SFL/METU Fall 2020

DBE
WHO 1 (NLL ELE Unit 1)
ELEMENTARY GROUP

Part 1. READING
A. Pre-reading: Discuss the questions below with your partner.

 Do you like ODTÜ campus?

 What do you know about it?
 What is there on campus?

B. Read the text below. It gives information about ODTÜ campus. Is there anything new to you?

ODTÜ is famous for its beautiful campus. It is in the south-west of the capital of Turkey, Ankara. It is
quite big: the campus area is 4500 hectares, and the forest area is 3043 hectares. The university has
more than 25,000 students. ODTÜ also has a lake called Lake Eymir. It is about 20 kilometers from
the centrum of Ankara. There are a large number of sports
facilities on campus. Students can play tennis, basketball,
football, or they can swim in the olympic-size indoor
swimming pool in winter and in the outdoor swimming pool
in summer. There are also facilities for studying, too. The
library and the silent study rooms in the dormitories are
usually quiet places. There is also a shopping center (Çarşı), and there are a lot of shops there. For
example, there is a stationer’s, a photographer’s and fast food restaurants.

Grammar Tip: occupation/person + ’s = place name

the photographer  the person
the photographer’s  the shop of the photographer

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 Part 2. LANGUAGE STUDY

A. THE WORD
“ODTÜ is famous for its beautiful campus.”
There are seven words in this sentence. A word is a small part of a sentence, and we use words to make
sentences. Words have different uses or functions in a sentence. In NLL Unit 1, you studied nouns and
adjectives, but we also have verbs, adverbs, pronouns and prepositions. These are called parts of speech.
ODTÜ is famous for its beautiful campus.
noun verb adjective preposition pronoun adjective noun

PARTS OF SPEECH EXAMPLES

A NOUN names a person, a place, a thing or an idea. * Tokyo is a big city.

* Eda is from Turkey. She (=Eda)

A PRONOUN is used in the place of a noun. lives in İzmir.
* Rio is a big city. Thousands of
people visit it (=Rio) every year.
A PREPOSITION joins the noun to some other part of the sentence. * Jakarta is in the west of Indonesia.

* It is very cold in Siberia.

A VERB tells us about the state or action in the sentence.
* Many people visit Indonesia.

An ADJECTIVE describes a noun. It answers the following questions: * Venice is a small city.
What kind? Which one? How many? Whose? * The weather is hot all year.

An ADVERB describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. * It rains heavily.

It answers questions such as Where? When? How? Or How often? * It is usually foggy in my city.

A. Study the extra examples in the table below:

B. Read the paragraph on page 1 again. Focus on the underlined words and fill in the box below with
these words.

NOUN PRONOUN PREPOSITION VERB ADJECTIVE ADVERB

Be careful with the spelling:

B. THE SENTENCE (Part I) quite vs. quiet

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A simple sentence is a group of words and it expresses a “complete thought.” A simple sentence generally
has at least one SUBJECT and one VERB.

 The subject performs the action of the verb, or it is described in the sentence. It can be a person or a
thing. It can be a noun (Jason, classroom, students), a noun phrase (my friends, a black dog, her
husband’s two cousins) or a subject pronoun (I, they, she).

 The verb usually expresses the action (work, sleep) of the sentence or a situation (is, have).
e.g. She travels.
subject verb

ODTÜ has a big campus.

Subject verb

The Verb “TO BE”

In NLL Unit 1, you studied the verb “to be”. You can use it with these structures:

1. BE + adjective * ODTÜ is famous for its campus.

* Big cities are crowded and noisy.
* Ankara is cold in winter.

2. BE + (adjective) + noun * You are students at ODTÜ.

* New York isn’t the capital of the USA.
* Xavier is an expensive restaurant.

3. BE + prep. phrase * She is at work.

* İstanbul is in the north-west of Turkey.
* They aren’t from Antalya.

4. There + BE * There are different shops on ODTÜ campus.

* There is a stationery, a photographer’s and fast food restaurants.

Grammar Tip:
There is a stationer’s, a photographer’s and fast food restaurants.
BUT
There are fast food restaurants, a stationer’s and a photographer’s.

Connecting Ideas 1: “AND”

In NLL Unit 1, you studied “and” to join two nouns or two adjectives. You can also join other things.
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(a) Read the sentences below. What two things are connected with “and”?
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(b) Look at the sentences again. When do we use a comma with “and”?
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1. * İstanbul and Ankara are crowded cities.

* There is an opera house and a harbor in Sydney. noun + noun

* There are a lot of museums, theaters (,) and restaurants in New York.

2. * Sydney is large and noisy.

adjective + adjective
* Venice is a small and beautiful city.

3. * There are nice hotels in the city center and around the city. prep. phrase + prep. phrase

4. * You can swim and ski in Antalya.

verb + verb
* People go to souvenir shops and buy presents for their friends.

5. * Mumbai is a big city, and its population is nearly 10 million.

sentence + sentence
* The waiters are friendly, and they speak good English.

Part 3. WRITING

A. Study the model text on Toronto. Fill in the blanks with the phrases in the box.
they are not there are there are it is
there is there are it is it is not

Toronto is a modern and beautiful city in Canada. (1)__________ in the

south-east of the country, on Lake Ontario. (2)__________ a big city, and
(3)__________ more than 2.6 million people there. It has a mild climate.
In the summer, it is warm, and in the winter, (4)__________ very cold.
Toronto is an important center for cultural events. (5)__________ a lot of
museums, theaters, galleries, festivals and public events. Toronto is also famous for its food. The
restaurants are very good, and (6)__________ expensive. There are a lot of tourist attractions. China
Town and the CN Tower are busy with tourists every year. In China Town, (7)__________ a lot of
restaurants and Chinese shops, and in the CN Tower, (8)__________ a restaurant and a theater.

B. Fill in the table with the information in the text. Do not write long sentences. Take notes only.

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 City Toronto: modern / __________ / big

Country __________

Location __________, on Lake Ontario

Population __________

Climate mild
Summer: __________
Winter: __________

Cultural events museums, theaters, galleries, festivals and public events

Food service Restaurants: ____________________

Major tourist ____________________

attractions
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C. Writing Task: In about 6-8 sentences, describe Rome. Use the information provided below. Please
revisit the sections in your book NLL Unit 1 and this handout for the appropriate language structures and
vocabulary.
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 City Rome: the capital of Italy / the largest city in Italy

Location  Lazio region

 27 kilometers from the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Population around 3 million
Climate  Summer: dry and hot
 Winter: temperate and mild
Cultural events  Anniversary of the Founding of Rome (21st April)
 Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (29th June)
Major tourist Rome: a popular tourist attraction
attractions  the Colosseum
 Vatican City
 the Pantheon
 Trevi Fountain

STEP 1. FIRST DRAFT – Write your text and submit it on ODTÜClass.

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STEP 2. SELF-EDITING & REVISING

Before submission,
 read your own paper.
 check your paper yourself using the self-checklist below. Put a tick (√) in the relevant box.
In order to self-edit your writing, use the guideline. Tick the relevant box.

In this writing, we expect you to:

describe Rome in 6-8 sentences

use the verb “to be” in simple present tense

use “there is / there are”

use all the information in the table

use “and” to connect your ideas
pay attention to spelling, capitalization and punctuation

STEP 3. INSTRUCTOR FEEDBACK – FINAL DRAFT

Rewrite your text according to your instructor’s feedback. Then, submit it on ODTÜClass.
D. HOMEWORK Writing Task: In about 4-6 sentences, describe your hometown. Don’t forget to do some
research on the Internet and complete the chart below. The chart will help you to plan your writing.

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Please revisit the sections in your book NLL Unit 1 and this handout for the appropriate language
structures and vocabulary.

City

Country

Location

Population

Climate  Summer:
 Winter:
Cultural events

Major tourist
attractions

STEP 1.
FIRST DRAFT – Write your text and submit it on ODTÜClass.
My hometown is… ______________________________________________________________________

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STEP 2. SELF-EDITING & REVISING

Before submission,

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  read your own paper.
 check your paper yourself using the self-checklist below. Put a tick (√) in the relevant box.
In order to self-edit your writing, use the guideline. Tick the relevant box.

In this writing, we expect you to:

describe your hometown in 4-6 sentences

use the verb “to be” in simple present tense

use “there is / there are”

use at least 2 words from NLL word list on page 102

use “and” to connect your ideas
pay attention to spelling, capitalization and punctuation

STEP 3. INSTRUCTOR FEEDBACK – FINAL DRAFT

Rewrite your text according to your instructor’s feedback. Then, submit it on ODTÜClass.