WRITING EXERCISES

LESSON 1. EXERCISE : with the information already provided in the lesson, complete the following exercise.

You see this announcement in the window of a film rental shop.

Film Reviews Wanted

Horror! Horror!

Get out from behind the sofa and write a review of a film that made you very scared! What did you like about this film? Do you like watching horror movies? We will publish the best reviews on our website next month.

Write your review (in 140-190 words)

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LESSON 2. EXERCISE: Create your own story using the following quote as its beginning:

  "When she opened the door, she could not believe what she saw inside of the house, she was completely taken aback by the view in front of her..."

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LESSON 3. EXERCISE: Watch the following clip from the TV show Friends and complete the paper with the missing words. Friends Season 1 episode 3. The One With the thumb (1 minute, 20 seconds).

COMPLETE THE MISSING WORDS.

Phoebe: (entering) Hi guys! 

All: Hey, Pheebs! Hi! 

Ross: Hey. Oh, oh, how'd it go? 

Phoebe: Um, not so _____. He walked me to the ________ and said 'We should do this again!' 

All: Ohh. Ouch. 

Rachel: What? He said 'we should do it _________, that's good, right? 

Monica: Uh, no. Loosely translated 'We should do this again' means 'You will ______ see me naked'. 

Rachel: Since when? 

Joey: Since always. It's like ________ language. Y'know, like 'It's not you' means 'It is you'. Chandler: Or 'You're such a nice guy' means 'I'm gonna be dating leather-wearing alcoholics and complaining about them to you'. 

Phoebe: Or, or, y'know, um, 'I think we should see other ________ means 'Ha, ha, I already am'. 

Rachel: And everybody knows this? 

Joey: Yeah. Cushions the blow. 

Chandler: Yeah, it's like when you're a kid, and your ________ put your dog to sleep, and they tell you it went off to live on some ______. 

 Ross: That's _______ that, no, because, uh, our parents actually did, uh, send our dog off to live on a farm. 

Monica: Uh, Ross. Ross: What? Wh- hello? The Millners' farm in Connecticut? The Millners, they had this unbelievable farm, they had horses, and, and ___________ that he could chase and it was- it w- .....Oh my God, Chi Chi!

LESSON 4. EXTRA: EXERCISE:

Now a little exercise to perfect your writing skills. Here's a small list of some connectors (the same as the lesson, and other ones but dont look back to the lesson 😉). Class them in different categories:

examples of category → contrast, addition, cause and effect 

AND - CONSEQUENTLY - OTHERWISE - INDEED - LIKE - AFTER - MEANWHILE - SUCH AS -ALTHOUGH - INSTEAD OF - FURTHERMORE - THUS - ESPECIALLY - ABOVE ALL - IN THE SAME WAY - AS LONG AS - IN SPIT OF - BECAUSE OF - DUE TO THE FACT THAT - TO SUM UP