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Writing Activities:

1. Add capital letters where necessary

2. Write the words in the correct order to make sentences:

1. name / Keith / My / is

 

3. Add the missing punctuation.

4. Complete the text using the connectors below.

Then, finally, first, after that, next

 

5. Write the words in the correct order, then add suitable connectors to each sentence to complete the story.

6. Put the sentences in the correct order to form a paragraph.

7. Rewrite the following sentences about how a pop concert is organised. Use the Present Simple Passive.

First, they select the bands.

Next, they choose the songs.

Then, the book a place to hold the concert.

After that, they advertise the concert.

Finally, they sell the tickets.

8. replace the words in colour with the more descriptive words below.

terrible       location       kindly .....

1. There was a bad small

 

9. Correct the spelling mistakes.

10. Write 5 sentences about your plans for the weekend. Then use connectors to join your sentences to make a paragraph. Start with the opening sentence below.

" I'm going to have a very busy weekend."

11.a. Read the text. Find twelve mistakes in the use of capital letters.

my sister's name is lucky. her birthday is on 14th may. she's sixteen years old. she is british and lives in oxford, england, she speaks english. my sister's hobbies are watching films and disco dancing.

11.b. Complete the chart about someone in your family.

11.c. Choose one member of your family. Write about him or her. Use the model in Exercise 11a to help you.

12. Complete the rules. Use the sentences below to help you.

James has got a  beautiful butterfly.

His butterfly is small.

The subject of a sentence comes before/after the verb. An adjective comes before/after a noun or before/after the verb to be.

13. Write the words in the correct order to make sentences. Add capital letters and punctuation.

1. elephants / milk / like / do

2. in / giraffes / live / Britain / don't

3. fly / can /penguins

4. he / gave / fish / me / some

5. can't / james / read / in / english

13.b. Now add adjectives and adverbs to the sentences to make them more interesting.

14. Complete the sentences using and, but or  because.

1. I'm writing about David Beckham ....... he's my idol.

2. Beckham is a good football player ...... he's good-looking.

3. Beckham is British ...... he doesn't play football in England.

4. Beckham is a great football player ....... he isn't only a football player. He is also a husband and father.

15. Write the sentences. Add full stops, commas, exclamation marks or question marks.

1. Please put your papers __ plastic bags and empty bottles here __

2. Stop __ Can't you see the red light __

3. Don't pick the flowers __ fruit or leaves from the trees __

 

16. Copy the sentences. Add capital letters where necessary.

1. Desntiny's Child were a popular american group in the 1990s.

2. There were four singers in the original group, beyoncé, le toya, la Tavia and kelly.

3. They were all from the usa.

4. Two of the group's songs were killing time and say my name.

 

17. Think of a group you know. Answer the questions about them.

1. When was the group popular? Is it popular now?

2. Who is/was in the group?

3. Where are / were they from?

4. What are / were some of their songs?

18. Write the sentences in the correct order, adding coneectors of sequence.

a. They wen by bus to Stratford-upon-Avon.

b. They went into Sahkespeare's old school

c. Pamela's class went on a school trip last week.

d. They all got into the bus again and drove back to school.

e. They listened to the guide explain about the school.

19. Match each mistake in the text below to the correct category on the Writing Cheklist. Then correct the mistakes.

this summer i going am to summer school in london to learn english. i want to learn in London but it is an interesting city  _ Then I am going to meet  my friends, jane because Lucy. Then we are travelling to London. we hope to have a time good _

► Word order

► Capital Letters

► Punctuation

► Linking words

► Connectors of Sequence

20. Combining sentences. Combine each group of sentences into one longer sentence. Write the new sentences as a paragraph.

1. a. Today John Jones, a typical worker, has a job inside a building or factory.

b. The building is tall.

c. The factory is modern.

21. Making changes in the paragraph. Rewrite the paragraph in Activity 20 to tell about many people. Your first sentence will begi: "Today typical workers such as Joh Jones have jobs ...."

22. Dialogue writing: Writing parallel dialogues with the help of keywords

Read this dialogue:

A: Give me that book,please.

B: Which one?

A: The big one -- on the table.

B: Here you are!

A: Thanks very much.

 

Now use the keywords to write similar dialogues:

(a) umbrella/red/behind/armchair

8b) Box/small/on top of/cupboard

(c) hammer/heavy/near/window.

 

23. Completing a dialogue, choosing from a list of jumbled sentences.

Use these sentences, which are not in the correct order, to complete the dialogue below:

I've never seen you there          At Clarkson's

I usually take my car                  Do you like it?

Mine's Jennie

 

A: My name's Bob

B: .....................