Exercise 2

Car Ads and other things for Sale

1996 Intrepid, 3.3L, loaded, very good shape, clean,87,000 km, $15,000, taxes paid. Call 555-1212.

1. Note to Tutor/Instructor: prepare in advance a chart with scrambled parts of two car ads (including: make of the cars, prices, year made, number of kilometres etc.).

   You and the tutor discuss and decide which fact goes with which car. Write each ad out as you think it would go.

2. Write a classified ad to sell a car. Remember to include the make of car, price, year made, number of kilometers and a brief description. Please use good punctuation and capitalization, but write in phrases.

3. Write an ad to sell your tutor or instructor's car.

4. Think of something you'd like to sell. Write a for sale ad for it. Each word will cost you 25 cents. Figure out how much your ad will cost and write the cost underneath it.

5. Go through the classified ads and find words that help sell the item (words like: cheap, mint condition, beautiful, etc.). Make a list using the WRITE program.

6. You have $2000.00 to spend. Go through the Classified Ads and find things that would furnish your new house. Copy each ad onto the WRITE program. Try to spend as close to the $2000.00 as possible.