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Curso First Certificate Exam

L O S C U R S O S D E I N G L E S G R AT I S P R E F E R I D O S P O R L O S   H I S PA N O H A B L A N T E S
 
 
 

 
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Punctuation practice

ACTIVITY 64: Rewrite the following text putting in all the correct punctuation. Remember to
make necessary changes. Then check the answers.

BANANA BLUES
the man that lives next door to me is an actor last august he finally got his
first leading role he was asked to play the heros part in a film called the blue
skinned banana in one scene my neighbour who had just learnt to swim had
to jump off a high diving board into a swimming pool he climbed to the top of
the board looked down and immediately climbed down again whats the
matter asked the director i cant jump from that board said my neighbour do
you know theres only half a metre of water in that pool yes said the director
you dont want to drown do you

The man that lives next door to me is an actor, last August he finally got his first leading  
role, he was asked to play the heros part in a film called the Blue Skinned Banana in one
scene my neighbour who had just learnt to swim had to jump off a high diving board into a
swimming pool, he climbed to the top of the board looked down and immediately climbed
down again. Whats the matter?, asked the director. "I can't jump from that board" said my
neighbour. "Do you know theres only half a metre of water in that pool?, yes" said the
director: "You dont want to drown do you".

Linkers of addition

ACTIVITY 65: Rewrite the following text putting in all the correct punctuation.
Remember to
make necessary changes. Then check the answers.

MY HEROINE
My heroine is a woman warrior from ancient

Chinese history. Her story has become

mixed with myth and with imagination and

fantasy. When many members of her family AS WELL

were killed by bandits, she disguised herself

as a man and joined the army so she could

 

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find the murderers, and kill them. She was TOO

ALSO
extremely brave and she became a skilled

general. I admire her because she managed

to deny all her feelings of weakness.

IN ADDITION
She put family honour first, even above BESIDES
her own safety. She was a Chinese woman
and so am I!

My heroine is a woman warrior from ancient Chinese history. Her story has
become mixed with myth AS WELL WITH imagination and fantasy. When
many members of her family were killed by bandits, she disguised herself as
a man and joined the army so she could find the murderers, and BESIDES kill
them. She was extremely brave and she became a skilled general TOO. ALSO
I admire her because she managed to deny all her feelings of weakness. IN
ADDITION she put family honour first, even above her own safety. She was a
Chinese woman and so am I!

 
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