My name is Sharon Hartle and although I was born in the north of

England: West Yorkshire, to be exact, I hae lied for most of my life in

Italy and my ado!ted home is "erona#
Now look at these sentences:
1. Can you link them so that they make a text?
2. One sentence would be better in another position.
3. Some thins are repeated where synonyms would be
better. !hat would you chane?
$or the !ast ten years howeer I hae worked %uite a lot for the
uniersity of &ol'ano#
I was here when the uniersity (rst o!ened its doors to students#
&ol'ano )niersity has always had an innoatie a!!roach to higher
education#
In South *yrol !eo!le s!eak di+erent languages so the uniersity
teaches in three di+erent languages#
I loe "erona and when I want to relax I loe ,ake -arda#
,ake -arda is one of the most beautiful !laces I know#
&ol'ano has become a sort of .home from home for me. #
In some ways I hae become %uite "eronese but I still remain true to
old English habits#
/ne English habit is drinking tea#
I can drink tea at any time of day: not only at 0 o1clock in the
afternoon :23
Writing Exercise
Now look at my oriinal text. !hat do you notice? "ow can this
help you when you a writin?
$or the !ast ten years howeer I hae also worked %uite a lot for
the uniersity of &ol'ano, in fact I was here when the uniersity
(rst o!ened its doors to students with an innoatie a!!roach to
higher education of its own brand: ty!ically, as you might ex!ect
from South *yrol, this meant teaching in three di+erent
languages: a challenge for some, but an adenture for others# So
&ol'ano has become a sort of .home from home for me. but I
loe "erona and when I want to relax I sli! away to ,ake -arda
which is %uite sim!ly one of the most beautiful !laces I know#
4es!ite the fact that in some ways I hae become %uite
"eronese it is also absolutely undeniable that I still remain true
to old English habits, and one of those is drinking tea# I can,
actually, drink tea at any time of day: not only at 0 o1clock in the
afternoon :23 if you isit me I1ll make you a cu! too :23
/ur Suggestions:
My name is Sharon Hartle and although I was born in the north of
England: West Yorkshire, to be exact, I hae lied for most of my life in
Italy and my ado!ted home is "erona but
for the !ast ten years 5, howeer,3 I hae worked %uite a lot for the
uniersity of &ol'ano#
6ctually7 In fact, I was here when the uniersity (rst o!ened its doors to
students#
In South *yrol !eo!le s!eak di+erent languages so &ol'ano
)niersity has always had a %uite innoatie a!!roach to higher
education as it teaches in English, -erman and Italian#
&ol'ano has become a sort of .home from home for me. #
I loe "erona and when I want to relax I loe ,ake -arda#
,ake -arda is one of the most beautiful !laces I know#
In some ways I hae become %uite "eronese but I still remain true to old
English habits#
/ne English habit is drinking tea#
I can drink tea at any time of day: not only at 0 o1clock in the
afternoon :23
8# *he uniersity always had an innoatie a!!roach# 5Sim!le 9ast:*his
was true in the !ast !robably not true now#3
:# *he uniersity has always had an innoatie a!!roach# 59resent
9erfect: ongoing situation from the !ast to the !resent3
;# *he uniersity always has an innoatie a!!roach# 59resent: *his is
general true 5</ reference to the !ast# *his only describes the
situation now#3
=# *he teachers are always i#in us useful links on the Internet#
59resent continuous > always can be used for irritating habits or for
endearing, unusual habits like this one#3
!ritin $ask: use this task to !ractise writing about yourself !utting into
!ractice the things you hae learned from the actiity aboe# ?emember
that you hae a!!rox# :0@ words for this task#
Introduce your World
Our tourist site would like to know more about its members. By sharing information about
yourself, your origins and background and the place you come from you can help us all to
learn something new and even thought-provoking about different places. You should:
describe yourself, your origins and your current context
explain how your life choices have guided you in your life
give further information about your feelings both about your life and the place
where you live and work