Homework · Day 3

Describe a Process · Practise Opinion Phrases

Estimated time: 30 minutes Due: Before Day 4 Submit by: Email (button at bottom)

What you'll do tonight

  1. Describe a 5-step process in writing — using sequencers and action verbs.
  2. Match attitudes to opinion phrases.
  3. Decode a short decision dialogue and identify who agreed with what.
  4. Self-check and submit by email.

Exercise 1 — Describe a process

Choose any everyday process (making tea, changing a tyre, sending a parcel, brushing a dog…). Describe it in 6–8 sentences. You must use: at least four sequencers (First, Then, Next, After that, Finally, etc.) and at least six action verbs from Day 3's vocabulary.

Topic:

Your description (write directly in the box):

Self-check
  • Did you use at least four different sequencers?
  • Are your verbs varied — not just "do" or "put"?
  • Could a reader follow your steps without confusion?

Exercise 2 — Opinion phrases

For each speaker line below, decide what attitude they're showing. Choose from: enthusiastic, doubtful, irritated, reluctant, confused, worried.

  1. "Honestly, I have no idea what they meant by that." →
  2. "That sounds absolutely brilliant — I can't wait!" →
  3. "Hmm, I'm not entirely sure about that." →
  4. "For the third time, I've explained this already." →
  5. "I suppose I could do it, though I'd rather not." →
  6. "What if it doesn't work? What if we run out of time?" →
  1. confused — "no idea what they meant"
  2. enthusiastic — "absolutely brilliant"
  3. doubtful — "not entirely sure"
  4. irritated — "for the third time…"
  5. reluctant — "I suppose I could… though I'd rather not"
  6. worried — repeated "what if" + negative outcomes

Exercise 3 — Track the decision

Read this short dialogue between two students choosing how to present their project. Answer the questions.

ANNA: "I was thinking we could do a video — that would be more engaging than slides."
BEN: "Hmm, I'm not sure. Editing takes ages and we're already short on time."
ANNA: "True. What about a poster, then? Quick to make."
BEN: "Actually, that could work really well. The hall has those big display boards."
ANNA: "Right, poster it is, then. Let's start sketching tonight."
  1. What was Anna's first suggestion?
  2. Why did Ben reject it?
  3. What did they finally agree on?
  4. Quote one phrase Anna used to confirm the decision.
  1. A video (presentation).
  2. Editing takes too long and they're short on time.
  3. A poster.
  4. "Right, poster it is, then." (Other accepted: "Let's start sketching tonight.")

Notice the structure: suggest → reject with reason → counter-suggest → agree → confirm. This pattern appears constantly in Section 3 conversations.

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