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WRITING A magazine article WRITING Prepositions of time:
SKILL on, at, in, before & after
1 In pairs, look at the photos and answer the
questions. 4 Find the prepositions on, at, in, before and after in the
magazine article. Which preposition do we use with ...
1 What do you usually eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner?
2 Do you think you have a healthy diet? Why / Why not? 1 times?
2 the morning, the afternoon and the evening?
3 days of the week?
What I eat
What I eat 5 Complete these sentences with prepositions of time.
4 months of the year?
by Josh Harper, aged 13 1 I usually have lunch at 12.30.
2 I always try to eat some breakfast ... school.
I’m not very hungry in the 3 ... dinner, I help my parents clean the kitchen.
morning, so breakfast isn’t 4 My brother never has a snack ... the evening.
my favourite meal. Before 5 Can you give me my book ... Friday morning please?
school, I have a small bowl of
cereal or a piece of toast and YOUR TURN
a glass of orange juice. At the TO WRITE
weekend, my mum cooks bacon and eggs.
PLAN BEFORE YOU WRITE
The school canteen is good. At lunchtime, they 6 Think about your answers to these questions.
sell hot meals, sandwiches, salads and desserts,
like apple pie or ice cream. The best thing is the 1 What do you eat before school?
pasta bar. Every week, they have a different 2 What do you eat at school?
sauce. This week it’s chilli. After lunch, I have a 3 What do you eat after school and at the weekends?
cake or some fruit for dessert. 7 Prepare a plan with notes with your ideas from
exercise 6.
After school, I’m always really hungry. So before I Paragraph 1 – breakfast
do my homework, I have a cup of tea and some a cup of coffee, ...
biscuits. We have dinner at seven in the evening. Paragraph 2 – lunch
My favourite foods are roast chicken, curry and Paragraph 3 – afternoon, evening and weekends
pizza. On Friday, we always have fish. I don’t really
like vegetables but I eat a lot of fruit. WRITE NOW
8 Write your magazine article about what you eat.
2 Read the article quickly and complete the categories 1 Use Josh’s article as a model.
with food that Josh eats. 2 Use your paragraph plan from exercise 7.
3 Include information about your favourite and your
breakfast: cereal snack: least favourite food.
lunch: dinner: 4 Use some prepositions of time if you can.
weekends:
CHECK AND CORRECT
3 Read the article again and answer the questions.
1 Why isn’t breakfast Josh’s favourite meal? 9 Check and correct your article.
Because he isn’t very hungry in the morning. 1 Check that the prepositions of time are correct.
2 What is the best thing in the school canteen? Why? 2 In pairs, swap your articles and check each other’s work.
3 When is Josh always hungry?
4 What time does Josh have dinner?
5 In your opinion, does Josh have a healthy diet? Why /
Why not?
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