A2 WRITING ASSESSMENT 7

Where beer comes from

Communicative goals:

 Write descriptions of past events, activities, or personal experiences.

 Write about personal interests in some detail.
 Prepare a simple outline to organize ideas and information.

1. Think about…

1. What did you do last weekend?

2. What kind of beverages do you like

to drink?

3. Are you in the legal age to

consume alcohol?

Beverage: A drink other than water.

Legal age: Age legally accepted to

drink alcoholic beverages.

2. Words matter!

To do well in this lesson it is necessary to learn a number of words. Please complete

the following exercise. At the end you will learn more vocabulary.

2.1. Underline the expression that best matches the idea of the boldfaced word or
phrase. Have a dictionary at hand!

a. Carla jumped up and down with joy when she found out she passed all her exams.

- Great sadness - Great happiness

b. I become a professional dancer when I’m tipsy.

- Slightly drunk - Extremely drunk

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c. My mother said that the cure for the hangover is to eat chicken noodle soup.

-Cold/flu -The aftereffects of the excess of alcohol.

d. Once, Daniel told me I was sociable when I drink beer.

- Friendly - Cold

2.2. Match the word on the left with the meaning on the right. Write in the parenthesis
the corresponding letter.

Word Meaning
1 Ferment ( ) A Only, just.
To prepare a beverage by boiling and mixing a solid in
2 Barely ( ) B
water.
3 Lead ( ) C The act or process of fermenting.
4 Ale ( ) D To conduct, influence or cause something.
5 Brew ( ) E Synonym of beer.

3. Read a bit!

Read the following text called “Let’s drink a beer ”a short text where the history of
beer is described.

Did you know that women invented beer? Yes! This famous liquor was in woman’s domain
for thousands of years. Some researchers proved that women invented beer and this is
because beer is fermented barley.

In the past, women were responsible

for cooking and taking care of the
family. They used a strategy called
fermenting, which led to the
invention of beer. They created a
drink called ale, which was food at
the time and even Queen Elizabeth
drank ale for breakfast and
sometimes during the day.

Ale became very popular and only

women had permission to brew it, these women were called “ale-wives” or “Brewster”. Some
years later, they discovered a flower called “hop”, which they used to add flavor to the ale
and to preserve it for a longer period of time. This was the invention of beer.

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Today, people consume beer all over the world and many people think it's a “man thing”
and we hardly appreciate women for this wonderful invention. So the next time you drink a
beer or see someone drinking one, it should remind you of the beautiful things women have
done to make the world an enjoyable place to live in.

4. Tips for composition:

In this session you will find grammar elements and composition strategies that help
you with your writing production. Read the explanation; this is important for the
next step!

ORGANIZING IDEAS AND INFORMATION

What do we need to show our ideas? Let’s say we are doing a skills assessment, a
speaking test or worst! The mock test! To prepare your presentations you need some
ideas to organize yourself in order to be successful. Mind maps are an easy tool that
help students to organize their conflicted thoughts.

It’s easy!

When you have a presentation and time to prepare yourself these concepts will help
you:

1- What is the main topic? Choose one or the one given by the teacher will be
enough
2- You will need some branches to develop your main topic, the more ideas that
complement your topic the better.
3- Put some keywords that help you remember.
4- Add colors and images, draw if it is necessary! Those pictures will be full of
meaning for you to write.

Mind maps are excellent tools to help you memorize and organize yourself.

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4.1 Choose one topic you are interested in. Then, complete the following information
and create a mind map in order to organize the information.

1- TOPIC: _______________________________________________________
 _________________________________________________________________
 _________________________________________________________________
2- IDEAS
 _________________________________________________________________
ABOUT THE
 _________________________________________________________________
TOPIC:
 _________________________________________________________________
 _________________________________________________________________
 _____________________
 _____________________
 _____________________
3- KEYWORDS:
 _____________________
 _____________________
 _____________________

4- MIND MAP:

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 SIMPLE PAST TENSE
We use the simple past tense to talk about a completed action in the past.

Remember: In the simple past tense we need to be aware about:

a. The auxiliary: Did

b. The regular verbs
c. The irregular verbs

We use the auxiliary to make negative sentences

I didn’t drink that!

Remember, the verb doesn’t change when an auxiliary is in the sentence.

Then, we have the regular verbs. They are regulars because they follow some rules. In most
of the cases, the ending is –ed, sometimes –ied.

I tried to call her yesterday.

I walked home because I was so drunk!

But, there are special verbs that don’t follow rules. So, you have to learn them by heart.

Taken from http://angelpinelenglishlessons.blogspot.com/2018/06/past-simple-list-of-irregular-verbs.html

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 Don’t forget the question structure!

Wh + did+ subject + Verb + Complement?

What did you drink yesterday?

Where did she party last Saturday?

DESCRIBING PERSONAL INTEREST

Writing about yourself can have different applications, for example as an ice breaker in an
online chat when you are meeting someone, maybe in your CV when you want to look
appealing to the employer or when you start writing your Oral presentation. But, what
should you focus on?

1- Focus on your habits. For example, “In my free time, I swim for 2 hours and I go bike
riding. But this week, I couldn’t because I had to study for a test.”
2- Focus on your likes. “I loved running, however after the accident, I had to stop”
3- Focus on your personal interest, “In my last job, I was the coordinator of the
advertisement branch. Right now, I want to explore new fields, for example quality
management”.

Don’t forget that according to your purpose you will need to modify your register whether
formal or informal English. So, keep an eye on your words. You don’t want to sound informal
in an interview, do you?

4.2 Write 5 sentences with the things you were interested in when you were a child
and 5 more about the things you weren’t.

Things you were interested in

1.________________________________________________________________________

2.________________________________________________________________________

3. ________________________________________________________________________

4. ________________________________________________________________________

5.________________________________________________________________________

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Things you weren’t interested in

1. ________________________________________________________________________

2. ________________________________________________________________________

3. ________________________________________________________________________

4. ________________________________________________________________________

5. ________________________________________________________________________

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