believe this strange story! 

Now, with the aid of our quiz you can see what you know about vocabulary. Answer these questions that help you practise the different uses of with!

We're waiting with bated breath!

How was that? Now it's time for you to tell us a story! It can be a true story or an imagined one - but it must be your own original work. Try to use as many of the phrases with with as possible:

• with
• with bated breath
• live with
• with his bare hands
• with the aid of

Email your story to us at [email protected]. Make sure you write 'with story' in the subject line and in your email too. Unfortunately, we can't give individual feedback, but we do read every email, and we'll publish our favourites here or on our social media sites.

Your stories

Celia

It was midd-night. Finally she has learnt to live with it, control-herself and keep calm at this hour every day. She can appear to be a human while she does not directly look at the moon. At the beginning she was afraid of herself but with the aid of her grandmother ¨(another Wolf-woman) she did not get mad and now she does not shaking with her appearance when she looks at herself on a mirror. Calm does not last forever and one day a devastating storm broke all the Windows of each house in South England. Sarah was completely afraid and came into her grandmother's room to stay with her for the night but she did not find her. She did not what can be happen with her so went out from the house to find her. She found nothing.

Every night Sara goes out from home and have a walk trying to find out where is her grandmother. Sometimes I can see her human-appearance. Few days I just can hear with bated breath some strange noises coming from my garden.

Sarah is my neighbour and with that I can tell you everyghing about her "particular" appearance. She saw me looking at her from my own window.

Today I have not seem her either in the morning or afternoon.

Oh, give me a second, someone is knocking my door.

BBC Learning English says:

-Thanks for your story with some good uses of ‘with’.

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