PASSAGES 1 UNIT 9

WORKSHOP

A. CONNECT THE SENTENCES WITH THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES

AND THE NECESARY ADJUSTMENTS

1. People in the U.S spend Christmas with friends. People in Latin America
spend it with family (While).

While People in the U.S spend Christmas with friends, people in Latin
America spend it with family.

2. Everyone in my family speaks German. My mother doesn´t speak it.(Except

for)

Everyone in my family speaks German, except for my mother doesn´t

speak it

3. Americans are not very good at dancing. Colombians have a talent for
dancing. (Unlike)

Unlike Colombians, Americans are not very good at dancing.

4. Europeans travel a lot more by rail. Colombians don´t use the rail very
much. (in contrast to).

In contrast to Europeans, Colombians don´t use the rail very much.

In contrast to Europeans travel a lot more by rail, In Colombians don´t

use the rail very much.

5. The average working hours worldwide is 40 hours a week. In Colombia, it is

48 hours (Whereas).

Whereas the average working hours worldwide is 40 hours a week, in

Colombia, it is 48 hours.

B. CIRCLE THE WORD THAT COMPLETES EACH SENTENCE

1. After Madonna, it was pretty difficult to Fit in / Make waves in the music
industry.

2. Although the budget cuts are necessary, most of the staff won´t be
rebellious / amenable to the cutbacks.

3. Don´t do what others expect from you. Be conventional / your own

person!

4. I am an independent thinker. I could never just follow the crowd / make

waves.

5. We need to stand up to / stand up for these big companies that try to

pollute our waters.

C. WRITE KEEP OR STAY TO COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE

1. We´re all shocked by the announcement, but let´s try to stay it in

perspective. No one is losing their job

2. Mr. Smith´s so boring that I always find hardtop keep awake in his class.

3. To keep out of trouble, businesses avoid advertising on stations that are

hostile to the government.

4. My old high school friends and I tried to keep in touch after we graduate.

5. I don´t make enough money to stay up with your spending.

D. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING USED TO OR WOURD.IF BOTH

ARE POSSIBLE USE ONLY WOULD

1. Do you remember how your Uncle David used to/would sit in that chair and
smoke those disgusting cigars?

2. Your mother used to have a Yorkshire Terrier when she was a Young girl,
It was lovely!
 3. For years, they used to/ would go on holiday to the Rockies, but then it
became very trendy and expensive.

4. Years ago, I used to/ would write a diary but then I got bored with doing it
and I stopped.

5. At the start of their marriage, they used to be very happy – but then it all
went wrong!

E. THINK ABOUT A POTENTIAL OR FUTURE CHANGE IN YOUR LIFE,

WRITE ABOUT THE POSSIBLE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE IMPACT OF
IT.

A potential change in my life was the death of my husband, he wasn’t sick and had
good health so his death was unexpected, the negative impact about this situation
is that this force me to start from 0 again and had more responsibility to my
daughters since they were very small when he died, I had no desire to live and
continue with life. The positive impact of this is that it taught me to overcome any
obstacles and problems that I could face in life, to be more united and be grateful
that life had left me two beautiful daughters for which I had to fight.