STUDENT’S WORKSHEET

PRACTICE 1

A. READING
I. Get Ready! Before You read the passage talk about these questions.
1. What are your favourite fruits and vegetables?
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2. What non-food products come from plants?
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II. Read the advertisement, then fill in the blanks with the correct items.

1. Available fruits: melon, strawberry, blueberry

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2. Available vegetables: brocolli, peas, lettuce
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3. Cereal products: hemp shoes, shirts, hats
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4. Industrial crops products:
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B. VOCABULARY SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL FARMERS
I. 18 September
Match the words (1-6) with definitions (A-F)
Come to the farmer's market this Saturday,
1. ….…. harvest 4. ……..tuber
8AM-3PM on Main Street.
2. ….….legume This year's harvest is the best yet!
5. ……..cereal
FRESH FOOD
3. ….….melon Buy fresh fruit and6. …….farmer’s market
vegetables for a good price!
Fruit: Delicious melons, strawberries,
and blueberries.
A. a crop grows underground
Vegetables:
B. a crop that produces grain
Fresh broccoli, peas, and lettuce.
C. a crop that has pods We sell tubers and legumes too!
*This week we have Thompson's Granola.
Thompson cereal crops are grown
on a nearby farm.
CLOTHING
D. crops that has been gathered
E. a type of large sweet fruit
F. a group of farmers selling crops

II. Check (V) the sentence that uses the underlined part correctly.
1. ----- A. Legumes are very popular fruit.
----- B. Kevin like to wear hemp clothing.
2. ----- A. many people prefer cereals because they have no seeds.
----- B. Vegetables are used in many meals.
3. ----- A. Most harvests grow completely underground.
------ B. Fruit is popular because it is sweet.
4. ----- A. Industrial crops are not eaten.
------ B. Some tubers are used to make clothes.

C. WRITING
DESCRIBING AN EVENT
I. Tips for writing a great event description

1. Write a short, snappy title

Good examples include ‘Can science save humanity?’, ‘Fifty shades of cray:
reproduction in the sea’, ‘Epigenetics: you are what your grandparents ate’ or ‘The
mathematical magic of The Simpsons’. They are attention grabbing or challenging,
descriptive, fun and/or convey a lot in a few short words.
2. Put the tastiest bits upfront in the summary
Note that only the event summary and date/time/location/cost details are included in
search results or on the National Science Week app listing, without the full
description.
3. Give us information, not opinion or rhetoric
An alternative might be ‘hear about the chemistry behind the hole in the ozone layer,
and experiment with and taste the chemistry in cooking’ or ‘hear a prize winning
scientist talk about her career in chemistry, her science heroes and what the future
holds for her field’.
4. If your initiative has a suite of different activities and events, give examples
For example, ‘an exciting celebration of all things science’ doesn’t really say much.
An alternative might be ‘working scientists talk about the science that has inspired
them, such as the discovery of the Wollemi pine, Australia’s role in astronomy and
the invention of needleless vaccinations’. An astronomy enthusiast might pass over
the first version but look into the second.
5. Tell us who your experts and speakers are
 ‘…featuring an international guest speaker…’
 ‘…featuring TV presenter, astrophysicist and internationally recognised
‘badass’ Neil deGrasse Tyson’

6. Include an captivating picture

The example included on this page is a photograph of guest speaker New Zealand
bacteriologist Dr Siouxsie Wiles. The image hints at her area of expertise—
bioluminescent bacteria—and her expression and pink hair show her warm and
vibrant personality.

7. Make it searchable

Remember to include the words people might use to search for your event—such as
‘sport’, ‘robotics’ or ‘art’—in your description. This is particularly important if event
speakers are interviewed in the media. Listeners might not remember the expert’s
name, or know how to spell it (yes, we’re looking at you Yvette d’Entremont and
Siouxsie Wiles), so including words that are related to their subject matter will help
people find the events they’re promoting. 

II. Language Feature of Descriptive Text

– Specific participant : has a certain object, is not common and unique (only one). for
example: Bandengan beach, my house, Borobudur temple, uncle Jim
– The use of the adjective (an adjective) to clarify the noun, for example: a beautiful
beach, a handsome man, the famous place in jepara, etc.
– The use of simple present tense: The sentence pattern used is simple present because
it tells the fact of the object described.
– Action verb: verbs that show an activity (for example, run, sleep, walk, cut etc….

III. Browse the link below to know about the descriptive paragraph:
https://opentextbc.ca/buildingblocks/chapter/descriptive-paragraphs/

IV. Task:
Write a descriptive paragraph (100-250 words) about a commemorative event that
you attended or that you plan to attend in the future (wedding, memorial, graduation,
etc.). Remember to include the people, location, or objects that make the event
significant.