Writing 1 - U3

Name: …………………………………………..
Class: …………………………………………….
UNIT 3: WRITING ABOUT THE PRESENT
Lesson 1: The Simple Present Tense
Lesson 2: There is, there are - A/ An with Count Nouns
Lesson 3: Simple sentence and compound sentence
Lesson 4: Revision

Lesson 1: The Simple Present Tense
- The Simple Present: Statements
- The Simple Present: Negative Statements
Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks with the correct simple present tense form of the verb
Uncle Charlie and Aunt Valerie
My Uncle Charlie and Aunt Valerie (1. be) ….. successful entrepreneurs. Their restaurant (2. be)
….. ten years old now, and they (3. enjoy) ….. great success. The restaurant (4. have) ….. 15 servers,
two managers, and three chefs. Uncle Charlie (5. work) ….. very hard in his restaurant. Sometimes
he (6. be) ….. there seven days of a week. Aunt Valerie always (7. go) ….. to the restaurant at night
to make sure that the customers (8. be) ….. happy. I (9. love) ….. my Uncle Charlie and Aunt
Valerie, and I really appreciate all their hard work. There (10. be) ….. no one better than them!
Exercise 2: Fill in the blanks with the correct simple present form of the verbs in the word
bank. Some verbs may be used more than once.
love play be speak come practice have
My classmates
My classmates come from all over the world. Jose 1. ………. from Spain, so he 2. ……….
Spanish perfectly. Wonbin and Hyun- Ju 3. ………Korean, but they 4. ………. from different cities.
Yuri 5. ………. from Ukraine. He 6. ………. English all the time and 7. ………. a great accent. The
Al- Ahmad brothers 8. ………. from Dubai, and they 9. ………. soccer very well. What about me? I
10. ………. from Italy, and I 11. ………. to sing in class. We 12. ………. all very good friends, and
I hope we can be friends forever.
Exercise 3: Number the sentences in the correct paragraph order.
Jim’s Daily Routine
A. After this part-time job, he goes home, eats a quick dinner, studies, and does his homework.
B. He studies engineering at City College.
C. He goes to school for six hours.
D. Jim knows that this lifestyle is stressful
1 E. Jim is a very busy student.
F. Every morning, he wakes up at 7.00, takes a shower, and then rushes off to school.
G. He also knows that the tress will end soon, and he will get a professional job.
H. After school, he goes to the local mall where he works in a sporing goods store.
Exercise 4: Changing verbs from affirmative to negative

1. I have a car.
=> …………………………………………….
2. The capital of Japan is Osaka.
=> …………………………………………….
3. Jeremy goes to the library every day.
=> …………………………………………….
4. There is a Thai restaurant on Green Street.
=> …………………………………………….
5. Angel Falls is in Brazil.
=> …………………………………………….
6. Kate and Julia are roommates.
=> …………………………………………….
7. Jeff and Micheal work at the gas station.
=> …………………………………………….
8. There are answers in the back of the book.
=> …………………………………………….
9. Th teacher wants a new computer.
=> …………………………………………….
10. Olivia bakes cookies every Saturday.
=> …………………………………………….

Lesson 2: There is, there are - A/ An with Count Nouns
- There is/ There Are
- A/ An with Count Nouns
Exercise 1: There are four mistakes with verbs and There is/ There are in the following
paragraph. Circle and correct the mistakes
The English Alphabet
There have 26 letters in the English alphabet. There is five vowel letters and 21 consonant letters.
The five vowels are a, o, i, u and e. the letters w and y can be vowels when they come after other
vowels. There three letters with the a sound in their names. Thees letters are a, j and k. are nine
letters with the e sound in their names. These are b, c, d, e, g, p, t, v, and z. If you want to speak
English well, you have to learn the 26 letters of the English alphabet.
Exercise 2: fill in the blanks with there are or they are

1. ….…… too many questions on this test.
2. ….…… happy to see us today.
3. ….…… at the doctor.
4. ….…… many different ways to study English.
5. ….…… some apples in the kitchen.
6. ….…… at the store right now.
7. ….…… my best friends in the whole world.
8. ….…… two servers in the restaurant.
9. ….…… great teachers at our school.
10. ….…… excited about Mark’s party.
Exercise 3: Decide if the nouns is count noun ( C) or noncount noun (U). then circle all the
noun forms that can be used in the sentence below
1. A cat Cats A cats Cat
2. A ice An ice Ice Ices
3. Moneys A money Money A moneys
4. Breads Bread A breads A bread
5. An eraser A eraser Erasers An erasers
6. Homeworks A homework A homeworks Homework
7. An unit Units A unit An units
8. Country A country An country A countries
9. Information Informations An informations A information
10 A happiness Happiness Happinesses An happiness
.
11 Word A word Words A words
.
12 An present A presents Presents A present
.
13 A answer Answers An answers An answer
.
14 Politician Politicians A politician A politicians
.
Exercise 4: Rewrite each sentences. Add a or an if necessary

1. My father has stressful job.
=> ……………………………………………..
2. You have visitor today.
=> …………………………………………….
3. The teacher gives us homework every day.
=> …………………………………………….
4. There is large cake in the kitchen.
=> …………………………………………….
5. His mother is elegant woman.
=> …………………………………………….
6. I am sorry. I do not have time to talk to you right now.
=> …………………………………………….
7. We take tests in this class every week.
=> …………………………………………….
8. Their sister is great cook!
=> …………………………………………….
9. You can buy good furniture in that store.
=> …………………………………………….
10. This soup needs salt.
=> …………………………………………….

Lesson 3: Simple sentence and compound sentence
- What is simple sentence?
- What is compound sentence?
Exercise 1: Write S (simple sentence) or C (compound sentence)
1. ….. Japan’s flag is red and white, and Canada’s flag is also red and white.
2. ….. Japan and Canada have the same two colors in their flags.
3. ….. The weather is bad, but the airplane will leave on time.
4. ….. It is extremely hot in Abu Dhabi during the summer.
5. ….. This map of Europe, Africa, and Asia is very old.
6. ….. You can have cake or ice cream for dessert.
7. ….. The students take a test every Friday, but they do not like it!
8. ….. January, March, May, July, August, October and December have 31 days.
9. ….. Ian and Carlos like surfing and skiing.
10. ….. This recipe requires two cups of flour, two cups of sugar, and one cup of milk.
11. ….. Some people prefer gold rings, but I prefer silver rings.
12. ….. These silver and gold rings are different in weight, so they are different in price.
Exercise 2: Combine each pair of simple sentences into one compound sentence (using comma
and connecting word: and, but, or, so)
1. Secher lives in Turkey. Secher’s sister lives in Canada.
2. Carlos works on Saturday. He cannot come to the movies with us.
3. We go to school every day. We play tennis on weekends.
4. Luis and Kathy are related. They are not brother and sister.
5. Hurricanes begin in the Atlantic Ocean. Typhoons begin in the Pacific.
6. I like to go to the beach in the summer. My brother prefers to hike in the mountains.
7. I do not feel well. I will call the doctor.
8. You can watch television. You can watch a movie.

Lesson 4: Revision and Building Better Vocabulary
- Revision: Subject, Verb and Capitalization
- Word Associations
- Using collocations
- Parts of Speech
Exercise 1: Correct the paragraph. There are 7 mistakes (2 missing subjects, 5 missing verbs)
The City of Budapest
Budapest one of the most interesting capitals of Europe. Is a romantic city, and it has many
interesting tourist places to visit. One example the Danube River. It separates Budapest into Buda
and Pest. In addition, visitors traditional Hungarian food. The most popular food goulash soup. The
people of Budapest friendly and helpful to tourists. When travel to Europe, you can visit Budapest
and have a very good time.
Exercise 2: Correct the paragraph. There are 11 capitalization mistakes

Amazing Tourist Towers
Did you know that many popular travel spots are former World’s Fair Towers? The most is the
Eiffel tower from the 1889 fair in paris. This tall graceful tower is a well- known symbol of france.
Tourists often ride boats on the Seine river at night and look at the tower’s beautiful lights. Another
famous fair tower is in seattle, Washington in the united States. The space Needle comes from the
1962 World’s Fair, and it looks like a giant tower with a UFO on top of it. people love to eat in the
revolving restaurant at the top. In Daejeon, South korea. Travelers love to visit the Tower of grand
Light from the 1993 World’s Fair. This silver and red tower is now part of a giant amusement park
where people can swim, watch movies, and enjoy exciting rides. These are only a few of the amazing
destinations that have their beginnings in the world’s Fair!
Exercise 3: There are 13 mistakes (2 adjectives mistakes, 2 punctuation mistakes, 1 subject

pronoun mistake, 2 verbs mistakes, 1 article mistakes, 3 capitalization mistakes, 2 possessive
adjective mistakes)
Not an Average Teenager
Steven Mills is not your typical athletic teenager. Steven is an gymnast, and he want to compete
in the olympics. He wakes up at five o’clock in the morning every day because he has to practice
before school. First, he has a breakfast healthy. Then she jogs to the National Gymnasium on
Cypress street. He practices gymnastics for two hours. Then he gets ready for school. Steven goes to
school from eight- thirty in the morning until three o’clock in the afternoon. After school, he returns
to the Gymnasium for classes special with him coach. When practice finish at six o’clock, Steven
returns home. He eats dinner, does his homework and talks with their family. Steven is in bed early
to be ready to work hard again the next day.
Exercise 4: Circle the word or phrase that is most closely related to the word or phrase on the
left
A B
1. Successful Negative effect Positive effect
2. An entrepreneur To be the boss To have a boss
3. Part- time To work forty hours To work twenty hours
4. Engineering Bridges Orchestras
5. Typical Normal Rare
6. A sibling A brother An uncle
7. Forever An end No end
8. Servers An office A restaurant
9. To separate To divide To mix
10. Professional A nice suit Shorts and a t-shirt
11. To wake up To go to sleep To stop sleeping
12. Traditional New Old
13. Stressful An earthquake A picnic
14. Athletic A library A soccer field
15. Requires Must have optional
Exercise 5: Fill in each blank with the word the most naturally completes the phrase on the
right.
1. make/ take To … a friend
2. make/ take To … a shower in the morning
3. form/ with To be separated … your family
4. at/ on To wake up … six in the morning
5. desk/ mistake A common …
6. in/ on To compete … a game
7. in/ on To write … the whiteboard
8. of/ to A map … the region
9. see/ watch To … a television show
10. get/ take To … information for a report
Exercise 6: Fill in the blank with the best word form provided
Noun Verb Adjective Sentence
Friend X Friendly 1. My best ….. lives in Mexico.
2. It is important to be ….. to others.
Profession X Professional 3. Computer graphics is a popular …..
Professional 4. Her ….. experience is impressive.
Separation Separate Separate 5. I ….. my clothes before washing them.
6. Jessica and her husband drive ….. cars.
Visitor Visit X 7. Wake up! There is a ….. waiting to see you.
8. Every Sunday, Maria ….. her sister.
Preference Prefer Preferred 9. Lisa has a ….. for spicy foods.
10. Ian ….. to go to the beach for his vacation.
WRITING TOPIC
1. Write about you favorite teacher this semester.
2. Write about a job that interests you.
3. Write about your hometown.
4. Choose a member of your family. Write a paragraph about this person.

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UNIT 3: WRITING ABOUT THE PRESENT

Exercise 4: Changing verbs from affirmative to negative

UNIT 3: WRITING ABOUT THE PRESENT

Exercise 2: fill in the blanks with there are or they are

Exercise 4: Rewrite each sentences. Add a or an if necessary

UNIT 3: WRITING ABOUT THE PRESENT

UNIT 3: WRITING ABOUT THE PRESENT

Exercise 2: Correct the paragraph. There are 11 capitalization mistakes

Exercise 3: There are 13 mistakes (2 adjectives mistakes, 2 punctuation mistakes, 1 subject

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