Writing на 5+. Книга для ученика

А. Авраменко

В данном пособии предлагаются задания на подготовку к творческим (письменным) заданиям на английском языке. Задания представлены в 6 уроках (6 units) и разделены на три раздела:Warm up! (снятие когнитивных трудностей), Language Practice (снятие языковых трудностей) и Writing (снятие речевых трудностей). В конце пособия даны ключи, справочник и схема написания эссе.

Unit 5

Warm up!

(Objectivity)

Exercise 5.1

Find at least three arguments that contradict the following prejudices:

1. I will never marry a foreigner.

2. All fans are crazy.

3. Airplanes are the most dangerous things in the world.

Exercise 5.2

Do you have any prejudices? Choose one or imagine it and write three arguments that contradict it.

Language Practice

(Spelling and Punctuation)

Exercise 5.3 (Writing Numbers)

Mind:

October, 20 (dates)

362 Adams street (addresses)

Page 321 (pages)

8 499 123 45 67 (telephone numbers)

$120 (money)

108, 1200, 1500234 (long numbers)

There are 34 pupils in my class, 24 learn English, 6 study Maths and 4 specialise in history. (sentences with a few numbers).

BUT

The college is twenty-five miles away from home (short numbers)

Six hundred thirty dollars was collected for the community chest (numbers at the beginning of sentences)

Fill in the gaps:

1. I was born on _____________________________________ (date of birth).

2. I live at __________________________________________ (full address).

3. Now I am doing exercise___________ on page___________.

4. At_____________ today I will go to bed.

5. My expenses for the week are: room, $_____________;

food, $_______________; transport $____________.

Exercise 5.4 (Capitalisation)

Mind:

Yale Club, General Motors Corporation (organisations)

Democrats, Catholic, Brazilian (nationalities and other groups) BUT puritanical ideas, roman type, etc. (common nouns)

West, Amazon River, St. George Hotel (geography) BUT city of Philadelphia, state of Arkansas

World War II, Reign of Terror, Magna Charta (historic periods and documents)

Times, Washington Is Like That (literature and mass media)

Monday, June, Labour Day (dates) BUT summer (seasons)

General, the President (titles)

Uncle Henry, Mother or mother BUT your mother (relatives).

Correct mistakes:

1. After general bliss had visited the house of representatives and heard a report, he journeyed to the white house to see the president of the united states.

2. My english teacher asked whether i had read from the bottom up or the lure of the labrador wild.

3. John who had previously attended a high school in the west now attends a high school in new jersey.

4. They had a lunch on broadway.

5. The secretary of war invited general simpson for dinner.

Exercise 5.5 (Comma)

Mind:

1. Faithful, sincere friend (equal definitions, we can fill in and) BUT Solid gold watch (solid define the word combination gold watch)

2. He is clever, energetic and wise. BUT He is clever and energetic and wise (the conjunction is repeated).

3. Ann has a son, Mary has two daughters.

4. The full moon was obscured by clouds, but the pirates went their way on. (long sentence) BUT I called but she was away (short sentence)

5. If it rains, we won’t go for a walk. BUT We won’t go for a walk if it rains.

6. He played tennis, since (as, for) it had been his hobby for many years. BUT He played tennis because it had been his hobby for many years.

7. Dear Mr, indeed, nevertheless, etc. (like in Russian)

Fill in the commas:

1. He is a fit healthy person because he has a wise beautiful wife.

2. He played tennis and went to the swimming pool and had long walks in the park.

3. Beauty is dominating when choosing a girlfriend personality is dominating when choosing a wife.

4. Hobbies affect the way we spend free time but music creates our personalities and affects our life style.

5. I enjoy window shopping if I don’t have money.

6. Nowadays many people keep to a diet since they want to look younger.

7. The mobile that doesn’t work properly needs repairing.

8. I have three mobile phones and the one which is the newest needs repairing.

Writing

(Paragraph: Variety of Sentences)

Exercise 5.6

Rewrite the paragraph, alternating short and long sentences:

The park is alive with motion today. Joggers pound up and down the boardwalk. Old folks watch them from the benches. Couples row boats across the lake. The boats are green and wooden. Two teenagers hurl a Frisbee back and forth. They yell and leap. A shaggy white dog dashes in from nowhere. He snatches the red disc in his mouth. He bounds away. The teenagers run after him.

Exercise 5.7

Write a paragraph with three arguments (order of climax), starting with one

• parallel constructions

• inversion

• short and long sentences

• different types of sentence coherence and consistency

1. How has college (school) changed me?

2. Is marriage worth the risks?

3. Is there anything save to eat these days?