Advanced Writing with English in Use

Unit 3 • Narrative

64 • Types of writing

3 Pract ice

Rew ritethefollowingin singlesentences using a participleclause.

Example

Manypeoplehope the governmentwi lldosometh ing. They are wri ting

to thei r .MPs.

Al(m yp eop le , hop illgthegovernmentlcilldo something, (irewritingto

their MPs.

1 He he ard what his daughte r had clone.He was proud.

2 The so l dierswere singing'Flowe rof Scotland'. They marched throughthe

bli zzard.

3 IvisitedtheSu danlast year. Iwas shocke d by what Isaw.

4 Shewasbornin 1975 and e ducate datHirst. SusanGallonbecamea star in

1996.

.5 I pulled a muscle yesterday.As a result , I can't do anytraining tod ay.

6 I have n't beento the States. Consequently, I don't knowwhat you'retalking

about.

7 I-Ieinsisted thatwe shou ld allhepunctual.The nhe himsel f was half an hou r

late.

S I hadn't ope ned the letter. As are s ult, I hadn't realized I had wonfirstprize.

9 \ Vhentheylookaround old house s, some peopl e get asense ofhistory.

10 I was n'tfluentinthe ir language .I had to lisea lotofmime.

Il He r son wasinspiredby the concert.He started to learnthe piano.

12 I onl y broughtT-shirts andbe achclothes.I had assumed thatAugustwould he

hot.

13 I wasn't frightened of t hecobra.I hadbeen bittenby snakeslIlallYtimesbe fo re.

14 lfvoutold me that FrancisJame s spent thre e yearsin prison in China, I

wouldn't be surprised .I havejust r e ad an articleabout hislife.

1.5 I was de lighte d about winning the prize, soI t ookallIllyfriendsout to celebrate.

1.2 A letter to the editor

Part1 writingtask

Thetextsbelow are taken from areview, in a Britishnewspaper, of a collection

of short stories. Cindy Vit ale oncestayed withyou duringher travels and since

you have a verygood memoryof her and her friendship,you areshocked by the

inaccuracy of the informationprintedin thenewspaper. Withthe help of a rock

music encyclopedia, youdecide to write to thenewspaperand set the record

straight.

St udytheextracts fromthe book reviewtogetherwith the biographical

informat ion fromthe encyclopedia,then write yourletterto thenewspaper

(about250 words).

Surpris ingly, the relnarkahl e last shortstor y. intI?Chook~va~

written bypunkro cker Cin dy Vita le, w h o(lied m 1 994 m a

I

. h Given the quality of the wr iting , itseemsa r ealpity
p ane crus.. where
thatshe w asted somuchof herlife 011 themusi cscene, ,.
her unsu cccssfnl career w ith the pu n k ba nd DGeneratl~JI1
cu l m in a te d In her disa ppointmenta t fail ing to se cure t r e
leading r olein the film BrokenEng lish.

IfonlylVIiss Vitale hadde vot e dm o r eofh e re nergy towriti ng,

whe re shes eems to havehad e normo us tal ent, inst ead of

musi c,wheresheobviously had none