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2 Family and Frıends

Writing

A. Discuss the questions.

1. Where do you go to school? Is it close to your home?
2. Would you like to go to a boarding school? Why/Why not?

B. Discuss the questions.
1. What things would you miss if you lived at school
instead of at home?

2. Are there any advantages to living at school rather
than at home?

C. Read the compare and contrast essay. How many of your ideas
from exercise B are mentioned?

There is no such thing as a typical family, and a typical
way to live. I live at boarding school during term time,
and at home during holidays. In this essay, I’m going to
compare these ways to live and give my opinion about
which is better.

In many ways living at home and at school are
1 . You have your typical daily routine and so do your parents, so you don’t spend all your
time with them anyway. In 2 cases, there is always someone to go to for help and advice,
people to eat your meals with and have fun at the weekends.

3 , living at school can sometimes be lonely. When you are at home you can always go
and talk to your mum or dad, and there is always somewhere quiet to relax, 4 at school
things are always very noisy and busy.

I love my school, 5 I’m always happy to go home and spend some quality time with my
family, so in my opinion living at home is the best option.

D. Complete the sentences above using the E. Discuss the similarities and differences between
words in the boxes. being brought up by parents versus grandparents.
Check your work using the checklist.
on the other hand • Use comparative words such as on the other hand,
similar whereas, both.
• Write a short introduction to introduce the topic.
whereas
• Write two paragraphs to compare and contrast the
both topic.
but • Finish with a summary and your overall opinion.

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