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Number Chapter Page

1 1st Worksheet 3

2 2nd Worksheet 4

3 3rd Worksheet 5-7

5 Writing # 1 - (1), (2) 8, 13

6 Writing # 2 14, 16

7 4th Worksheet 17

8 Writing # 3 18- 20

9 Free Writing 21- 22

10 Writing # 4 23-25

11 Writing # 5 26- 27

12 Writing # 6 28- 30

13 Writing # 7 31- 33

14 Writing # 8 34- 35

15 Writing # 9 36-38

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1st Worksheet - Basics of Writing

A: Divide the sentences as Subject (S) , Verb (V), and Object (O) as shown in the example below:

1. The father buys his son some cookies every week.

S /V / O/extra information

2. The school started last week on Sunday at 7:00 a.m.

3. We went to the party with our mother.

4. My brother left to Canada this morning to complete his Masters.

5. It makes me forget all my problems.

6. You have to share it with other friends.

7. We have a car waiting outside.

Leave a space when you start your paragraph. Begin each sentence with a capital letter. End each sentence with a period, question mark, or exclamation

point. Use capital letters only with proper names, the pronoun 'I', and

the first letter of the first word in each sentence. Write the letters properly on lines, leave space between words.

Each sentence contains a subject, verb and, usually, an object.

Basic sentence structure is Subject + Verb + Object.

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2nd Worksheet – Sentence Structure

B: Unscramble the words to put them in the right order of sentence

structure:

1 . an e-mail / sent / My friend / me / .

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2 . some flowers / The son / his mother/ buys / every month /.

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3 . to the station / returns / The bus/ at night .

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4 . at ten o´clock / The conference / last week / started / on Tuesday / .

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5 . the tree / The car / hit / with great force .

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6. slowly / his meal / ate/ Sam / .

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7. to post her letter / this morning / to town / The teacher/ went / .

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8 . on the train / ate / this morning / John / breakfast /.

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9 . to / Julie / speaks/ My father/.

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10 . a table / for me / They / once a year / at the restaurant / book /.

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3rd Worksheet – Question Formation

A statement is a sentence that tells you something.

A question is a sentence that asks you something.

A statement does not require an answer.

A question requires an answer. Questions are also known as

"interrogatives".

A written question in English always ends with a question mark: (?)

Question Types

There are three basic question types:

(Yes/No) questions: the answer is "yes or no"

(WH- questions): the answer is "information"

Choice questions: the answer is "in the question"

We look at these in more detail below.

(Yes/No) questions: Sometimes the only answer that we need is yes or no. Look at these examples:

auxiliary verb subject not

main verb

Answer: yes or no

Do you want dinner? Yes, I do. Can you drive? No, I can't. Has she not finished her

work? Yes, she has.

Did they go home? No, they didn't.

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WH-questions: Sometimes we want more than yes or no for an answer. When asking for information, we usually place a question-word at the beginning of the sentence. The question-word indicates the information that we want, for example: where (place), when (time), why (reason), who (person). Look at these examples: *When the question-word is who, it acts as the subject. **In Present Simple and Past Simple tenses, there is no auxiliary verb with who.

Choice questions: Sometimes we give our listener a choice. We ask them to choose between two possible answers. So their answer is (usually) already in the question. Look at these examples:

auxiliary verb

subject main verb

or answer: in question

Do you want tea or coffee? Coffee, please.

Will we meet John or James? John.

question word

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answer:

information Where do you live? In Paris. When will we have lunch? At 1pm. Why has n't Tara done it? Because she

can't. Who(m) did she meet? She met Ram. Who* has run out? Ali has run out. Who** ran out? Ali ran out.

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Unscramble the words to put them in the right order of question structure:

1. you /talked /ever /to/ a/ Have /foreigner?

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3. move /Why /to /did /a /new city/ you?

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6. a /best /your /Who /friend /was /were /teenager /you /when?

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9. to /you /often/ go /How/ the /do /Makkah?

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WRITING #1 Finish the story (1)

“The Great Find”

Directions: Read the story below. Then finish it with your own writing.

“Marcus, it’s time for you to get up!” my mom called as she pounded on my

bedroom door. I looked at the clock on my

dresser. It was six in the morning, and I was

very grumpy. I stayed up late writing a book

report last night and I did not go to sleep

until midnight.

“Okay Mom, I’ll be out in a minute,” I said. I got out of my bed and took a

quick shower. I got dressed and packed my books into my backpack.

“Marcus, you are going to be late!” Mom yelled up the stairs.

“I’m coming!” I yelled back. I hurried down the stairs. Mom handed me a

banana and a bagged lunch as I walked out the door.

As I was walking to the bus stop, I spotted a green piece of paper ahead of

me on the sidewalk. When I reached it, I picked it up and realized that it

was a twenty dollar bill! I looked around to see if any of my neighbors

were outside. There was no one in sight. I stuck the twenty dollar bill into

my back pocket and ran to the bus stop. I got there just as the bus was

arriving.

I got on the bus and sat in the second-to-last seat with my friend James.

“Hey, James. What’s up?” I said.

“Oh, nothing.” James said sadly. “What’s wrong?” I asked.

“My mom gave me twenty dollars to buy the soccer ball I wanted” he said.

“So…that’s great!” I exclaimed.

“Yeah, but I think I lost it. I can’t find it anywhere.” He replied.

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WRITING # 1 Finish the story (2)

“Which Way?”

Directions: Read the story below. Then finish it

with your own writing.

“This weekend, I went on my first camping trip. I

went with my dad and my older brother, Sam. We left on Friday morning

and drove for four hours until we reached the mountains. I slept for most of

the ride, and Sam woke me up when we reached the park.

“Here we are!” he cheered. I opened my eyes and looked at the forest that

surrounded the parking lot. My dad unloaded our backpacks from the trunk

and we set off on the trail. We hiked for about three miles and I became very

hot and tired. We decided to stop and set up camp for the night. Sam found

a big flat spot in a grassy area away from the trail. My dad told Sam and me

to catch some fish for dinner from the nearby pond while he pitched our

tent. Sam had a special fishing pole that folded into a small size so he could

carry it in his backpack. He caught three trout in the pond and I caught two.

There were a lot of mosquitoes by the water so we didn’t stay at the pond

for too long. By the time we returned to our campsite, the sun was

beginning to set. My dad was relaxing in the tent, reading a book. We

showed him the fish that we caught and he told us that he was very proud of

us.

“Can you two gather some wood for the campfire so we can cook the fish?”

he asked us. “Sure!” I answered.

“Don’t forget your flashlights!” my dad warned. We grabbed our flashlights

from our backpacks and walked towards the trail.

“Which way should we go?” I asked Sam. The trail led in two different

directions. We were excited so we just started running down the trail. After

a little while, we gathered as much wood as we could hold. It was time to go

back to the camp site. It was getting dark and I didn’t want to get lost in the

middle of the woods! Sam pointed to the west. “We can either go back the

way that we came from, or we can go the other way. What do you think?”

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WRITING # 2 Argumentative Writing Ch: 23, Page: 657, 658

Many books are made into movies. There are both good things and bad things about seeing a movie based on a book you have read. Write an essay for your teacher in which you explain both what is good and what is bad about seeing a movie based on a book you have read. Explain each point fully. Use the table below to write your essay.

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you are already familiar with the story, so the movie makes sense.

can “see” characters and settings emotions may be more obvious

characters may not be the way you pictured them.

the story may change and parts may be left out.

acting or music may be awful.

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4th Worksheet - Paraphrasing vs. Plagiarizing

When you take notes, you may summarize the information by writing only the

important ideas, or you may paraphrase the information by writing all the

ideas in your own words. These techniques help you avoid stealing another

writer’s words. Copying information word-for-word and presenting it as your

own is called plagiarism. Itis never all right to copy directly from another

writer without putting the passage in quotation marks and identifying the

writer.

Write a paraphrase for each of the following passages. Note the important ideas from the passage without copying phrases word-for-word.

1. In the days before incubators, chickens could not be hatched in the winter. Spring chickens fetched the highest prices in the summer. A dishonest vendor might try to pass off an older chicken as a fresher “spring” chicken. This is the source of the phrase no spring chicken, meaning past one’s prime.

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WRITING # 3 Writing a Report of Information Ch. 24, Page: 706, 707.

Like the research report, one kind of writing is informative, or expository,

which requires you to explain why something is important. These test

questions also ask you to clarify, or make clear, a topic, these essays are

sometimes called clarification essays.

Read the prompt below and think about how you would answer it. Then, fill in the graphic organizer. Change of seasons or holidays—we each have a favorite time of year,

whether that time is an entire season or a special holiday.

Before you begin writing, think about which season or

holiday is your favorite. Then, write an essay explaining why

you prefer that time of year above all others.

Topic: My favorite time of year is the _______________________.

Reason #1 _______________________

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Reason #2 Cook out_________

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Support good food informal and fun aunts, uncles, and

cousins

Main idea statement Of all the holidays, the _________________________ is my favorite for several reasons

Support ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________

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Free writing

“What You Read”

Directions: Try to answer the question below.

Question: Have you read any good books lately? What kind of books do

you like best?

Example Answer: I really enjoy reading science fiction. Science fiction

stretches my imagination. The characters are usually ordinary people in

extraordinary circumstances. Although the situations are fictional, the

reactions of the characters are realistic. Science fiction is a different way of

looking at reality.

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WRITING # 4 Persuasive Writing Ch: 25, Page: 727

Write a persuasive essay on starting a paper-recycling program at our

school. Refer to the Writer’s model on page 735 of your student book. Give

an opinion statement, three reasons and a conclusion for your essay.

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WRITING # 5 Creating a Brochure Ch: 26, Page: 764- 781

Create an advertising brochure for a new product or

service that you invent, such as a new video game or a

different style of clothing.

Choose a name: __________________________________________

Identify the Target Market: ____________________________________________________

Write a Slogan: ___________________________________________________________________

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Design your brochure: (Writing Sample)

Front Panel

Be all you

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Trendy

Cloths

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Get along with

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You should

forget about

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Where: Red

Sea Mall.

When:

Saturday to Friday

Hours:

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Call Now!

Place your order here!

# 0555505555

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T-shirt Wisdom T-shirts often have slogans that offer a humorous philosophy on life. Create your own bit of T-shirt wisdom with a slogan and some art. Check into having your design printed on a T-shirt.

Paste your prepared brochure on this page:

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WRITING # 6 Creative Writing Imagine that you have designed a new type of mobile. Write a description

of your mobile, clearly explaining what it can do and how it works.

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WRITING # 7 E-Mail Writing

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First Draft: Directions: Imagine you are applying for a university and you need to ask about their experiences in the universities. Try to write at least 65 words.

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Final Draft:

Directions: Imagine you are applying for a university and you need to ask

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WRITING # 8 Picture Composition

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Writing # 9 Summary Writing

A summary is a short and sweet retelling of a text. It only includes the most important details.

Use the writing strategy of “Summarizing” to help you write a short fiction summary!

Directions: Read the passage and write a short summary of 60 words.

The Other Side of the Wall (200 words)

A young woman inherited a beautiful garden from her grandmother. She loved

gardening too and was very proud of her garden. One day, she saw a very beautiful plant

in a catalog and wanted that for her garden. She ordered it and planted it at the base of

the stonewall in her backyard. She took great care of the plant, which grew quickly and

had beautiful green leaves on it.

Months passed, but not a single flower bloomed on the tree. Vexed, she almost wanted

to cut the tree down. At such a time, her neighbor called and said, “Thank you so much

for the beautiful flowers. You have no idea how much I enjoy looking at the blooms of

the vine you have planted”.

Hearing this, the young girl rushes to the neighbor’s side of the wall and sees the most

beautiful flower in bloom. All the care she took had paid off. Only the vine crept through

the crevices because of which it did not flower on her side of the wall but did generously

on the other side.

Moral: Just because you cannot see the good results of your efforts does not mean that it

bore no fruit.

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