Bear Up - After Reading

2. You are going to prepare to describe in a piece of writing the changes that have taken place in this part of the world. How? You are given a series of phrases in the chart below. Some of them may be useful for your description. Read them and predict whether they may be useful or not. If you are working with someone, discuss in English why the sentences are useful or not.

Why do this?
   All the sentences in the chart may be useful in your writings at some point BUT only some of them are useful for this specific activity. Later you will be asked to describe how the place changed for the better. Discriminating these sentences helps you use the language more efficiently.
   To see model sentences that can be used later on.
   To get to know new expressions.

1.- I suddenly was in a hopeful mood...	Yes No
2.- What I saw was a marvellous change for the better.	Yes No
3.- I was really furious/very irritated /extremely angry ... to see ...	Yes No
4.- The landscape had changed as though by a miracle:	Yes No
5.- I was expecting/hoping to ... but unfortunately ...	Yes No
6.- I was very sorry to hear that ...	Yes No
7.- I became wild with hope	Yes No
8.- I was head-over-heels in love with ...	Yes No
9.- To my amazement and delight we discovered ...	Yes No
10.- I was so grateful for your help!	Yes No
11.- I felt like a child with stolen sweets	Yes No
12.- I was terrified/scared that there might be ...	Yes No
13- I was pleased to hear that ...	Yes No
14.- I hope all the arrangements I have made are OK with you.	Yes No
15.- Grass had grown everywhere, streams of crystalline and pure water cut through the meadows, animals such as ... peopled the land.	Yes No