Writing Tips

NOTE: 

At Intermediate level in EOI you are asked to write two tasks at the exams.

A short one of about 100 words, and a longer one of about 170-200 words.
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In the next post you’ll get the rest you need to know.

Types of writing

• Notes (apologizing, excusing, thanking, etc), blog comments and short messages…

• Giving instructions (how to get to a place, a cooking recipe, how a machine works, etc)

• Postcards.

• Informal or friendly letters or emails.

• Formal letters or emails ( applying for a job, complaining about a bad service, etc)

• Descriptive compositions (about people, places, objects…).

• Stories or narrative compositions (about real or imaginary events).

• Discursive essays (Opinion essays or ‘for and against’ essays).

• Reports ( about news; Reviews about a book, a film, a restaurant, etc).

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BASIC IDEAS

***Before you start to write any type of composition:

 Think about the topic.

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 Make a list of the main points and ideas.

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 Think of the vocabulary you can use.

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 Think of examples to back up your points.

***After you finish writing, check:

• That the format is correct ( an email is different from an opinion essay or a book review).

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• That all you have been asked to write about is included in your composition.
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• That you have separated paragraphs, when you present a new idea or point.

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• That you have linked your ideas using the correct linking words (and, also, but, On the other hand, therefore, although, after that, when,  so, before…)

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• That you have left margin.

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• That you have no spelling mistakes and the punctuation is correct.

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• That you have not made grammar mistakes (verb tenses, prepositions, correct use of modal verbs, articles, etc)

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• That you’ve made a wide use of the vocabulary studied, especially that which is related to the topic.

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• That your ideas follow a logical order.

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• That it is easy to understand by anybody (especially the teacher), because it’s clean and clear.

Writing a story NI1 

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WRITING

Transport & Travel+ Comparative Adjectives

VOCABULARY

To revise and extend what we are studying in unit 2C...

• Click HERE to practice vocabulary and pronunciation

• Click HERE and do a listening activity... 

•  Comparatives & Superalatives

Joan is more attractive than Susan
This is the best day of my life.
She felt even worse when she saw him

·  I think Rob is happier now than a year ago.

·        New York is the most exciting city in the world.

·         His biggest desire is to meet Angelina Jolie.

·         Charles is probably the tidiest person I know.

• What's the comparative of these adjectives? First, think, then, check!

• interesting --more interesting
• weak --weaker . . . . .
• funny --funnier . . . . .
• important --more important
• careful --more careful
• bad --worse - exception!
• big --bigger . . . . . .
• far --further OR farther - exception!
• small --smaller . . . . .
• polluted --more polluted
• boring --more boring
• angry --angrier . . . . .
• good --better - exception!

• Further Practice on Comparatives & Superlatives HERE!  

both/neither/either

Both indicates two out of two ('ambos' in Spanish).

Neither indicates zero out of two (ninguno de los dos).

Either indicates one out of a group of two (cualquiera  de los dos).

These words can be used in the following ways.

Both can be used with a plural noun. Either and Neither are used with singular nouns.

Both students can take the test.   (Ambos estudiantes pueden hacer el examen.)
Neither student can take the test.   (Ninguno de los estudiantes puede hacer el examen.)
Either student can take the test.   (Uno/culaquiera de los dos estudiantes puede hacer el examen.)

Both can be used with two nouns connected with and. Both Jack and John live in Chicago.

Neither can be used with two nouns connected with nor. Neither Jack nor John live in Chicago.

Either can be used with two nouns connected with or. Either Jack or John lives in Chicago.
NOTICE:  I don't like either  John or Jack>>> I like neither of them = I don't like either of them.


You can use these words with the preposition "of" before plural nouns or object pronouns.

Both of them can do it.
Either of them can do it
Neither of them can do it.

Now click HERE for further practice.

This week...

This week we have introduced
the future .

Remember we can talk about the future in English with different verb forms , going to- will- present continuous, shall.

Click HERE to study and practice further.

Need some LISTENING PRACTICE?
Visit this PAGE.
(When you are there Click on this image to listen!

Is it Halloween or All Saint's Eve?

Tonight is Halloweeen... One of the most expected days for children, especially in US and Britain, together with Christmas Day. But it's not a public holiday, so everyone today is at work or school as it should be! But tonight is Halloween, no matter what!

Now, Don’t be fooled by the promotion of Halloween being a fun, candy-filled holiday with cute kids in adorable costumes, Halloween haunts go a lot deeper than that.A true Halloween “haunted house” will make you scream like you’ve never screamed before and will send your blood pressure racing...


Read about the origins and traditions of this festivity  HERE


Enjoy the video! And happy Halloween to everyone!

KEY TO Reading (Spooky Trivia & Spooky Superstitions)

1 death   2 candles   3 bonfire    4 sweets    5 spirit   6 path    7 window   8 shoulder    9 dead    10  floor

Happy Halloween!!!

PAST TENSES

Hi!
In Unit 1B we are studying how to tell a story in English by using the appropriate past tenses, that is, past simple, past continuous or past perfect...

Past tenses

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Please, IMPROVE YOUR PRONUNCIATION for REGULAR PAST verbs
Listen and repeat.

NI1- Unit 1A-Recipes

Look at this RECIPE written by a NI1 student.

If you did not come to class when we studied recipes, you can write one in the comments section (link) below.

Rec Eta

Thanks a lot, Joan !

And now how to make a delicious English Trifle!