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S peaking & Writing
5 a) Use words from the
box to
describe the picture.
Check these words
4 Use the words in the list to complete the sentences.
ñ welcome ñ different ñ popular ñ simple
1 People on the island have a ............................................ life.
2 Tourists are .................................................... on the islands.
3 The islands are in a ...................................... place every day.
4 The islands are ................................................ with tourists.
b) Imagine you are on one of
the floating islands of Lake
Titicaca. Write an email to
your friend. Write: where
you are, what there is there ,
how you like it .
b) What is the author’s purpose?
6 How does the Uros
lifestyle differ from yours? In
three minutes, write a few
sentences. Read them to your
partner.
Think!
3 a) Read again and mark the sentences T (true) or F (false). Correct the false ones.
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Identifying the author’s purpose
When we read it is important for us to understand why
the author wrote the text. Does he/she write to entertain,
to persuade or to inform? This helps us understand the
text better.
1 The Uros people live on a lake. .......
2 The islands of the Uros are man-made. .......
3 Uros homes have only two rooms. .......
4 Uros men make boats out of wood. .......
5 Uros children don’t go to school. .......
6 Tourists travel to the islands by car. .......
Vocabulary Bank 2 pp. VB9 Ex. 8-VB10 Ex. 9