1 What places do you enjoy visiting for a day out? Why?
2 Read the article and answer the questions.
Amazing Atlas Park!
A Atlas Park is a great place for a day out. It has over 200 rides and it’s one of the biggest theme parks in the country.
B There are lots of different rides, so there’s something for everyone. You can spend a whole day there and not get bored! One of the best things is the water park. Lots of people enjoy getting wet! Atlas Park is quite expensive, but it’s perfect for a special day like a birthday.
C You can get tickets online. And don’t forget to take your camera!
1 How many rides does Atlas Park have?
2 What does the writer like best about the park?
3 What does the writer say about the price?
4 What does the writer say directly to the reader at the end?
3 Look at the Key Language for an article. Find words in the article to complete it.
KEY LANGUAGE FOR AN ARTICLE
Describing a place:
It’s a great place for a day out.
It 1………………… over 200 rides.
There’s / 2………………… are …
Positive adjectives:
Amazing, exciting, famous, fun, 3 g…………………, interesting, lovely
Linking words:
And, but, 4…………………, because
Different ways of beginning sentences:
It’s …, You can …, Lots of people 5 e…………………, One of the best things is …
Talking to the reader directly:
Remember to … don’t 6………………… to …
Why don’t you …?
4 Complete the sentences describing a museum with the correct words.
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has is there are there’s |
1 ………………… lots of interesting things in the museum.
2 It ………………… a really good cafe, too.
3 This ………………… my favourite part of the museum.
4 ………………… a big room full of dinosaurs.
5 We use linking words to join ideas and make longer sentences. Choose the correct linking words in the sentences about karting.
1 Everyone has their own car and / but you race against your friends.
2 The cars are easy to drive, but / so everyone can enjoy karting.
3 Driving the car is fun because / so you go fast.
4 Karting is fun and / so it’s really exciting too.
5 You can drive fast, but / because it isn’t dangerous.
6 Beginning your sentences in different ways makes your article more interesting to read. Match the sentence halves about Shepton Zoo.
1 Shepton Zoo is
2 You can
3 Lots of people enjoy
4 One of the best things
A giving food to the animals.
B is the monkeys.
C see lots of different animals.
D a great place for a day out.
7 We often talk to the reader directly in an article. Complete the sentences from an article about Shepton Zoo with the correct words.
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don’t forget go remember take |
1 …………………… an umbrella with you because it might rain.
2 …………………… to stay well away from the dangerous animals!
3 Why …………………… you go with a group of friends?
4 …………………… to the café before you go home – the cakes are amazing!
5 Don’t …………………… to take lots of photos!
8 You can organise an article into different paragraphs. Look at the three paragraphs A–C in the article in Exercise 2. Match them with the descriptions 1–3.
1 more details about the place
2 conclusion and advice
3 introduction and general information
9 You are going to write an article about a great place for a day out. Use the information to help you plan your ideas.
Paragraph 1: Introduction and general information about the place
………………………………………………………………….
………………………………………………………………….
Paragraph 2: More details about the place
………………………………………………………………….
………………………………………………………………….
Paragraph 3: Conclusion and advice
………………………………………………………………….
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10 Write your article. Use your ideas from Exercise 9.
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………………………….……………………………………….……………
………………………….……………………………………….……………
………………………….……………………………………….……………
………………………….……………………………………….……………
………………………….……………………………………….……………
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Answer
1
Students’ own answers.
2
1 over 200
2 the water park
3 it’s quite expensive
4 don’t forget to take your camera
3
1 has 2 There 3 great 4 so 5 enjoy
6 forget
4
1 There are 2 has 3 is 4 There’s
5
1 and 2 so 3 because 4 and 5 but
6
1 D 2 C 3 A 4 B
7
1 Take 2 Remember 3 don’t 4 Go
5 forget
8
1 B 2 C 3 A
9 10
Students’ own ideas.
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