4. Write a short story (10 - 12 sentences) with the title "A guy who looks on the bright side".

Use as many words and phrases from the list as you can (but no less than 7 phrases):

come across (something)

run errands

look on the bright side

from scratch

decent

conscience

screw up something

ask someone out

be in the middle of something

rivalry

have one's back against the wall

hook up

get distracted

I've had it

wee hours

mourn

be burdened with something

5. Retell the scene in writing from each person's perspective. Write in the first person and make sure to use the given words and phrases

[00:20:39 - 00:30:25]

1. LYNETTE

grief

indignation

business trip

threaten

run the place

dread

frazzled

rough

peaches

swelling

pill

take a risk

2. GABRIELLE

love

turns out

wrong things

sudden urge

blow brains out

a drag

3. SUSAN

child support

stalling

custody

clog

pipe

stuff

peanut butter

sink

4. MIKE

ambrosia

clog

pipe

tools

popsicle sticks

5. BREE

change of pace

divorce

salad

wake

painful betrayal

admit defeat

onions

6. Say if the statements are true or false

[00:30:26 - 00:41:11]

1. Rex didn't believe Bree had made a mistake putting onions in his salad.

2. Rex was fed up with Bree always being perfect

3. Rex said he didn't need the woman who had used to burn the toast and drink milk out of the carton

4. Carlos was going to fire John because the job hadn't been done

5. Gaby asked the waiter to make sure Carlos didn't drink too much that evening

6. Mrs. Huber had an upset stomach but she didn't know exactly what caused it

7. Edie asked Mrs. Huber to babysit her son because she was spending the night with a man

8. Susan decided that it was not her night and ran away from Edie's house

9. The man who was with Edie was dead

10. Mike has just returned from the cinema

11. The letter which the friends found in Mary Alice's stuff was delivered the day she died