INFORMATIVE TEXTS
All of these are elements of the informative texts, except:
a) educate b) non-fiction
c) use facts d) fiction
D) FICTION
Mention 3 elements of a news article:
headline, drophead, dateline, byline, lead, body, photo, and caption
Complete the blanks with PAST SIMPLE (WAS/WERE):
The students ______ in the CBTIS.
The principal ______ (not) happy yesterday.
The students WERE in the CBTIS.
The principal WASN'T happy yesterday.
Complete the blanks:
My mother asked me what I __________ (do).
My mother asked me what I HAD DONE.
All the adverbs have the suffix -ly:
a)true b)false
b)false (Most adverbs have the suffix -ly but not all of them, for example, well, fast, late, etc.)
What type of informative text is a newspaper?
a) literary non-fiction b) expository c) argumentative d) procedural
c) ARGUMENTATIVE
Mention the difference between the headline and the drophead:
The headline is the story's title; it sums up the story in a line; it's attractive. The drophead is a secondary headline; that provides additional information about the story.
Complete the blanks with PAST SIMPLE (DID):
Leonardo Da Vinci _________ (paint) the Mona Lisa.
Elon Musk ___________ (not, create) Apple.
Leonardo Da Vinci PAINTED the Mona Lisa.
Elon Musk DIDN'T CREATE Apple.
Complete the blanks:
My family __________ (not, move) to Canada when I was ten years old.
_____ you ______ (study) for the exam before you took it?
My family HADN'T MOVED to Canada when I was ten years old.
HAD you STUDIED for the exam before you took it?
Change the next adjectives into adverbs:
HAPPY, HARD, GOOD
HAPPILY, HARD, WELL
Besides, graphics and illustrations, mention another characteristic of the informative texts:
Organization and written cues
What is the lead?
It's the first paragraph; it summarizes the most important information in the story.
Complete the blanks using both PAST TENSES:
_______ the teacher in Cancún last vacation?
________ you _________ (eat) tacos yesterday?
WAS the teacher in Cancún last vacation?
DID you EAT tacos yesterday?
Mention one sentence using PAST SIMPLE and PAST PERFECT:
I'd studied hard before I took the English exam.
Before I took the English exam, I'd studied hard.
Use the sentence below to create a new sentence but use an adverb:
Be careful when you open that door.
You open that door carefully.
You carefully open that door.