Just Write_2_Student's book

Contents 1 A description of a person 2.................................................................................................................... 2 An article about a city 4.............................................................................................................................. 3 A description of a room 6.......................................................................................................................... 4 A leaflet about cleaning up a beach 8.......................................................................... 5 A story 10....................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 An email about a health problem 12................................................................................... 7 An email giving advice 14.............................................................................................................................. 8 A story about a special day out 16.................................................................................... 9 An essay about health 18.......................................................................................................................... 10 A job description 20................................................................................................................................................ 11 A postcard 22........................................................................................................................................................................ 12 A film review 24.................................................................................................................................................................. 13 An email about a trip to a city 26.......................................................................................... 14 An article about health 28....................................................................................................................... 15 A diary entry about a school visit 30............................................................................

1 A description of a person Hi! Do you like this photo of my cousin, Tom? Read my description to find out more about him. 1 Read the description and complete the paragraph with the adjectives below. amazing brave glad happy short My cousin JUST A MINUTE! My cousin Tom is twelve years old. He’s from the USA. When we describe a person, we use He has (1) short , fair hair and blue eyes. adjectives to describe their appearance (what He loves skateboarding. He started when he was only they look like) and their personality (what four years old, and he broke a world record this year! we like about them). I think Tom is very (2) . Everyone loves him because he is always (3) . He lives with his family in Malibu, California. I rarely see him, but I email him every week and we tell each other our news. I think he’s (4) . I’m very (5) to have a cousin like him. 2 Put the adjectives into the correct box. beautiful cute easy-going generous handsome happy hard-working kind short tall APPEARANCE PERSONALITY beautiful 2

3 Underline the two adverbs of frequency and the one time expression which is used with the present simple in the description. 4 Rewrite the sentences with the words in brackets in the correct place. 1 My best friend keeps my secrets. (always) JUST A MINUTE! My best friend always keeps my secrets. 2 She helps me with my homework. (usually) When we write a description of a person, we often use the 3 We go shopping. (at the weekend) present simple with adverbs of frequency or time expressions 4 My dad shouts at me. (never) to say what the person does and 5 We play football together. (on Tuesdays) how often he/she does it: always usually often sometimes rarely never every day/week at the weekend on Mondays 5 Now write a description of someone in your family. Use adjectives and the present simple with adverbs of frequency and time expressions. Use these questions to help you. • How old is the person? • What does he/she look like? • What do you like or dislike about the person? • What do you do together? 3