Learning languages is necessary so many people do it successfully.
Do you agree with this opinion? Why/Why not?
Develop the given topic.
Write about 90 -100 words using the active words/phrases of Units 7, 8 and 9. Also, use some transition words to keep the logical consistency. According to the structure of the paragraph, you will focus on the following:
- A topic sentence;
- Several reasons with supporting sentences/details;
- A concluding sentence.
These questions will help you write your paragraph:
1) Is learning languages necessary for people?
2) What do you know about the language policy in our country?
3) Why do people learn languages?
4) Do many people like learning languages?
5) Write how people learn, what ways they use to master a language.
6) What about you? What ways of learning a language do you prefer? Are you good at language
learning? What other languages are you planning to know in the future?
Writing Evaluation Criteria/Assessment Scale
Number of points
Max
Yours
Task completion: The paragraph addresses the question. The task is fully completed and the answer is easy to understand.
2
Unity, Coherence, Cohesion: The paragraph has logical links and connectors.
1
Evaluation of evidence: The paragraph includes relevant evidence/examples.
1
Grammar: The student uses appropriate grammar structures to achieve the task. Minor errors do not obscure the meaning.
1
Vocabulary: The student uses a sufficient range of words and phrases to communicate/deliver the message clearly.
1
Overall Writing Result:
6
2) What WERE you doING at 4 p.m. yesterday? – I WAS listenING to music.
3) When I CAME in he WAS SHOWING off his new laptop.
4) He WAS LEAVING for work when the phone RANG.
5) Listen! The phone IS RINGING – I’ll answer it.
6) It WAS RAINING when I WOKE up.
7) We WERE GOING shopping when we MET our friends.
8) It’s 12 o’clock now. I AM HAVING a lunch break.
9) I can’t answer the phone now. I AM HAVING a shower.
10) I’m WATCHING a very good film now. I AM really enjoyING it.
Fill in the blanks with either Present Simple or Present Continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
1. Jason does not listen to the radio very often.
(Present Simple, т.к. есть сигнал often и речь идет о привычке)
2. Where does Sally usually spend her summer holidays?
(Present Simple, т.к. есть сигнал usually и речь идет о привычке)
3. Mr. Watson always takes very good photos. Look! He
is taking a photo of you right now.
(В первом предложении Present Simple, т.к. есть сигнал always и речь идет о чем-то постоянном, о его навыках, а во втором Present Continuous, т.к. есть сигналы look и right now)
4. It always rains at the weekend. But today the sun is shining.
(В первом предложении Present Simple, т.к. есть сигнал always и at the weekend, идет речь о чем-то повторяющемся, а во втором Present Continuous, т.к. есть сигнал today и речь идет о конкретном промежутке времени)
5. Carol phones her grandmother every day. She is phoning
her now.
(В первом предложении Present Simple, т.к. есть сигнал every day, идет речь о чем-то повторяющемся, о привычке, а во втором Present Continuous, т.к. есть сигнал now и речь идет о конкретном промежутке времени)
6. Tom usually plays football but now he is playing tennis.
(Сначала ставим Present Simple, т.к. есть сигнал usually, затем - Present Continuous, т.к. есть сигнал now)
7. The professor speaks five languages. Right now he is speaking German.
(В первом предложении Present Simple, т.к. речь идет о чем-то постоянном, о его навыках, а во втором Present Continuous, т.к. есть сигнал right now)