Worksheet

Subject: Writing

Teacher’s name: CHOUN VEY

Student’s name:
Level :8
Group :I
I.
Campus Distinguishing
: 20 General and Specific Information
Date Read the
: sentences and decide if they are general (G) or (S) specific information.

George Seurat, French, 1859-1891, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, 1848; oil on canvas,
1884-1886, 2007.5 × 308 cm, Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection, 1926.224.
Photograph ©1994, The Art Institute of Chicago. All Rights Reserved.

_S__ 1. There are two soldiers are standing motionless

____ 2. On the left, there is a beautiful lake.
____ 3. Three sailboats are moving on the lake, it seems happily.
____ 4. Four men and one woman, they are riding in a canoe.
____ 5. On the shore, some people are lying on the grass gazing at the water siently.
____ 6. In the background, there is one man playing a trumpet.
____ 7. Although the scene is quite busy, it also seems quiet and peaceful place.
____ 8. On the right, a woman and a man are dressed in elegant clothes.
____ 9. They are looking at the water.
____ 10. There are a monkey and a dog dancing at their feet.

II. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Which is correct General Information?

 a. In the center is the tree of life.
b. The painting is less interesting; however, The Tree of Life by Georhes Liautaud is made life
believable.
c. Two children are standing under the tree of life.
2. Which is correct Specific Information?
a. Although a painting is seemed the sample, It is made meaning of life increable.
b. The painting is less interesting; however, The Tree of Life by Georhes Liautaud is made life
believable
c. Two children are standing under the tree of life.
3. Which is the best topic sentence?
a. Watson and the Shark is a good painting.
b. In this painting, there are some men in a boat.
c. Watson and the Shark, by John Singleton Copley, shows a dramatic rescue attempt.
4. Why do we need using adjectives to write about details of paining of paragraph?
a. An adjective is a word that describes a noun to be less interesting.
b. Adjectives make any reader to be interested by painting.
c. Adjectives make descriptive writing more interesting.
5. Why do we need using prepositional phrases to write about details of paining of paragraph?
a. They give information about location, direction, and time.
b. They give general information of a paragraph.
c. They make any reader interesting.
6. Why do we need using the present continuous to write about details of paining of paragraph?
a. It tells about a painting.
b. It tells about a painter.
c. It is used to describe what is happening in a picture.

ANSWER KEYS

I. Distinguishing General and Specific Information

Read the sentences and decide if they are general (G) or (S) specific information.
 S 1. S 2. S 3. S 4. S 5. S 6. G 7. S 8. S 9. S 10.

II. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. b 2. c 3.c 4. c 5. a 6. c