UNIT 4: WRITING

ABOUT THE PRESENT

Lesson 1: The Simple Present Tense
Lesson 2: There is, there are - A/ An with Count Nouns
Lesson 3: Simple sentence and compound sentence
Lesson 4: Revision
 UNIT 3: WRITING ABOUT
THE PRESENT
Lesson 1: The Simple Present Tense
1. Simple Present: Statements
2. The Simple Present: Negative Statements
Lesson 1: The Simple Present Tense
Activity 1: Fill in the blanks with the correct simple present tense form of
the verb
Uncle Charlie and Aunt Valerie
My Uncle Charlie and Aunt Valerie (1. be) ….. successful
entrepreneurs. Their restaurant (2. be) ….. ten years old now, and
they (3. enjoy) ….. great success. The restaurant (4. have) ….. 15
servers, two managers, and three chefs. Uncle Charlie (5. work) …..
very hard in his restaurant. Sometimes he (6. be) ….. there seven
days of a week. Aunt Valerie always (7. go) ….. to the restaurant at
night to make sure that the customers (8. be) ….. happy. I (9. love)
….. my Uncle Charlie and Aunt Valerie, and I really appreciate all
their hard work. There (10. be) ….. no one better than them!
Lesson 1: The Simple Present Tense
Activity 2: Fill in the blanks with the correct simple present form of the
verbs in the word bank. Some verbs may be used more than once the
blanks with the correct simple present tense form of the verb
love play be speak come practice have

My classmates
My classmates come from all over the world. Jose 1. ………. from
Spain, so he 2. ………. Spanish perfectly. Wonbin and Hyun- Ju 3. ………
Korean, but they 4. ………. from different cities. Yuri 5. ………. from
Ukraine. He 6. ………. English all the time and 7. ………. a great accent.
The Al- Ahmad brothers 8. ………. from Dubai, and they 9. ………. soccer
very well. What about me? I 10. ………. from Italy, and I 11. ………. to
sing in class. We 12. ………. all very good friends, and I hope we can be
friends forever.
Lesson 1: The Simple Present Tense
Activity 3: Number the sentences in the correct paragraph order
Jim’s Daily Routine
After this part-time job, he goes home, eats a quick dinner, studies, and does his
homework.
He studies engineering at City College.
He goes to school for six hours.
Jim knows that this lifestyle is stressful
1 Jim is a very busy student.
Every morning, he wakes up at 7.00, takes a shower, and then rushes off to school.

He also knows that the tress will end soon, and he will get a professional job.
After school, he goes to the local mall where he works in a sporing goods store.
Lesson 1: The Simple Present Tense
Activity 4: Changing verbs from affirmative to negative
6.Nina reads folk tales. They are international.
=> ………………………………………………………
7.My mother grow roses. The roses are big. The roses are beautiful.
=> ………………………………………………………
8.Juan works for a company. The company is small. The company is
independent.
=> ………………………………………………………
9.My grandparents live in a town. It is a farming town. The town is small.
=> ………………………………………………………
10.Sharon rents a house on Smith Street. The house is white. The house is
tiny.
=> ………………………………………………………
UNIT 3: WRITING ABOUT
THE PRESENT
Lesson 2: There is, there are - A/ An with Count Nouns

1. There is/ There Are

2. A/ An with Count Nouns
Lesson 3: There is, there are - A/ An with Count Nouns
Activity 1: There are four mistakes with verbs and There is/ There are in
the following paragraph. Circle and correct the mistakes
The English Alphabet
There have 26 letters in the English alphabet. There is five vowel
letters and 21 consonant letters. The five vowels are a, o, i, u and e.
the letters w and y can be vowels when they come after other
vowels. There three letters with the a sound in their names. Thees
letters are a, j and k. are nine letters with the e sound in their names.
These are b, c, d, e, g, p, t, v, and z. If you want to speak English
well, you have to learn the 26 letters of the English alphabet.
Lesson 3: There is, there are - A/ An with Count Nouns
Activity 2: fill in the blanks with there are or they are
1.….…… too many questions on this test.
2.….…… happy to see us today.
3.….…… at the doctor.
4.….…… many different ways to study English.
5.….…… some apples in the kitchen.
6.….…… at the store right now.
7.….…… my best friends in the whole world.
8.….…… two servers in the restaurant.
9.….…… great teachers at our school.
10.….…… excited about Mark’s party.
 Lesson 3: There is, there are - A/ An with Count Nouns
Activity 3: Decide if the nouns is count noun ( C) or noncount noun (U).
then circle all the noun forms that can be used in the sentence below
1. A cat Cats A cats Cat
2. A ice An ice Ice Ices
3. Moneys A money Money A moneys

4. Breads Bread A breads A bread

5. An eraser A eraser Erasers An erasers

6. Homeworks A homework A homeworks Homework

7. An unit Units A unit An units

Lesson 3: There is, there are - A/ An with Count Nouns
Activity 4: Rewrite each sentences. Add a or an if necessary

1. My father has stressful job.

=> ……………………………………………..
2. You have visitor today.
=> …………………………………………….
3. The teacher gives us homework every day.
=> …………………………………………….
4. There is large cake in the kitchen.
=> …………………………………………….
5. His mother is elegant woman.
=> ……………………………………………
Lesson 3: There is, there are - A/ An with Count Nouns
Activity 4: Rewrite each sentences. Add a or an if necessary

6.I am sorry. I do not have time to talk to you right now.

=> …………………………………………….
7.We take tests in this class every week.
=> …………………………………………….
8.Their sister is great cook!
=> …………………………………………….
9.You can buy good furniture in that store.
=> …………………………………………….
10.This soup needs salt.
=> …………………………………………….
UNIT 3: WRITING ABOUT
THE PRESENT
Lesson 3: Simple sentence and compound sentence

1. What is simple sentence?

2. What is compound sentence?
Lesson 3: Simple sentence and compound sentence
Activity 1: Write S (simple sentence) or C (compound sentence)
1.….. Japan’s flag is red and white, and Canada’s flag is also red and white.
2.….. Japan and Canada have the same two colors in their flags.
3.….. The weather is bad, but the airplane will leave on time.
4.….. It is extremely hot in Abu Dhabi during the summer.
5.….. This map of Europe, Africa, and Asia is very old.
6.….. You can have cake or ice cream for dessert.
7.….. The students take a test every Friday, but they do not like it!
8.….. January, March, May, July, August, October and December have 31 days.
9.….. Ian and Carlos like surfing and skiing.
10.….. This recipe requires two cups of flour, two cups of sugar, and one cup of milk.
11.….. Some people prefer gold rings, but I prefer silver rings.
12.….. These silver and gold rings are different in weight, so they are different in price.
Lesson 3: Simple sentence and compound sentence
Activity 2: Combine each pair of simple sentences into one compound
sentence (using comma and connecting word: and, but, or, so)

1.Secher lives in Turkey. Secher’s sister lives in Canada.

2.Carlos works on Saturday. He cannot come to the movies with us.
3.We go to school every day. We play tennis on weekends.
4.Luis and Kathy are related. They are not brother and sister.
5.Hurricanes begin in the Atlantic Ocean. Typhoons begin in the Pacific.
6.I like to go to the beach in the summer. My brother prefers to hike in
the mountains.
7.I do not feel well. I will call the doctor.
8. You can watch television. You can watch a movie
UNIT 3: WRITING ABOUT
THE PRESENT
Lesson 4: Revision and Building Better Vocabulary

1. Revision: Subject, Verb and Capitalization

2. Word Associations
3. Using collocations
4. Parts of Speech
Lesson 4: Revision and Building Better Vocabulary
Activity 1: Correct the paragraph. There are 7 mistakes (2 missing subjects,
5 missing verbs)

The City of Budapest

Budapest one of the most interesting capitals of Europe. Is a romantic
city, and it has many interesting tourist places to visit. One example the
Danube River. It separates Budapest into Buda and Pest. In addition,
visitors traditional Hungarian food. The most popular food goulash soup.
The people of Budapest friendly and helpful to tourists. When travel to
Europe, you can visit Budapest and have a very good time
Lesson 4: Revision and Building Better Vocabulary
Activity 2: Correct the paragraph. There are 11 capitalization mistakes
Amazing Tourist Towers
Did you know that many popular travel spots are former World’s Fair
Towers? The most is the Eiffel tower from the 1889 fair in paris. This tall
graceful tower is a well- known symbol of france. Tourists often ride boats on
the Seine river at night and look at the tower’s beautiful lights. Another famous
fair tower is in seattle, Washington in the united States. The space Needle
comes from the 1962 World’s Fair, and it looks like a giant tower with a UFO
on top of it. people love to eat in the revolving restaurant at the top. In
Daejeon, South korea. Travelers love to visit the Tower of grand Light from
the 1993 World’s Fair. This silver and red tower is now part of a giant
amusement park where people can swim, watch movies, and enjoy exciting
rides. These are only a few of the amazing destinations that have their
beginnings in the world’s Fair!
Lesson 4: Revision and Building Better Vocabulary
Activity 3: There are 13 mistakes (2 adjectives mistakes, 2 punctuation
mistakes, 1 subject pronoun mistake, 2 verbs mistakes, 1 article mistakes,
3 capitalization mistakes, 2 possessive adjective mistakes)
Not an Average Teenager
Steven Mills is not your typical athletic teenager. Steven is an gymnast, and
he want to compete in the olympics. He wakes up at five o’clock in the
morning every day because he has to practice before school. First, he has a
breakfast healthy. Then she jogs to the National Gymnasium on Cypress street.
He practices gymnastics for two hours. Then he gets ready for school. Steven
goes to school from eight- thirty in the morning until three o’clock in the
afternoon. After school, he returns to the Gymnasium for classes special with
him coach. When practice finish at six o’clock, Steven returns home. He eats
dinner, does his homework and talks with their family. Steven is in bed early to
be ready to work hard again the next day.
Lesson 4: Revision and Building Better Vocabulary
Activity 4: Circle the word or phrase that is most closely related to the
word or phrase on the left

A B
Successful Negative effect Positive effect
An entrepreneur To be the boss To have a boss
Part- time To work forty hours To work twenty hours

Engineering Bridges Orchestras

Typical Normal Rare
A sibling A brother An uncle
Forever An end No end
Servers An office A restaurant
Lesson 4: Revision and Building Better Vocabulary
Activity 4: Circle the word or phrase that is most closely related to the
word or phrase on the left

To separate To divide To mix

Professional A nice suit Shorts and a t-shirt
To wake up To go to sleep To stop sleeping
Traditional New Old

Stressful An earthquake A picnic

Athletic A library A soccer field
Requires Must have optional
To separate To divide To mix
Professional A nice suit Shorts and a t-shirt
Lesson 4: Revision and Building Better Vocabulary
Activity 5: Fill in each blank with the word the most naturally completes
the phrase on the right.

make/ take To … a friend

make/ take To … a shower in the morning
form/ with To be separated … your family
at/ on To wake up … six in the morning
desk/ mistake A common …
in/ on To compete … a game
in/ on To write … the whiteboard
of/ to A map … the region
see/ watch To … a television show
get/ take To … information for a report
Lesson 3: What is paragraph?
Activity 6: Fill in the blank with the best word form provided
Noun Verb Adjective Sentence
Friend X Friendly My best ….. lives in Mexico.It is
important to be ….. to others.
ProfessionPr X Professional Computer graphics is a popular …..Her
ofessional ….. experience is impressive.

Separation Separate Separate I ….. my clothes before washing

them.Jessica and her husband drive …..
cars.
Visitor Visit X Wake up! There is a ….. waiting to see
you. Every Sunday, Maria ….. her sister.

Preference Prefer Preferred Lisa has a ….. for spicy foods.Ian ….. to
go to the beach for his vacation.
WRITING TOPIC
1.Write about you favorite teacher this semester.
2.Write about a job that interests you.
3.Write about your hometown.
4. Choose a member of your family. Write a
paragraph about this person.