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Write compound sentences by joining these sentences Find adjectives in the article in Writing, Exercise 3 which
with and,but and because. Use pronouns (he,she,it, describe the following:
etc.) to avoid repetition.
1 the writer’s feelings about cooking:
1 I’d like to learn to fly.I think learningto fly is too
expensive. 2 cooking as a leisure -time activity:
\'A like to let\m to but l tkink it's too txpeAsivt.
3 the writer’s ability to cook:
2 I got interested in flyingwhen I was about 14. My
father took me to an airshow.
Add the words and phrases in the box to the correct
3 My parents don’t want me to fly. They think flyingis column in the table.
dangerous.
4 One of my friends is learning to fly. My friend has astonishing competitive delightful demanding
asked me to come with him. My friend thinks I’d like depressing dreadful economical entertaining
flying.
exhausting incredible irritating popular
superb time - consuming tremendous unbelievable
You can write complex sentences by joining two
sentences with words such as when, who,which and
that. Write these complex sentences as two separate Describes a person’s Describes a fact
sentences. opinion about an activity about an activity
1 I first got interested in cookery one summer holiday
when I was about 12.
I {ivvst ot interested in cookery one summer kolU/g.
I ^ AS ^ About
2 I was staying with my aunt,who is a keen cook.
3 I was soon doing things which were more complicated.
4 When I went back to school after the summer, I
decided to do cookery lessons.
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them something.
6 For me, cookingis one of the most creative and useful
free-time activities that anyone can do.
Join these sentences using when,who,which and that.
1 I was 17.1 started running seriously.
2 My aunt encouraged me.My aunt’s a keen athlete. You are going to write your own article to answer the
3 I go running most days.I’ve finished work. writing task in Exercise 1. Before you write, make a
4 Running is a sport. Runninggets you really fit. short plan and think about:
Join these sentences using and,because,but,when, • a title for your article which will encourage people
which and who. Use pronouns (he,she,it, etc.) to avoid to read it
repetition. • how many paragraphs you need and the subject
of each paragraph
1 I started windsurfing.I was 19.1was staying with
friends by the sea. • some vocabulary you can use
2 One of my friends is a keen windsurfer. She Write your article using between 140 and 190 words.
encouraged me to start. She thought I would enjoy it.
3 I kept falling into the sea to start with.It was a fairly
windy day.There were a lot of waves.
4 I didn’t enjoy it at first. I had to concentrate quite hard.
I carried on trying.
5 I started to windsurf quite fast. It was exciting.I found
it quite enjoyable.
Leisure and pleasure