Writing skills practice- 007

1. Check your understanding: multiple choice
Circle the best word or phrase to complete these sentences.

1. Laura currently lives in London / Bristol / Germany .
2. Laura started dancing when she was 5 / 6 / 19 .
3. Laura goes to university and studies German / dance / photography .
4. Laura has won prizes for her photography / dancing / language skills .
5. Laura`s dream is to be a German teacher / professional dancer / professional
photographer .
6. Laura is very busy and hard-working / beautiful and kind / fit and strong .

2. Check your writing: grouping – vocabulary about appearance
Write the words in the correct group. Some words can be added to more than one group.

Long tall brown blue wavy green
overweight average build grey short straight
slim curly blond shoulder-length medium height


eyes
hair
height
build













3. Check your writing: gap fill – completing a description
Complete the description with words from the box.

hard-working sad brother creative young successful
fit dream better patient blond London




Someone I admire is my 1_______________ David. He is seven years older than me so he is 23 now. He has recently moved to 2_______________ for his new job. He is very friendly, 3_______________ and he has a good sense of humor. He is tall and has
short 4_______________ hair.

David has loved computer games since he was a child. Now he designs new computer games so he is very
5
_______________. He can also speak Chinese very well and his 6_______________ is to work in China in the future.

David is also very 7_______________ because he loves to play sports, especially football. When I visit him in London he often takes me to watch live football! It`s great.

When we were 8_______________ we used to play football in the garden, but he was much 9_______________ than me!

David doesn`t have a lot of free time these days because he works so hard. I really admire how 10
_______________ he is and how 11_______________ he has been in his career. I always look forward to visiting him but I will be 12_______________ if he moves to China.


4. Write a description of someone you admire. Think about:

 his/her appearance
 his/her personality
 his/her talents that you admire
 his/her achievements.

Answers to Someone I admire – exercises


1. Check your understanding: multiple choice

1. Bristol
2. 6
3. photography
4. photography
5. professional dancer
6. busy and hard-working



2. Check your writing: grouping – vocabulary about appearance

eyes
hair
height
build


brown
blue
green
grey
long
short
shoulder-length
curly
wavy
straight
brown
grey
blond



tall
medium height
short




overweight
average build
slim




3. Check your writing: gap fill – completing a description

1. brother
2. London
3. patient
4. blond
5. creative
6. dream
7. fit
8. young
9. better
10. hard-working
11. successful
12. sad