CURSO

ACTIVIDAD SOPORTE FICHA N

Departamento de Educacin
y Ciencia

C.E.

Escuela Oficial de Idiomas n 2

de Zaragoza

INGLS

10

EXPRESIN
ESCRITA

AULA DE
AUTOAPRENDIZAJE
DESCRIBING PEOPLE
1. Complete the text using the following words.
although

because

because of

too

both

for example

My brothers
I have twin brothers, Tim and Tom. They are very similar and a lot of people dont know which is
which. They (a) _______________ have blond hair and blue eyes, and they always wear jeans
and T-shirts.
They like doing the same things, (b) _______________ . (c) _______________ , they
both like jazz and theyre crazy about football. They go to a football match once a week. Tim
doesnt like dancing or discos and Tom doesnt like them, either.
(d) _______________ theyre twins, theyre not exactly the same at everything. Tim
works hard at school (e) _______________ he wants to go to university, but Tom is a bit lazy.
Our mother is often away from home (f) _______________ her job, so we all work
together in the house. Most of the time its fine, but sometimes we fight a bit.

2. Write about 120-150 words about two people in your family. Write about the following:
- who they are, their age, physical description and clothes they usually wear
- their hobbies and interests
- their differences
- things you do together and problems you sometimes have

KEY
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)

both
too
For example
Although
because
because of

From Headway Elementary Workbook, p. 61

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