Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería English 4 - Workshop

Departamento de Humanidades e Idiomas Vocabulary: text on page 10

Gropu 10th Grammar:
conjunctions
Name:_Yesion Velasco; Miguel Angel Camacho____________________Date:______________________________

A. Read the text on page 10 and according to that text answer the following questions using complete sentences.
1. What does a citizen journalist do?
The citizen journalist do share digital story to web sites about opinions, ideas and news

2. What has allowed people to become citizen journalists?

Cellphones and cameras has allowed share story to other people

B. Please fill in the blanks with the correct form of the vocabulary words from page 10. Remember to conjugate the verbs.
media organizations criticism prevalence threaten increased allow upload

1. Mormonism, a religious tradition popular in the U.S. ______has allowed______________ men to have more than one wife at
the same time.
2. One of the biggest minorities in the United States is the Latin community. That explains the
_______prevalence_____________of Spanish language in the streets of cities such as Los Angeles or Miami.
3. Some people think the __________increased_____________use of video games causes aggressiveness problems.

C. Find and correct the mistakes. There are mistakes in eight of the sentences.

I. I worked hard for to pass my exams.

2. She was angry because we didn't do our homework.
3. I play a lot of sports because want to stay fit.
4. He drove for six hours to meeting you. for
5. The bus was late so that we walked.
6. I spent time abroad because of I like travelling.
7. I'm going to the restaurant for meet my friends.to
8. He wanted to become a film star, so he went to
Hollywood. that
9. I went to the shop for buying the book.
10. I live miles from my office but so I get a train to work.

B. Complete the texts with to, so or because.

1. I John Klimt changed his name eight times ___because________ he wanted to have the names of his great-grandparents. He
wanted to include the women too, __so______for a short time he was called Sara, Katrina, Jessica and Margit!
2. In 2005, a town called Clark, Texas, changed its name to Dish. Why? __because_________in 2005, DISH TV network offered
ten years of free satellite and digit';l TV to everyone if the town changed its name _____so_______the town's residents agreed to
do it!
3. In 2006, Australian singer Rebecca Swift changed her hair colour every day for 365 days. Why? ______to______ be different.
She is a fan of Madonna, who changes her image all the time, Rebecca copied her.
4. Epi Taione, a Tongan rugby player, changed his name to Paddy Power during the 2007 Rugby World Cup. Paddy Power is a
company which gave money to the Tongan team, ______so_________Taione changed his name _to__ _ say thank you!
C. Answer these questions using complete and complex sentences using conjunctions.

What is the objective of paying taxes?

People pay taxes because with that money, new projects are made.

What is the objective of democracy?

The objective of democracy is representing and take decisions about the thought of the town

Why are you learning English?

I’m learning English for knowing a new idiom so I can speak with people from other countries