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" 1 What classes are you taking this term? | 2 Which classes are you enjoying / not enjoying? 3 What especially interesting, boring oF challenging assignments have you had so far? 4 What extra-curricular activities are you doing a barely © very b generously d_ unfortunately °m enjoying chemistry because my teacher makes it all seem fun, thinking of doing? a actually © abit ae b incredibly d hardly DO THE TASK & organise your ideas into paragraphs and write your e-mail. Use the model in Exercise 2 and the Useful Expressions below to help you. Remember to use adverbs of manner, degree and comment. USEFUL EXPRESSIONS =m Hi..t/ Dear, How have you been? What's up? / What's new with you? What's going on with you? / How are things going? For me, / Personally, .. I'm already feeling 'm not sure (about) .. Can’t wait to hear from you. / Can't wait to hear about what's going on W's impossible to describe how boring my computer programming class is! a extremely practically b obviously carelessly 4 Writing these daily short stories for my English class hhas been difficult. a poorly barely b fairly d honestly 2 complete the e-mail using the adverbs below. luckily | certainly | hopefully | quite Virwally | especially | barely | peal 24 Sommmndsatm, sae ors | aSeel Take care, | | How have your frst couple of weeks of school been? For me this | | term is * going to be a challenge. 'm already | | feeling? stressed! 'm taking Iteatue, CHECK YOUR WORK | ‘environmental science, y calculus and French ~ i aoearart Set eae 5 Use the checklist below to check your work | keep up. ‘Fortunately, though, | ike all of my classes except Ss Organisation | | calculus, which I'm doing poory in. wasn't « * Spelling | | surprised when | failed the fist test. ° ‘ ‘+ Punctuation ‘+ Word order: | | Jane's going to go over everything with me this weekend, a start understanding the subect. + Grammar With so much schoolwork, tl be ” + Use of adverbs impossible for me to continue all my extra-curricular + Use of connectors actives, but I'm definitely not giving up the guitar! | con't wait to hear about what's going on with you. ‘Toke care,Check Your Progress (20-0 /] aaa «1 eT 1 choose the 0 words 1 bold, answer, Pay attention ta the 1 The praject required a great punt of tine wa tively diseusei 44 lot (very litle (a say ually have 4 These instructions are don't know what 10 do, 4 In English, our latest assignment isto write 4 book report / take ant exam, 5 This fs a Lough neighbourhood, You see a lot of violence / knowledge hee thnow/ 2 The sentences below do not make sense, Correct them by replacing the words in bold with wards. In bold from another sentence, 1 Jake was turned round for pushing another student 2 obeyed when someone shouted my name, am yet 4 My friends andl | have always revised school rules, 5. My grandfather ne punished at age 15. 6 Ann dropped out yesterday afternoon and met some friends, 3 complete the passage using the words below, p extra-curricular activities | acquire | demanding pay attention | challenges | compulsory | achieve An Education in Adventure For most students, and hiking are ' US schools, participation in out eps these activities can be anything from backpacking trips in forests and mountains to rock climbing and. snowboarding. According to these schools, these kinds of physically experiences provide many benefits. 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(while) 1 ool stopped offering music class year ago, (often 6 The last time we went to the cinema was in June. (since) We 7 | started studying French for the first time last week. (unui