Page 74 - Grasp English B1+ (Workbook)

7 Experiences

Writing

A. Discuss with a partner.
1. What holiday do you remember taking as a child?
2. What toy did you play with a lot when you were younger?
3. What memories stand out from your time at primary school?

B. Mark the sentences as true (T) or false (F).
1. A descriptive essay can contain your own opinion.

2. You should use formal language and no contractions.
3. You don’t need to use paragraphs because your essay is just on one topic.
4. You should use a variety of adjectives.

My parents were never particularly keen on spending days
at the beach, especially my mum, who finds hot weather
unbearable. Also, neither of them enjoy being in crowded
places and as we lived on the coast, the beaches were
always busy in summer.
However, we would sometimes go to the beach in the
evening, when most of the tourists had gone home, and the
temperatures were a little cooler. This was the perfect time to
enjoy the refreshing water, as the waves were calmer then,
and the sea wasn’t full of loud children with huge surfboards
and inflatable crocodiles.

After a relaxing dip in the ocean, we would then dry off and
head back to our old car, brushing the rough sand from our
feet before we got in. As it was getting late, we’d then stop off
for a delicious slice of pizza on the way home. I’d always have
Hawaiian, and I know people think it’s crazy to put pineapple
on a pizza, but it always tasted so exotic to me after an
evening at the beach.

C. What do these adjectives from the text describe?

calmer cooler crowded exotic huge loud relaxing refreshing rough unbearable

D. Write an essay (120–180 words) about something you remember well from your childhood.

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