Hope you are doing well! For this activity you will write about a problem you have had (120 words at least). Post your comments before August 26th!
1. Read the following text and look at the definitions of the underlined words in a dictionary.
"When a problem comes up at school, I tend to think it over for a while, and I can usually sort it out myself. If it is a bigger problem, then sometimes I need to sleep on it and come back to it in the morning. If it is a problem with my family, and I can't make up my mind what to do, I can usually talk it over with my best friend. It can nearly always come up with an idea that helps. And when I have a problem with a friend - well, if I just ignore it, it will usually just go away by itself". Taken from: English in Mind 3. Cambridge Universtity Press.
2. Think about a problem you have had recently. Write a short and creative composition using all of the underlined words in the text above.
3. Include linkers of contrast, such as: however, although, despite, even though. Use them in a coherent way in your text.
3. Language/writing aspects:
- Simple sentence structure: subject + verb + complement.
- Look for useful vocabulary you need.
- Check grammar, spelling, punctuation rules, etc.
All your writings will be welcome as comments... Thanks for participating!
- Check grammar, spelling, punctuation rules, etc.
All your writings will be welcome as comments... Thanks for participating!
When the farmers protest began last sunday,I was in villa de Leyva, so, a problema came up because there were not free ways to travel to Tunja. My mothers and me thought it over for a while. we wanted sort it out ourselves but it was imposible. we needed to sleep on it and we came back to it again. we thoughtto stay in Villa de Leyva during several days, but it would be a problem at school. Then we made up our mind to take a travel by Arcabuco. we talked it over with our neighbours and they came up whith it was a good idea. we ignored to stay in Villa De Leyva, we took the travel by Arcabuco and then, the problema went away, my mother and me arrived to Tunja.
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ReplyDeletetoday I am going to talk about the national strike of farmers in Boyacá where there have been discussions, for the sake of the unemployed there was gasoline, food, however could not buy, because they destroy cars the peasant, which makes that there is no power, no school. This makes that we are affected people, plays to discuss it, (a stop is the way how people manifest to allow government intervention) in my case, solving unemployment touches speak, which are already doing, and that more investment in these areas, while farmers talk, touch to resolve arguments peacefully, I anqué farmers are feeding their, work not is valued aurita President this sleep in this think it over and to or but who knows that it will make and make up my mind what will happen with the campesinpo for which no food disappear and retun to our normal lives
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ReplyDeletei´m going to talk about the consequence of the farmers strike in Boyaca.When the strike comes up many roads were blocked and many trucks were burned in some roads, however the strike go on and more roads were blocked making that all the trucks that carry food for some departments can´t arrive,with that problem the government can't ignore it because some cities there´s not food,the government have to think it over because the can´t sort it out with violence and without reaching a agreement of the both sides,if they don´t know how to stop it they can sleep on it and come back to it when find a solution but they cant make up their minds because the problem is already done, although there´s many forms to talk it over with the farmers the government decided to go on the side of violence,they can´t go away with this problem without talk and sort it and we can keep with our normal lives
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ReplyDeleteI am going to talk about PEACE DIALOGUES. In this moment the farc’s group stops the dialogues with the government because they want to analyze some points of the conversation and see if these meeting are progressing or not. The government is analyzing the same points and they hope that the farc’s group comes back to Cuba to talk about the peace. On the other hand, here in Colombia sometimes the farc´s group is killing a lot of people and the army tries to defend different towns and capture this bad persons These groups of terrorist are trying to give to peasants some lands that aren´t of they and the government will freeze these lands for peasants do not make owners of those.
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ReplyDeleteThe last time a problema came up was on thursday. I came home from school and then I remembered that I didn't have keys of my house, so I had to go to my aunt's house until my parents arrived home. I was about to start studying for some exams that I had when I realized that my books were inside my house. I left them yesterday insisde. Despite of that I tried to sort out a solution. I had to think it over for a while, and I decided to search some information from internet and study from it. My parents arrived home so I went to my house.We had dinner and then my mom told me that she would ask me some questions about what I had to study for. But I knew anything about she asked. So she studied with me until midnight. But I still had a lot of homework to do and it was really late. I couldn't talk ito over with my parents because they would complain. I couldn't ignore it because it wouldn't go away. I decided to sleep on it and come back to it in the morning but I left sleep and I was very worried. However, there wasn't class next day becuse of the farmers strike.
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ReplyDeleteToday I will talk about the situation that is in the city of Tunja.
Eat up day Sunday August 18 was 3 pm and we were in Bogota, when suddenly say about a problem that they said that on Monday the arrest was going to start, then we begin to think it over.
We woke up the next day at 5 in the morning to go without unemployment we cram with unemployment, but my uncle did not wanted to stop bed because the day before had been to bed very late, then try to sort it out, even though he was asleep we could wake up.
In the car I decided to sleep on it about what could happen to the unemployed, when we were going to come back to it did make up my mind that I was to wake up, reaching boyaca bridge was a man selling food estonces decided to talk about it but decided ignore the end the man decided to disappear.
That was my story!
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ReplyDeleteI'm going to talk about a problem of my last vacations with my family. I was in Panama city with all my family (my parents, my aunts, my cousins, etc.); we were enjoying the hotel, the pool, the time together, in fact, we were enjoying our vacation time. First we were in the city and then we went to the beach; the hotel in the beach was very relaxing, very comfortable and really beautiful, we really love it. All the nights the hotel workers presented different shows for the tourist, one night when the show finished, with my cousins we decided to stay out the room for more time for play table tennis, our parents let us so they went to the rooms and my cousins and I stayed there and played table tennis. In that moment the problem came up, we met three boys from Argentina and we played table tennis with them. One hour late they invited us to drank something and we said yes, why not? We were drinking something and we were having a good time, when we finished it was like midnight and they asked for went for a walk; despite it was midnight, we went for a walk with them. Time later with my cousins we decided to went to sleep because it was too late. When we were near to the room, outside there were my mother and my aunt really worried; before we arrived to the exactly place my mother and my aunt were, we had to made up our minds for what to say. When we were with my mother and my aunt they were really disgusting with us because it was really late and the worst part is that in that moment my father and my uncle were searching us in the entire hotel. Before my father and my uncle arrived, we tried to talked into my mother and my aunt that we weren't doing anything dangerous or something like that; in that moment another cousin that was sleeping appeared and made us though it over. Even though my mother and my aunt were more relaxed, when my father and my uncle arrived they were really angry with us, and my mother, my father, my uncle, my aunt, my cousins and I talked it over for a long time. Although my cousins and I tried to sort out the problem, our parents were angry yet. But we decided that was better to slept on it so everyone went for their respective rooms because it was really late. At the next day all was normal, like nothing passed the last night; with my cousins we thought that the will came back, but it didn't, so we decided to ignored it and finally the problem went away.
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ReplyDeleteI´m going to talk about the problems i have been having at the school, with the math subject.
i really don´t know why i am not paying at the subject, because if we think it over for a while, even though i have studied enough, i haven´t obtained the expected results at he subject.
the problem came up this year, and i start thinking it is very difficult to sort out. i try to talk it over with my parents and i recieived some help from them, that makes me more strong to cope it and it´s not the type of problem that you can just ignore, for me it´s an important problem, because math is a very important subject for the daily life. so, the life continues i just can´t sleep on it, because it is not an easy situation.
i think i must come back to it and try to make up my mind about what to do, but at the time it seems that the only thing left to do is to let the problem go away by itself.
i hope that the situation get better.
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ReplyDeleteI'm going to talk about a problem of my travel to Brazil. I was in Brazil most exactly in Sao Paulo with my cousin Laura and my mom, we were so happy, we decided to visit the city so we went to the Pulina's Avenue that is the most popular avenue in in Sao Paulo, we decided to go shopping, we took the subway , there we walked a lot and made up our mind and go to a rodicio (a rodicio is a very popular restaurant in Brazil where you pay and you can eat all you want and the times you want) there we laugh and we stay for a long time, we ate and ate slowly we were finishing. In spite of we were satisfied but even so we ate and ate. We talk it over and decide to go to the hotel, so we had to walked again. We took the subway, in a station my cousin Laura think we had to lower the subway but my mom didn't low the subway and it started to went, we (Laura and I) were so worried even thought we were laughing, after 10 minutes my mom return. Although we keep us together the rest of the trip.
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I am going to talk about the farmers strike in boyaca, such strikes began to affect me ,they began to block roads which caused shortages of food and gasoline even though this I generated a sense of doubt because in the last hours the u.p.t.c began to support farmers, in spite of this I went to school and the answer was the one I thought no class
ReplyDeletePresident this sleep in this think it over and to or but who knows that it will make and make up my mind hat will happen with the support farmers for which no food disappear and retun to our normal lives.
but good news is that President Santos agree to negotiate with farmers
“MY MOST UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE IN HIGH SCHOOL”
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It was the first day of the most unforgettable moment of my life. It was a new beginning, for I will be dealing with different people whom I not know in the past. There was a feeling of anxiety inside of me, on how I’m going to deal with them. Then there I was, entering my new second home, and when I step foot on the ground, my new life unfolds in cristo rey chool,
I felt a little afraid, while walking alone, then I saw them, waving at me, my previous classmates. There they were, smiling at me, calling my name. I smiled back at them. I talked to them and we reminisced the good days back in elementary. And one at a time, I asked the people at the back their names. I also took the initiative to befriend them then, and so, I had many friends in the very first day, and I liked that. Our advisor entered, named Mrs. Esperanza, I first thought of her as a scary person, but I figured out later on, she’s a humorous person. Then, she talked to me and told me to look after I-Gold. I looked after them, their like behaved children.
Are these Blessings or problems?
A week later, Mrs. Espernza, our advisor, asked me to lead the nomination of the officer in the class, and to my surprise, mostly of the class voted me. I was the president. And also, I was chosen to be one of the first year representatives of cristo rey story. I was happy, but the schedules became tighter. Presidents and vice are partners. I became close with the vice president, named ana maria florez. We were very close, but I already know she had a bestfriend that’s why I distanced myself. To be honest, I longed to have a best friend too. After the problems comes up for example the school was very small because they alredy started and parents didn’t trust im the school we were only 30 students so, I tent to think it over for a while to find a solution and I went to the library to found Registration where Say problems and solutions of the college but the books didn’t say nothing so I sleep on it and I found a solution make publicity and improve our academy limits but I cant make up my mind what can be the raction of the people so I talk it over to mrs. Esperanza and she said yes after that we can go away the problem.
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My first day in a very conventional school:
My first day was very rare when it comes, comes with teacher was weird because I felt that all I saw and I said get out of here and among them is the new look at it said. It was a really fun experience because everything that I had crossed my mind was not really just the brainchild of myself and my mind. Never thought I could get to be friends with these kids so special and fun and some girls that what they say marked the beginning and the end and I enjoyed them and had some of the greatest moments of my life. Well at the time I knew it was not like I thought it was completely no mind change. The teacher introduced me and when she told them join with everyone threw up my job to know. It was completely and utterly weird it was an experience like no other, the girls invited me to play with them and the kids also good indeed not, most were very shy so we decide to go with the girls a very special girls and sympathetic with their games and comments made me laugh so much the first day for me was fun partnership and only had a problem a girl who really believed his whole attitude that was not a deterrent for me I spend a great time that day. The next day began classes went very well this year the next year more complicated things get a boy and a girl new child already knew from years gone because he had studied with the child but she was very different the others do not know what but something was different and very rare for me. That day at night I sleep on it and it if was different. The next day I decided to sit and come back to thinking she was weird but it was different in a good way but not in a bad sense. The next day came and the child that I did not like I had to think it over reach meke up my mind what I had to say what I thought so I decided to go to talk it over with her. After we talked she treated me very badly so I ignore it and not let that affect me the one time that I wanted to get to go away but thanks and my real friends did not. Well that was a big problem as it confronts.
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ReplyDeleteToday I am going to talk about the problems that brings promises without think it over .
when someone promises something without think it over
can have serious consequences, although people in the twenty first century is not taken seriously the promises they usually just go away , clearly in our society is no a problem, but if you promise something to a greater adults have to sleep on it , because older adults take seriously the promises they don't ignore it , they expect you fulfill your promises. then before making promises sleep on it and come back to it in the morning , but if you already made a promise make up your mind , and if you're not sure you can or want to keep this promise
you can usually sort it out , talk it over with higher adult about your problems sure he or she will understand you
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ReplyDeleteThis is my big problem!!!
It was friday and I was sleeeping at my home, but at 6:00am I got up, and that's when the problem comes up and of cause of the strike I forgot to do my english blog, I think it over and I sort it out myself, but I can't sleep on it and then come back to it at the afternoon, however I went with mom and I told her my problem, because I can't make up my mind and I talk It over with her, althought I can't ignore that problem, It help's me with the mark of the last quiz, In despite of how many times I tried ignore one more time I can't, I don't knew what to do, even thought to let it go away by itself I can't , and that it's my big problem and it is the cause to be here asking you these, but it's better late than never.
I hope you like my story!!!
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ReplyDeleteI going to tell you one of my biggest problems I have had in last months.
It was a vacations day when I was in my house, and I was watching TV, despite of I was almost sleeping.
What happened was that my family started to polish the floor, and they put in there wax. I knew I had to wait there in the bedroom for a long time and wait while it was drying. Well, as I said to you, I was almost sleeping, so I was on my birds and, just in a second, I was getting out of my bed and I started to walk around with the floor totally wet. Well, in that moment, what happened, was that I was totally recumbent in the floor, I didn´t give any answer, and my mom in her despair woke up me. I fell and my head shocked with the floor. I wasn´t absolutely losed, I said my mom I couldn´t remember anything, and I said my mom I just had to sleep a bit and my losing will go away. My mom said me no and make up her mind in a second and said me we will go to the hospital. She said I was saying her I was saying we had to ignore it. All my family was totally quiet, and in a few minutes, a problem was coming up. We went to the hospital, we didn´t think it over, we didn´t talk it over, we went to the hospital. On the other hand I was understanding it, because the last way to sort it out was going to visit the doctor and I knew I couldn´t sleep on it because my shock wasn´t a problem for going walking with it. The doctors was revising me, and, fortunately, my shock wasn´t so serious, and, the doctors maked up their minds quickly and said me they went to put me serum and I went to sleep for 6 hours. Even thought I was so happy because all in my head was well, the moment in which they put me the serum wasn´t the best one. I hope I won´t have to come back to it. Well, it was running the clock and at 2:00 pm, I woke up in the hospital, and there I remember what happened. The happy final I supose you imagine it. Finally, it wasn´t anything serious, I leave the hospital and all finished happy. I suggest you to be care with the wet floors, because anything can happen, and possibly something more serious. A problem with a bone, a injury in a muscle, many things can happen if you don´t take care with it.
Well, it was my story, I hope you liked it.
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ReplyDeleteI'm going to talk about my problem with the national strike...
This problem comes up when I went to Bogota to pass the weekend with my mom. when I went to travel to Tunja I heard about the strike and that they had closed the roads, there was where we talk it over,sort it out and decided that I was traveling the next morning. however, this morning there was no way to Tunja, in spite of that I went by Chiquinquira, Arcabuco and Villa de Leyva until I back to Tunja. Arrives too late and I couldn't go to class.I come back to the house and study for the general tests
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I am going to talk about my cousin’s problem; it came up when the national strike started. Even though that the national strike was notified, he ignored that new and made up his mine to travel to Villa Toscana in order to visit us. All of us were having a good time; he spent 3 days playing with me. Then he decided to go back to Bogotá, but my father came up with he stayed more time. However, my cousin came back to it and he decided to stay one more day. Despite of we were having a funny time, the situation became worst because of the national strike and the protests; so, we had to talk it over with my best friend´s uncle, but he didn´t be here. After all we had to sleep on it to find a way to travel for him. We thought it over to ignore the new, because all the public transportation went away for almost a week. Since then, my cousin had to look for any mean of transportation to sort his problem out. Finally I had to say him “see you later”.
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ReplyDeleteI will talk about the problem that Tunja have in this moment, is a problem that farmers have with government because the government don´t pay the farmers and the farmers need the money for buy a fertilizer for plants or seeds to plant, and if the farmers don´t have money to buy it, then they become unemployed because they haven´t work; because the farmers had talked about this topic with a government and the government ignored it the farmers.
The problem are: we haven´t food because the farmers blocked roads and the the food can´t get into town. We haven´t class because the farmers and the police fight in the streets and it is dangerous for us, also we haven´t gasoline. The people think it over that this situation must end, because the situation is dangerous for us, and government sort it out immediately. However the government don´t want dialogue and talk it over because the only way to solve the problem is dialogue and they make up my mind if they continue with this situation or ignore it and continue the fight that we are all suffering. Despite we want this problem go away and be at peace with all and i want that the government sleep on it and pay the farmers.
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ReplyDeleteI going to tell you one of my biggest problems I have had in last Year.
One day my mom wants that my brother and I we were to collect her in the work.
This day we are walking in the street with my brother and I see a man in a bicycle I think he is he crazy? But I ignored it.
Five minutes later this man is in the street and my brother say me: sister take care ,in this moment the man past step over me with him bicycle.
I was crying, in this moment my mom appears and she want to talk it over with the man and sort it out.
I just wanted to go away in this moment and my brother says to my mom: This man is dangerous, think it over. In this moment my mom has one idea that in the next day she and the man talk to don't comes up a problem this day because probably my finger was broken.
This night my dad says me that is better that my finger was with tables and he had to make up my mind for the next morning. This night I sleep on it and I come back to the problem... the next morning comes up another problem of my brother and my problem in this week disappears.
Ok this is my story
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ReplyDeleteI´m going to talk about the problems i have been having at the school, with the math subject and statistics subject
in my opinion the problem in mathematics
is that I easily deconcentrated however I understand and study math but I dont see the results of my study and that lets me down fairly
in my opinion the problem in statistics
I Stand is very edgy which makes me easily mistake this despite the learner's'm happy with what I've been through the momennto. my hope is to pass these two materials do not let me sleep in peace. so the only thing you can do is wait for the results preferably approbatory