ic Essay (Part 1) Test 1, Part 1, Question 1 (see task on page 17) What can young people do to help protect and improve their local environment? There are many things young people can do to Some ofthese are recycling, using cars les First of al, they can mate sure that ings such as cycled. Amd they can pick up any litter they find in the street and put it into a rubbich bin. Secondly, nowadays the air is polluted because too many people use cars, even to go very short disan Young people can try to use public transport or walk or cycle to their destinations instead. By doing this \as and they would be able to enjy cleane | Finally chey can help t0 make their lo public parks or gardens. They can also plant tres dp pep whe ttt to gra All these actions will make their areas look cleaner | ane more pleasant and also help save the world er future if young people do everything possible to hel ‘and improve their environment. Introduction think this topic is really : people say that Linking ideas Its true th Itis often said that... . Howeve Giving opinions fe thought about this and | ha come to the conclusion tha While | agree there are son advantages in ..., | can also see everal disadvantages. It seems to me that |.am convinced that this ist ight way to do it. Conclusion king all of this into account, | beliew Having presented allt iments for and agains ‘seems clear to me that Finally, | fal ve carefully and ou want to include in four or five clear paragraphs. S iggested essay plan on 3s for each paragraph, together with some language Jou may want to use. You will slevant to the topic ant complex sentences usi inking word: + Remember that you are presenting you ind you need to some reasons or evident + Make sure you use a fo and avoid the mal languea ‘ ‘ ‘ f « ‘ t AashbnaunnnsEssay (Part 1) | Pienning your essay | ‘Aim to write five paragraphs. Paragraph 1 The introduction. Try to write two sentences to avoid a single-sentence paragraph. The first sentence can be a re-phrasing of the essay title. The second sentence can be a very brief outline of the three main ideas you are going to include, Paragraph 2 Deal with the first note: recycling. Each note will be just a few words long. The note on its own will not give you sufficient material. Before you start writing, take a few minutes to expand them, Here's a way to do it 11 Write down the notes (including your own) and draw three lines from each one. Now concentrate on each note in turn. Try to think of three ideas that can add content to that note. For example: 2 Choose the best ideas from your notes and start writing. Paragraph 3 Deal with the second note: cycling or walking instead of using cars, Paragraph 4 Deal with the third note (your own): planting trees. Paragraph 5 The conclusion. Summarise your main opinions by referring briefly to the points mentioned in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4, Try to write at least two sentences to avoid a single-sentence paragrap En When you finish writing an essay, use this checklist. Content Have you covered the two notes given and one of your own? ‘Communicative achievement 's your style correct for an essay, i. is it fairly formal? Are your opinions easy to follow? Organisation Have you divided your writing into paragraphs, with an introduction and a conclusion? Language Have you used: * some complex sentences using linking words? + a variety of grammatical structures and tenses? + some interesting vocabulary? WRITING FILE: ESSAYEmail (Part 2) Test 4, Part 2, Question 2 (see task on page 18) E This is an example of a Par in Part 2 can be formal or i in ail. Remember that the email or letter form: That's great news! You and your fiend will ‘ould see the natlonal ke District, which is about ten kilometre 4 away. In my opinion, it would be a good idea : or you to hi ecause public ranspor isnot very g ind | haven't got a There is a god 1m full of great displays about the history of my city, which is not ~ boring at alll There is also an old can visit, which is very special Fd love to join you, but it would only be the weekend because | have to attend classe ftom Monday to Friday and | get home Do email me or phone if you need me to do Looking forward to seeing you again Best wishes Informal openings ack, Hello Ja Welcoming a visitor bikes be Giving reasons why you can't do somethingLetter (Part 2) Test 2, Part 2, Question 3 (see task on page 41) | Dear Ms Roddick 1am writing to apply for your drama summer course which I saw advertised in the lacal newspaper. I am ‘sventy-four years old and I am seudying history of «are at college. I would very much like to attend the | drama course because I lo acting and I an very een to improve my skill I would love to work in the theatre in the future 1 have had a passion for acting and dancing since yas ten years old. I have some experience in act in school plays and dancing in a local ballet group. 1 have always enjoyed performing in front of an |] | audience. I attended two short drama schools in | )%2206 and 2007: the first one was a contemporary theatre one and the second was about seventeenth century Italian drama, I wou ld be available every afiernoon and early | seedines evenings from Monday to Friday At the moment am doing some part-time work on Saturday ‘mornings, but I would be free the rest of the weekend, look forward to hearing from you. « Yours sincerely, Alecia Brown Talking about yourself think | am the right person for the summer job because : think | have the knowledge and experience that is needed for n very reliable and I get on well with people Talking about your experience have no experience of working full-time but | have hac | have helped to organise a number of school events lve always enjoyed working on projects to do with Talking about your availability would be able to start immediately iday, but | would be able to werk weekend shifts in question carefully to he level of formality of the letter. Remember the task 5 not tell you that you have to write a formal letter itis up to you to decide, * Underline the points in Question and decide how many Nd which point or points you ude in each one. Note dow want to use for each pein r example, why do you want D do the course? Don't star you have got When you write about your experience, give clear details and nember you do not have el the truth NG Fiue: LevTeR = EEArticle (Part 2) Test 1, Part 2, Question 4 (see task on page 18) Have fun and learn with ‘WordsMix’! « 1 Are you tired of computer games that are a waste 0 ine Theos un and it alo helps you enrich ld highly recommend this game to other readers brain but it is not full of complicated rules + id anyth Tke Addressing the reader directly Just think about it. You'll probabl ate told that this is the best t ut don’t agree, and ety sure you don’ ike to rea ‘ then th Recommending There are a number o why good f sis the ideal... for young enagers becou | can’t think of any oth hat is as entertaining as this lan your article be 4 to write, Pay attention to whi you are writing the article for adevst ay need a ‘lourful language that you r ant to use. Remember that he purpose of your article i ain the reader + Use interesting details, examples ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ « « « «Report (Part 2) Test 2, Part 2, Question 2 (see task on Page 41) Introducing the report The aim of isto a eaasula sels! In this rep have been asked to write a repor Report on the about School Magazine [iets | Making recommendations : W | parasraph I would suggest that | Inshis poe wil summarise my clamates opinions J | cst, | teseamstome tte best | and our suggestion: for improvements. | solutions —— There are a few changes The articles like to recommend aoe bit Taking all this into account, Banice |'| They were well written and om topics that interest the I suggest that Everybody loved the article by the student | wre || students Finishing the report |_ who is back from a school exchange in France, She has In conclusion, | think that | impined several students to try nect yer. To conclude, | would say that | To sum up, think ‘The sports page The main conclusion of my report is that This was of great interest to all, particularly as some Taking evenhing into accouny, | ofthe school reams are doing very well Srudents liked concude that the very entertaining football and hockey reports, * Read the question carefully and The school news page plan your report before you start ee ee townie. Think ofthe format you 4+ is great to have forthcoming dates for school events} ate going to use and whether you are going to use headings. Decide how many headings or as the need t0 move the IT room and the plan to paragraphs you will need and i make a quick calculation of the | number of words you ean use pb | Under each | How it could be improved + Ramesaber you huh ta vnrite approximately 180 words, 50 don't get carried away ‘rips organized by the school. Some students suggested and vate too much under ary one heading and aio be old about future changesin the shoo, | . |) rganise a summer concert There was a genenal request for more articles about the that the magazine should include interviews with \ * Remember you have to show a range of language, so use | ntegesting vocabulary and write conclude, IM say that students agree that this is full sentences, linking some of your ideas to produce some nex sentences students from other countries who visit our town. | @ great magazine and most of them would like to contribute to it in future. Include a conclusion, even if it J isshort “Cc ck that you have used a smi-formal or formal style and correct any informal language you may have used. WRITING FILE: REPORT Ta jReview (Part 2) Test 1, Part 2, Question 3 (see task on page 18) Introducing the plot This. is about Bary is about the life of eight | eee one ours and spend a lt of time t | is. takes the reader into | antasy world seis ate Podieien woe A opinions is outgoing and full of enshusiasm while people, they ofien do crazy unpredictable things WJ | mera don’t think the female characte that we would not do in real life and this is | s tue tol Pee att les The storys so exciting you don't swhat makes the series so enjoyable. For example Maay issn eichip you can never guess who they will fall in . found the plot rather confusing love wish! Recommending only for a certain audience love this series because itis full of humo this ben exslert..fer and dram you get to laugh and also to cry teenagers, but | don’t thin yon eur | would appeal to I wing the in she character fis. is ot | relationships and I can almost believe they are {would ‘ friend Ewe A 'd recommend it to people up to the age of 40 pres We (eras the main characters. Once they have watched it a fow times, I arm sure theyll find it very hard }~-|-¥0" mis an episode! However, as the humour is} : ted at the younger generation, older people |p 3 | i | i might not find it so appealing. « ain | ou to use varied nguage, including interesting