NEXT UP! 2 218 WRITING 15 Give your opinion In the USA, students are awarded scholarships and given titles if they do well in school. In Iceland, it is not usual to celebrate the students who do well. What do you think about the American way of celebrating those who excel? Write two short paragraphs. In the first paragraph, you should explain what you think is positive about celebrating those who excel. In the second paragraph, you should write about what you think might be negative. If you like, you can start like this: What Ithink is positive about celebrating those who excel is … What Ithink is negative about celebrating those who excel is … GRAMMAR 16 Verbs in the past tense Read the excerpt: Iwalked back to the house and locked myself in the bathroom for a long time. Iwas angry with Grandfather even though Iknew he was right, and Iwas angry with the Board, whoever they were. Why did they have to change the rules just when it was my turn to win the jacket? Those were the days of belief and innocence. a) Find three regular and three irregular verbs in this text and write them down. b) Write all the regular verbs in the infinitive and past simple. Example: to talk – talked to excel – skara fram úr Hæfniviðmið • Skrifað um skoðanir sínar, tilfinningar, reynslu og þekkingu með fjölbreyttum orðaforða. • Sýnt góð tök á orða- forða, meginreglum málnotkunar og notað tengiorð við hæfi.
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