I am an online ESL teacher. I have a student called Riccardo. he was absent from the first lesson. I still want to assign him some homework. Please help me compose a brief, conversational and easy to understand message to him. Here is the worksheet:

""Would you walk your dog around the world?

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1. Choose the correct answers in the points below.
a) If you embark on a new project,
you…
1) are stuck with it.
2) start it.
3) accept it.
b) If you put your friends up for the
weekend, you…
1) let them sleep in your house.
2) throw a party.
3) hang out with them.
c) If you pick English back up, you…
1) start to become more fluent.
2) start learning it after a break.
3) stop learning it.
d) If you stopped over in New York on
your way to Seattle, you…
1) passed by New York.
2) slept somewhere near New York.
3) had a short visit in New York.
e) If you set off tomorrow afternoon,
you…
1) start a journey.
2) finish a journey.
3) make a stop in your journey.
f) If you get away for a few days,
you…
1) have to hide from someone.
2) go on a business trip.
3) go somewhere to have a holiday
and rest.
2. Complete the questions below with the correct forms of some of the phrasal
verbs from the previous exercise.
a) What do you check before ……………… on holiday?
b) How often do you ……………… for a weekend? Does it help you rest?
c) When you go on a city break, do you ever ask friends to ………………?
d) Have you ever ……………… on your way to somewhere far away? Where?
Why?
3. Answer the questions above.
Would you walk your dog around the world?

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4. Discuss the quote below. How do you interpret it? Do you agree with it?
“Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always
comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks
your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes
you; it should change you. It leaves marks on
your memory, on your consciousness, on your
heart, and on your body. You take something
with you. Hopefully, you leave something good
behind.” – Anthony Bourdain
5. Match the words from box A and box B to create pairs of synonyms.
BOX A
BOX B
6. Match the halves to create phrases.
a) off the beaten
b) a fleeting
c) an immersive
d) leave
e) provide food in
f) face
1) abundance
2) life/moment
3) challenges
4) experience
5) track/path
6) the comforts of your home
abundance face fleeting immersive track
confront engaging path plenty short
Would you walk your dog around the world?

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7. You’re going to watch a video titled Why One Man Is Walking Around the
World With His Dog. Before you watch it, discuss the questions.
a) Why do you think the man decided to walk around the world?
b) When you set off on a walking adventure for a few months, what challenges
might you face?
c) What was the most immersive experience you have had while travelling?
d) Do you look for unique, off the beaten track destinations when planning a
holiday?
8. Watch the video [https://youtu.be/cgp9-EYFeb4] and summarise it.
9. Watch the video again and write down what these figures and phrases refer
to.
a) 17 years old = ……………………………………………………………………...
b) 26th = …..……………………………………………………………………………
c) Austin, Texas = …………………………………………………………………….
d) Chile = ………………………………………………………………………………
e) 7 000 = ……………………………………………………………………………...
10. Discuss the questions.
• What would make you leave the comforts of your home and embark on such a
walking journey?
• What did the man learn from his journey? What can people learn through
travelling? Can we learn something about ourselves?
• It is said that the journey is more important than the destination. Do you agree
with that? Why (not)?
• Have you ever gone on an unusual journey? What did you do?""

I dont need him to do the discussion questions as we will discuss those in class. He can access the file at the google drive link. It is a google slide so he can edit it directly and make a copy if he wishes for his reference.