writing an acrostic task

 Yesterday, I saw a man walking desperately
On the sidewalk where I shuttle everyday
Up in the sky, a sad grey
And the wind flied his grayish hair
Repeating a song in my head
Elaborated streets with lots of colorful leaves
Began a rain
Every little drop was so pure
And the man smiled
Up in the sky
There were millions of little drops
Inside them, two little birds trying to fly
Finally we came eye to eye
Up in the sky grey clouds, but,
Little smiles on our faces.

Reflection Task 1a

I am Deniz. I am a 19 years old university student in METU and my department is English Language Teaching. Although I study teaching, I don't want to be a teacher. If I can, I am going to be an interpreter or a research assistant. That is why I want to improve myself by watching some series in English or interviews or some talkings that attracts me. As for my hobbies, I do not have many of them. I was in an Ultimate Frisbee team last year but I gave it up because I realized that I am not created for team sports unfortunately, so I am planning to start ice skating next term. Moreover,  I am playing guitar a little bit but I haven't improved myself.In fact, I would like to be able to sing rather than playing guitar, but I do not know If I am going to do anything about it. Meanwhile; Tom Waits, Neil Young and Leonard Cohen are among my favourite singers. I have always been curious about the universe and the sky photos have always impressed me, so I have recently joined the Amateur Astronomy Comunity in METU where I think I can learn something and have some good time. I am not interested in paintings but I have a favourite painter whose name is Daniel Danger and I am going to append some of his works at the end of my writing. One of the things I dislike is insects. I disgust them, however I have not killed even one fly till today. The second thing is the noise of gum cheawing. It drives me crazy. Moreover, I do not like waking up early and my handwriting either and that is all I will tell you about me.

parallelism task

FLE 133 CONTEXTUAL GRAMMAR EXERCISES ON PARALLELISM

#1:  Our beagle loves to hunt.  When someone opens the back door for her, he barrels down porch steps into the yard.  She runs back and forth across the lawn in ecstasy.  Her nose cruises the wet grass for smells of cats, rabbits, and she sniffs other presences too subtle for human detection.  She spins her tail in quick circles firstly clockwise, then  counterclockwise.  Sniffing and spinning always occur together and they seem to propel her along.

#The Government Printing Office in Washington D.C., which few people know about, is a source of much useful information.   It is the official publishing house for the federal government which publishes pamphlets and books on a vast number of subjects that range from the dangers of X-rays from home TV sets to the identification of mushrooms.  About 27,000 publications are offered through the Superintendent of Documents,  many of which are inexpensive and there is no charge at all for some.

#2: The man who reaped America’s first fortune was John Jacob Astor who was a German immigrant.  He made his initial money trading Indian furs. For he was lowborn and uneducated, Astor never learned to speak English properly.  He carried on his business to the end in an accent that was redolent of the Hamburg gutters.

"Imagine"

Imagine the ghosts are real.
It's horrible even if you just think
Lots of zombies below us
Above us only dark sky
Imagine all the people
Rushing around scared
Imagine there is no place to run
It isn't easy to sleep
Nothing to hide behind or no one to save you
And no sunlight too
Imagine all the people
Rushing around scared

You may say I'm a psycho
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll believe me
And the world will see the reality

Imagine no nightlight near
Now sleep if you can
No need for zombies or ghosts
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Rushing around scared

You may say I'm a psycho
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will see the reality.

Transitive Sentences

These crystals—usually six-sided because of the way hydrogen atoms bond with oxygen to create water—may eventually sprout branches, which continue to grow as additional water molecules cluster on the crystals' surfaces. (8th paragraph 3rd line)

Drier air encourages growth across flat surfaces, for example, while higher humidity encourages growth at the tips, edges, and corners. (9th paragraph 2nd line)

Nelson's research shows that snowflakes will stay in this stage for a relatively long time at temperatures between 8.6ºF and 12.2ºF (21st paragraph 1st line)


Intransitive Sentences


More than ten feet (three meters) of snow fell last week in parts of upstate New York, and more is forecast for the U.S. Northeast in the coming days.(1st paragraph 1st line)


"In that form they sometimes do reach the ground. And in that case, there's not much detail to distinguish any two," he said.(22nd paragraph)

According to Gosnell, the writer, some people have loke d at snowflakes through a microscope and claimed they found two that look alike.(26th paragraph)

The Verbs That Can Be Used Both Transitive and Intransitively


A snowflake begins to form when water vapor condenses around a speck of dust high in the clouds—up to six miles (ten kilometers) up—and then crystallizes.(4th paragraph 1st line)

More water vapor also leads to faster-growing and more intricate crystals.(9th paragraph 3rd line)

To further complicate matters, as a crystal falls, frost could freeze to it or another passing flake could break off some of the crystal's branches.(10th paragraph 1st line)

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070213-snowflake.html

Love snowflakes :))

Transitive-Intransitive Verbs Task

*shine
The sun was shining in the room when I opened the curtain. (intransitive)
The shoeshineboy shined the shoes of angry man quickly. (transitive)

*shrink
Her new dress wouldn't have shrunk if she hadn't washed it in the washing machine. (intransitive)
His mother may have to shrink his jacket a little bit, because it seems like ( it ? ) won't suit him. (transitive)

*spread
As soon as I opened the window, all the papers on the table spread around the room. (intransitive)
I heard that she always spreads lots of gossips about the people she doesn't like. (transitive)