Oxford University Press Headway Plus INTERMEDIATE Writing Guide

UNIT 6
Writing Task: Describe your favorite room
Worksheet 1: PRE-WRITING
Exercise 1
Put the words from the box in the correct column. Some can go with more than one room.

1. have dinner 2. sofa 3. stationery 4. wash up

5. read the newspaper 6. carpets 7. sleep 8. bed
9. prepare food 10. play computer games 11. read books 12. cooker
13. workspace 14. chop vegetables 15. wardrobe 16. television
17. play with your brothers 18. bedside table 19. chairs 20. cook dinner
21. spend time with family 22. watch television 23. entertain guests 24. make cakes
25. coffee table 26. pictures 27. pots and pans 28. armchair
29. kitchen table 30. lamps 31. desk lamp 32. ornaments
33. dishwasher 34. computer 35. bookcase 36. table mats
37. do your homework 38. cupboard 39. have lunch 40. dining table
41. printer 42. mirror 43. dressing table 44. fridge
45. shelves 46. sink 47. desk 48. relax

things in a room things you do in the room

living room

dining room

kitchen

study

bedroom

Exercise 2
Choose and underline one of the rooms from the table in Exercise 1. Circle the things that you have
and do in this room in your house, and add more.

Exercise 3
Choose the two synonyms and one antonym for each of the four words on the left.

1. big large relaxing huge

2. comfortable beautiful new ancient
3. pretty uncomfortable soft attractive
4. old small aged ugly
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UNIT 6
Worksheet 2: PRACTICE
Exercise 1: Sentence building 1
Choose the correct middle and end for each sentence.
1. The beach is a good place … … it has … … see all my cousins there.
2. I like my university because … … I can … … a good GPS and in-car computer system.
3. This car is my favourite because … … it is … … several nice parks.
4. In my city … … for taking … … a great place to study medicine.
5. I like going to visit my aunt because … … there are … .… a nice walk in the evening.

Exercise 2: Sentence building 2 a thing a person’s a person a place

Match the nouns to the relative pronouns.

who ____________ which ____________ where ____________ whose ____________

Use the relative pronouns to join the sentences.

1. There is a very old table in the dining room. It used to be in my grandmother’s house.
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2. We have a big, comfortable living room. I like spending time with my family there.
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3. The person in the photo is my older brother. He is at university in London.
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4. That’s the neighbour I told you about. His uncle is a doctor.
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Exercise 3: Paragraph organization
What is the main topic of the three paragraphs below? ........................................................................
Number the paragraphs in order. A ______ B ______ C ______
Circle the relative pronouns. Underline the present and past participles.

A I like this place the best
because it is very good for
concentrating. Lots of
students are there all day,
revising for their exams, but it
is always quiet and it is a
good place to work. In fact,
this is the place where I study
the best. I think I am the
student who goes there the
most!
Which paragraph is missing from the essay?..........................................................................................
B I go to a very good university C The library is huge and light.
which has lots of excellent There are many books,
facilities. However, my organized on high wooden
favorite place is the library. bookshelves, and it has lots of
First, I will tell you what the large tables for studying at.
library looks like, and then I There are big windows which
will tell you why I like it. look out onto the university
gardens. There is a café
where you can buy nice coffee
and cakes.

Put these sentences in order to make the missing paragraph.

 I don’t know what I would do without it!
 However, as you can see, I especially love the library.
 To sum up, I love my university and everything there.
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UNIT 6  Start with an introductory paragraph.

Worksheet 3: WRITING  Write two body paragraphs (one about what there is
in the room, and one about what you do there).
Exercise 1: Writing a First Draft  End with a concluding paragraph.
 Use vocabulary, relative pronouns and participles
Describe your favorite room. practiced in this unit.
 Write about 150 words.

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Read your essay and check:

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Introductory paragraph
Two body paragraphs
Concluding paragraph
Relative pronouns
Participles
Vocabulary rooms, adjectives, (synonyms + antonyms)
Spelling (use a dictionary)
Punctuation capital letters, full stops, commas

Exercise 2: Writing a Final Draft

Make corrections and write out the essay again neatly.