NORTH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES

ENGLISH

UNIT 7 JORNEYS

Name: Jhon Vinueza

Date: November 10nd, 2021
Level: 2ND- 92H
 WORKSHEET 7
UNIT 7:
INSTRUCTIONS:
• To develop this activity, you need to use you EMPOWER digital book, downloaded
previously.
• Read the instructions carefully before start.
• In the end save this document as a PDF using your last name_First name: Example:
Sotelo_Joffre_ WORKSHEET 7_UNIT 7.

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2 READING

Activities:

A Ahmed decided to stay with the Conway’s. Read his email to them. Tick (✓) the
main reason he writes to them.

1 to ask about their house.

2 to tell them about all the sports he likes.
3 to tell them about himself.
4 to explain how much he wants to study.

B Read the email again. Number the information in the order you find it.

4. his future plans 3. his hobbies

2. his family’s jobs 1. his hometown

3 WRITING SKILLS Linking ideas with after, when and while

Activities

A Underline the word in each sentence that’s different from

Ahmed’s email.

1 Thank you for offering to be my homestay family while I’m in Sydney.

2 I want to become a marine biologist when I finish university.
3 I’m looking forward to meeting you after I arrive.
4 When I’m in Sydney, I really want to study hard.
B Look at the sentences in 3a and complete the rules with the
words in the box.
After, beginning, while

1 We use when and while to join two activities that happen at

the same time.

2 We use when and after to join two activities that happen at

different times.

3 If the linking word is at the of the Beginning sentence, we use a

comma (,) between the two parts

C Underline the correct words. There is more than one possible answer.

1. After / When / While I finish my English course, I’d like to go to Canada for a holiday.

2. I’d like to go skiing in the mountains after / when / while I’m on holiday.

3. I often play basketball with my colleagues after / when / while I finish work.

4. After / When / While I watch a game of football, I usually want to play a game myself.

5. My English improved after / when / while I was in Sydney.

4 SPEAKING AND WRITING

Activities: A

• The USA (The United States)

• England- UK (United Kingdom)
• Australia
• Haiti / Frech
• Canada
• South Africa
• Belize (Criolle)

B Which country in 4a would you like to visit? Why?

I would like to visit England because I would like to know the football stadiums of all the
teams.
C Plan an email about yourself to a homestay family in that country. Make notes
about:
• your age
I’m 22 years old

• study / job
I study Accounting and auditing

• what you’d like to do in that country

I would like to know the soccer stadium of the Manchester United team
• free-time interests
I my free time I like playing football

• family
I have 4 brothers, I live with my parents

D Write your email. Tick (✓) each box.

✓ Start the letter with Dear

✓ Say thank you
✓ Say who you are
✓ Talk about study / work / free time
✓ Talk about your family
✓ Say what you want to do in the country
✓ Include I’m looking forward …
✓ Finish the letter with best wishes
✓ Use after, when and while to link your ideas

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Conway

My name is Jhon Vinueza and
I come from Ecuador, from the province of Imbabura.
Thank you for offering to
be my homestay family when I’m
in England.

I am 22 years old, and I study Accounting and Auditing at the University Technical of the
North. I live with my family in Ecuador.
My father is a public employee and my
the mother is a doctor. I have two brothers
and two sisters. They are university
students too.
In my free time I like to play soccer
(I think you say "football" in England!)
and meet my friends. I like to watch all kinds of sports.

While I'm in Ecuador, I really want

study a lot and improve my English
because I want to become a specialized military after finishing university.
I would really like to work in a country like England.

I’m looking forward to meeting you

when I arrive.
Best wishes
Jhon

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Review and extension

1 GRAMMAR

A Complete the text with the past simple positive or negative form of the verbs in
brackets.

Paul 1 called (call) a taxi, but it 2 didn’t (come) so he

3 took (take) a bus to the airport. The plane 4 was (be)

late, so he 5 didn’t (wait) for three hours at the airport. The

weather 6 was (be) bad so the plane 7 land (land) in a

different city. He 8 arrived (arrive) at his hotel at 10 pm. The

receptionist 9 asked (ask) him, ‘Good journey?’ ‘No, I

10 didn’t (have) a good journey. It was terrible.’

B Write questions about a trip to Mumbai to match the
answers.

1 When? I went there last November.

When did you go there?

2 How? I travelled by Air India from London.

How did you travel?

3 a good time? Yes, I had a very nice time.

Did you a good time?

4 Where? I stayed in a hotel by the sea.

Where did you stay?

5 How long? I only stayed a week. Then I went to Delhi.

How long did you stay?

6 hot? Yes, it was about 35°.

Did it hot?

D. Write sentences about what Clare likes doing. Use the words in the box and a verb
+ -Ing.
loves likes doesn’t mind doesn’t like hates

1 ‘Chinese food is fantastic!’

Clare loves eating Chinese food.

2 ‘I never listen to Mozart.’

Clare doesn’t mind listening to Mazard

3 ‘I sometimes take the metro. It’s OK but it’s not great.’

Clare doesn’t like taking the metro

4 ‘I don’t want to watch the football – it’s boring.’

Clara hate watching the football

5 ‘I speak good French – it’s a nice language.’

Clara likes speaking good Frech
2 VOCABULARY
A Complete the transport words.
1 tram
2 train
3 ship
4 helicopter
5 coach
6 scooter

B Change the adjectives into their opposites so that the

sentences are correct.

1 The tram was almost empty. There were only three people
on it. crowded
2 I don’t like the metro because the stations are so dirty.
3 I couldn’t sleep on the train. It was so uncomfortable.
4 The new train to the airport is very fast – only 15 minutes.
5 He’s a very dangerous driver. He never looks in the mirror.
6 $100 for a ten-minute journey! That’s very expensive!