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?
Unit 6
Exam Task
Comment on the following statement.
1. A person who is fluent in a foreign language can easily work as an interpreter (Demo 2014).
2. It’s easier to make friends than to keep them (Demo 2015).
3. It’s not right to be strict with little children (Demo 2016).
What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement?
Write 200—250 words.
Use the following plan:
– make an introduction (state the problem)
– express your personal opinion and give 2—3 reasons for your opinion
– express an opposing opinion and give 1—2 reasons for this opposing opinion – explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion
– make a conclusion restating your position
Plan
Exercise 6.1
Decide on your opinion and write a plan, following the scheme:
1. A person who is fluent in a foreign language can easily work as an interpreter (Demo 2014).
2. It’s easier to make friends than to keep them (Demo 2015).
3. It’s not right to be strict with little children (Demo 2016).
Introduction
Exercise 6.2 (Subject Matter)
Paraphrase (express the same ideas in other words) the topic applying expressions from the table:
1. A person who is fluent in a foreign language can easily work as an interpreter (Demo 2014).
2. It’s easier to make friends than to keep them (Demo 2015).
3. It’s not right to be strict with little children (Demo 2016).
Exercise 6.3 (Topic Sentence)
Express in one sentence your opinion on the topic applying the following expressions:
1. A person who is fluent in a foreign language can easily work as an interpreter (Demo 2014).
2. It’s easier to make friends than to keep them (Demo 2015).
3. It’s not right to be strict with little children (Demo 2016).
Exercise 6.4 (Vocabulary)
Find synonyms for the KEY words from the topic sentence:
1. A person who is fluent in a foreign language can easily work as an interpreter (Demo 2014).
2. It’s easier to make friends than to keep them (Demo 2015).
3. It’s not right to be strict with little children (Demo 2016).
Main Part
Exercise 6.5 (Argumentation)
Find and correct mistakes in the arguments for the opinion that:
Some people think that in the nearest future the majority of people will live in cities and towns, not in the countryside