Exercise 10A, page 5 - English File Studetn's book, pre-intermediate, Oxford

5 WRITING

a Do you see people doing sport or exercise in your town or city? What do you see them doing?

b p.119 Writing An article Read about parkrun, and then write an article.

7 AN ARTICLE

a Read the article once. Why does the writer enjoy parkrun?

1 Because it helps her to lose weight.

2 Because she likes doing exercise with other people.

3 Because she likes getting up early.

b Read the article again and complete the gaps with an adjective from the list.

faster friendly healthy local overweight young

c What is each paragraph about? Match paragraphs 1-4 to the correct summary.

She recommends the activity, and explains why.

She says when and why she started doing it. She gives more details about when and where she does it now.

She gives basic information about the activity.

She explains why she enjoys it.

d You are going to write an article with four paragraphs about an activity that you enjoy in your free time. Plan what you're going to write in each paragraph. Look at the highlighted phrases, and make a list of useful phrases connected with your activity.

e Write an article with the title 'Why I love _______'. Write four paragraphs.

f Check your article for mistakes (grammar, punctuation, and spelling). Show it to other students in the class. How many of them do the same activity? How many of them would like to try it?

Why I love parkrun

Rachel Farrah

1 Parkrun organizes free five kilometre runs all over the world. Every Saturday morning, in the UK and in lots of other countries, people meet in a park and go for a run together. After the run you get a text message which tells you your time, so you can see that you're getting ¹_______ and fitter.

2 I started doing parkrun three years ago. I was ²_______ and stressed, and a friend invited me to go to the ³_______ run with him, in Princes Park here in Liverpool. I really didn't want to go at first, but after a few weeks I felt much better. Now I try to do it every Saturday, and I've done more than 100 runs since I started.

3 I love parkrun because of the people who do it – the atmosphere is really ⁴_______, and it's much more fun and motivating to run with other people. I know that my running friends will be in the park at the same time every weekend, and that makes me get up and get out of the house.

4 It doesn't matter if you're old or ⁵_______, male or female, fast or slow – if you want a ⁶_______ start to the weekend, you should try it! And if there isn't a parkrun in your town or city, maybe you should start one!