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 ENGLISH ASSIGNMENT

1. Read this text from a biography of Japanese poet Matsuo Basho and answer
the questions below,
a) Is the text about a biography of Japanese poet Matsuo Basho
b) did Matsuo Basho become famous in Japan He became one of Japan’s most
famous poets, and his work established haiku as an important art form.
c) By 1681, he travelled on foot and on horseback all over Japan
d) He died in 1694, during a journey to Osaka. At that time he had 2000 students.

2. Write comparative sentences, using the following adjectives to compare the

following animals; a dog and a snake.

A. fast: mouse / cheetah / cat _The cat is faster than the mouse but the cheetah is the
fastest.

B. intelligent: dolphin / dog / snake _The dolphin is more intelligent than the dog
but the chimpanzee is the most intelligent.

C. short: giraffe / horse / penguin _The horse is shorter than the giraffe but the
penguin is the shortest.

D. heavy: hippo / snake / blue whale _The elephant is heavier than the hippo but the
blue whale is the heaviest.

3. Write superlative sentences, using the following adjectives to compare the

following items; a Dictionary (2000mt); a textbook (700 mt); a Bible (1000 mt)

Comparative and superlative adjectives: form

One-syllable adjectives (big, cold, hot, long, nice, old, tall)

To form the comparative, we use the -er suffix with adjectives of one syllable:

It’s colder today than yesterday.

It was a longer holiday than the one we had last year.

Sasha is older than Mark.

To form the superlative, we use the -est suffix with adjectives of one syllable. We
normally use the before a superlative adjective:

I think that’s the biggest apple I’ve ever seen!

At one time, the Empire State building in New York was the tallest building in the
world.

They have three boys. Richard is the oldest and Simon is the youngest.

7. Write a composition about your achievements this year and your future plans using
the present perfect simple or continuous and (be + going to + infinitive)

Personal fulfillment starts with the choices and options of life that we make, and mainly
with the consequences that are obtained from these choices.

It is important to establish goals to be achieved, and to organize strategies to achieve

them, such as planning, organization, time and attention management and others. Thus,
it is necessary to understand that we can only bring about changes in our lives, changing
our thoughts, behaviors and attitudes. For this, it is also necessary to take responsibility
for the construction of the path to be followed.

Thus, in order to achieve professional and consequently personal fulfillment, attributes

are required, such as attitude, common sense (adopt the most appropriate conduct),
courage to face challenges, discipline to plan, organize and meet goals; sense of justice
to fulfill and respect rights; physical and mental balance; focus to achieve your goals,
humility to admit mistakes and weaknesses; maturity to know how to deal with
frustrations and start over; daring to think and create something new. A very important
attribute is productivity, as it makes it possible to carry out what you have proposed to
do with the least possible effort; respect for yourself and others, accepting differences
Conclusion

Transcriber's Notes: Despite the severity with which the author of this work treats those
who depart from his standard of correctness, the source text does contain a small
number of typographical errors. Missing punctuation has been supplied silently, but all
other errors have been left uncorrected. To let the reader distinguish such problems from
any inadvertent transcription errors that remain, I have inserted notes to flag items that
appear errors by Brown's own standard. Spellings that are simply different from current
practice, e.g., 'Shakspeare' are not noted. Special characters: vowels with macrons are
rendered with an equals sign (=) before the vowel. Vowels with breve marks are
rendered with tildes (~) before the vowels.--KTH.