Writing skills practice: A blog exercises

Look at the blog and do the exercises to practise and improve your writing skills.

Preparation
Write the adjectives in the correct group.
funny

disgusting

embarrassing

annoying

brilliant

cool

boring

awesome

immature

scary

lame

terrible

amazing

fantastic

interesting

friendly

awful

hilarious

positive
funny

brilliant

fantastic
amazing
interesting

friendly
awful

awesome

negative

hilarous
cool

inmature
boring
embarassing

lame
scary
disgusting

terrible
annoying

1. Check your understanding: true or false

Circle True or False for these sentences.
1.

Lara didn't enjoy the trip to the theme park.

True

False

2.

Lara went to the theme park with her family.

True

False

3.

Lara's coach had an accident on the way to the theme park.

True

False

4.

Lara thought the rides were fantastic.

True

False

5.

The weather was perfect all day.

True

False

6.

Lara screamed when she went on the water rides.

True

False

7.

Lara was sick when she went on the scary rides.

True

False

8.

Lara wants to visit the theme park again.

True

False

2. Check your writing: grouping useful expressions

Write the expressions in the correct group.
cant wait to go
again!

Can you believe

that ?

embarrassing

Hi guys!

awful

Hows it going?

disgusting

anyway,

check these out

Bye for now.

Guess what?

crazy

fantastic

funny

brilliant

feelings and emotions

Disgusting
crazy

fantastic
awful

briliant

funny

beginning and ending

Hi guys!

anyway,

bye for now

embarassing

questions to the reader

other expressions

guess what?
check this out...

can you believe that?

how's it going?

can't wait to go again!

3. Check your writing: gap fill completing a blog

Use the words and phrases in the box to complete the blog.
friendly

amazing

Can you believe

I cant wait

Hi guys!

Guess what?

Bye for now.

Hows it going?

check them out!

fantastic

So scary!

Hi guys!
_______________

How's it going?
amazing
Im back! 2_______________
I had an 3_______________
time on summer camp in Florida.
Can you believe I saw a shark in
Met loads of great people and have lots of stories to tell. 4_______________
fantastic
the sea? Yeah, I was surfing and having a 5_______________
time with my friends, then
So scary!
suddenly a shark came really close. I could see its teeth! 6_______________
We all

screamed and luckily the shark swam away.

check them out! Leave a comment, too! I

Ive put loads of new photos on Facebook so 7_______________
friendly
love Florida, the people are so cool and 8_______________
and the sun is always out! The

girls are hot, too!

Guess what?
_______________
Top secret, but I met a really nice girl. Were going to keep in touch!

I can't wait
Anyway, had a great time. 10_______________
to go again next year! Hope you had fun in

boring old England Did it rain every day? Hee hee!

Bye for now.

_______________

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Travis

Discussion
Have you ever been to a theme park?
Do you like reading blogs?
Do you have a blog? If yes, what do you write about? If no, would you like to start one?