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WorksheetsAuthor´s Purpose and Past Simple
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Read the following description and find the author´s purpose for writing:
A recipe from a cookbook to make banana bread.
persuade
inform
explain
describe
A magazine article about health benefits of daily exercise.
entertain
explain
describe
inform
A letter asking you to donate money to a charitable organization.
persuade
inform
entertain
describe
Instructions to put together a new piece of furniture.
inform
entertain
persuade
explain
The funny comics from a joke book
entertain
persuade
describe
explain
A pamphlet that gives details about trips available to the Grand Canyon.
entertain
describe
explain
persuade
An article about how to invest your savings and make more money.
inform
explain
persuade
entertain
A poem describing the colors of a beach sunset.
inform
explain
persuade
describe
A letter from your best friend telling you about her vacation.
entertain
inform
persuade
explain
A textbook for your Science class
persuade
inform
entertain
describe
Simple Past: Pick the correct simple past tense form.
The students (a) soccer.
Margarita doesn´t understand this topic.
(a)
What´s the correct question in past simple?
(a)
My friends (a) coke at the party.
My mom and grandma (a) together last year.
