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Programa: Programa Nacional de ingls
Curso: Ingls II
Campo de formacin: Componente Bsico Comn.
Tipo de curso: terico.
Crditos: Dos (2).

ACTIVITY 3 WRITING ASSIGNMENT

PRESENTED BY:
Arley Garcia Caicedo
COD. 1112226303

TUTOR:
HOLMES AUGUSTO GARCIA
GRUPO:
90021_195

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA (UNAD)

ESCUELA DE CIENCIAS BASICAS, TECNOLOGIA E INGENIERIA
INGENIERIA INDUSTRIAL
CEAD PALMIRA
SEPTIEMBRE 2015

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Instituto Virtual de Lenguas - INVIL
Programa: Programa Nacional de ingls
Curso: Ingls II
Campo de formacin: Componente Bsico Comn.
Tipo de curso: terico.
Crditos: Dos (2).

Part one
Answer the questions according with the picture.

1. Who comes around the corner?

R // come two thieves disguised as a clown.
2. What is your secret?
R // they stole a pastry
3. What are you wearing ?
R // carry water guns

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Programa: Programa Nacional de ingls
Curso: Ingls II
Campo de formacin: Componente Bsico Comn.
Tipo de curso: terico.
Crditos: Dos (2).

1. Why did Peter lose his temper with Joanna?

R// because she asked for a divorce.
2. Where did he go after he stormed out?
R// He ran to the street
3. What happened to him when he got there?
R// A car hit him

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Curso: Ingls II
Campo de formacin: Componente Bsico Comn.
Tipo de curso: terico.
Crditos: Dos (2).

1. What building can you see Rose leaving?

R// the building is just left his apartment.
2. What is she wearing?
R// brown dress, a blue jacket, black stockings, brown boots with a flowered scarf
and wallet.
3. Where is she going?
R// It goes in two days.

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Crditos: Dos (2).

1. Where did the accident happen?

R // at an airport
2. Who was injured?
R // all escaped anyone
3. Who helped?
R // volunteer fire department

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1. Who closes the window?

R // childrens grandfather
2. Why?
R // because this cold day.
3. How old are they?
R // they are 4 years old.

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Part Two
Complete the sentence
To begin simply answer the following questions and see what happens. The
answers to the questions are entirely up to you. There is no right or wrong only
ideas. Once an idea appeals to you, follow it through. You will be pleasantly
surprised at how quickly a story will emerge from the answers you give.
R//
Jenny slammed the door in Johns face because this very angry with the.
The plane crashed because there were technical flaws in the engine.
Paul read his wifes diary and discovered that he was cheating.
The small girl ran away from of school.
Travis had never seen a cat look so scared before.
It was time for prepare dinner.
Her arms ached but she couldnt stop swimming because they are afraid of
drowning.
Ben climbed the tree and under many apples for your friends.

Story without a middle

There are three main parts to a story:
The BEGINNING says where and when a story happens and who the people or
characters are.
The MIDDLE tells what happens to these people.
The CONCLUSION tells how the story ends.
Read the story below. It has a beginning and a conclusion but no middle.

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SALLY'S PROBLEM
Sally sat at the back of the classroom, looking out of the window. She didn't hear
what the teacher said because she was thinking about her big problem.
Sally jumped up and ran to the phone. She just knew everything was going to be
alright again.
Now write two ideas what Sally's problem could be:
1. Sally You have Problems with your family.
2. Sally has problems with her boyfriend.
Choose the idea you like best, and write about it. Write the story again
putting your middle between the beginning and the end of the story of Sally's
problem.
Sally work and study at same time, your schedule is so demanding that you do not
have much time to devote to his family and partner, this has caused him many
problems with her boyfriend, as repeatedly failed to comply with its quotations
constantly leaving it divorce planted in addition to the parent. That has left so
overwhelmed he could not concentrate in class, the teacher scolded leaving you
additional task. Sally after class tired and upset, decided to go straight home. to get
to his room I analyze what happened in the week, remembering something he told
his aunt long ago that life is short ago and have to enjoy understood that should
not waste time lamenting what happened, if not the opposite rise again and
continue, then their sentences were reduced, with a new courage to face the
problems, I received a call from her boyfriend, and she knew that everything would
be fine.

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Part Three
Book review
A book report gives the author's name, the book title, and says what the book is
about.
Read this book report by one of last year's students.
TITLE: Jaws
AUTHOR: Robert Benchley
TYPE OF BOOK: Adventure
CONTENT: It's about a big shark which eats people when they are swimming.
OPINION: I liked the story. It was exciting and a bit frightening. I've seen the film that was good too.
Answer these questions about the book report.
1. What is the book about?
R// the book is jaws.
2. Who wrote it?
R// the author is Robert Benchley
3. What did the student think about the book?
R// it's a good movie, exciting and a little scary
4. Was it a love story?
R// not the film gender is horror and suspense.

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Now read this book review by another student.

I didn't like the story about the ship; it was boring and the pictures in it weren't
very good. J.R Smith wrote "The Sinking of the Titanic" because his father was
killed when the ship hit an iceberg. More than 1,000 people died when the ship
sank. I don't like True Life stories - I prefer adventures."
The book review is a bit mixed up. Rewrite the information under the
headings below.
TITLE: The Sinking of the Titanic
AUTHOR: JR Smith.
TYPE OF STORY: drama and catastrophe.
CONTENT: story based on a true acts about the sinking of the Titanic where more
than 1000 people died.
OPINION: I didn't like the story about the ship; it was boring and the pictures in it
weren't very good. I don't like True Life stories - I prefer adventures."
No-gap Paragraph
The person typing the following text was too lazy to type capital letters or
make spaces. Try to read it.
A man was walking along a bus y shopping street in Manchester, when suddenly
he was stopped by two police officers. You had better come with us sir, we have
reason to believe you were in volved in the bank, robbery that took place in London
4 days ago; But it couldn't have been me!! said the man, pulling nervously a this
long black hair; Ive just got back from a 2 week holiday in France, he said and took
a photo out of his wallet look here I am standing under the Eiffel tower one. Of the
police officers looked care full y at the photograph and said yes you are right, but
this picture could not have been taken 4 days ago I think you'd better come with
us, but how did you know? Protested the man, well replied the policeman the
photos how you with short hair it couldn't possibly have grown so long in just 4
days.

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Crditos: Dos (2).

Part Four
Advertisements
Advertisements are written to try and make us buy something. The words in an
advertisement give us a very clear idea of the product, and really make us want to
have it. Look at this example of an advertisement for ice cream:

"Cool, delicious Strawberry Surprise. What could be nicer on a hot summer's

day?"

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Imagine that you are an advertiser who is trying to get people to try a new
car. Type ten words that can be used to describe cars (you can use your
dictionary!):
WORDS
1. New

6. Engine

2. Comfort

7. Buy

3. Car

8. Operators

4. Technology

9.Sunglasses

5. Life

10. Free

Using some of your words from above and write an advert for a car in the
space below.
R// Get it now!
This new car allows you to travel with the comfort you deserve , because it has the
GT technology ensures long life to its 8 cylinder engine that will take you
anywhere, buy it ... our operators are waiting , call now and receive free
sunglasses that combine with your car.

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Tipo de curso: terico.
Crditos: Dos (2).

Making sentences:
Some of the words in these sentences have been put in the wrong place. Can you
fix them? Write the words in the right order. The first sentence has been done for
you.
(Hint: remember that sentences start with capital letters and end with full stops!)

Example: work your days are and Monday, Wednesday Thursday.

Your work days are Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Are work of hours yours nine oclock to five oclock.

_work_ __hours_ of __yours_ _are__ nine o`clock to five o`clock.

Get you lunch an hour for.

__lunch_ get an hour for _you_.

paid weekly You are.

_you__ are paid _weekly_.

To holiday you pay are entitled.

__you_ are entitled to _holiday _pay_.

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Part Five
Nicknames for New York

Use the words in the box to complete the text below. Write the missing words in the
space.
describe

biggest

choose

name

cities

nicknames

newspaper

recorded

city

community

visitors

popular

__newspaper_ are used to describe people, places or things. Many American

_____cities______ have nicknames. They can help create identities, build unity
and help people feel a sense of pride in their __community_.

Some years ago, marketing and advertising experts were asked to __choose__
the best nickname for an American ___cities__. The winner was the nations
biggest city, New York. The nickname they chose was The Big Apple.

Where did the nickname Big Apple originally come from? In the nineteen
seventies, New York suffered from image problems. The number of __visitors_,
was falling. A campaign was launched to give the city a new image and a new
nickname. The New York board chose the nickname The Big Apple

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It was not the first time the nickname had been used to describe the city. A
journalist for a New York ___recorded__ had used the name The Big Apple to
__nicknames_ New York in the nineteen twenties.

The Big Apple was also the __biggest_ of a night club in the Harlem area of New
York City in the nineteen thirties, as well as the name of a __popular_ dance and
hit song around that time.

The Big Apple is not the only nickname for Americas _describe_ city. Almost one
hundred nicknames that describe New York have been __name_. Some of the
best known nicknames for New York are The Capital of the World, Empire City,
Gotham, The City So Nice They Named it Twice and The City That Never
Sleeps.

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CROSSWORD

ACROSS
She wears black and rides a broom.

DOWN
2. Trick or __________.

4. Spirit that says Boo!

3. Special outfit worn on Halloween.

7. Small animals that are black and fly on

Halloween.

5. Connected bones.

8. Month Halloween is in
10. Cut this to make a jack-o-lantern
12. Popular Halloween color.
13. Filled with ghosts.

6. Holiday on October 31st.

9. Light this and put it inside a jack-olantern.
11. Children eat this sweet treat on
Halloween.

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R//
ACROSS

DOWN

1. Witch.

2. Treat

4. Ghost.

3. Costume.

7. Bats.

5. Skeleton.

8. October.

6. Halloween.

10. Pumpkin.

9. Candle.

12. Orange.

11. Candy