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ln this sесtion, you wгitе a shoгt tеxt basеd on youГ own expеrienсе, knowlеdgе oг imagination. Тhеге aГе two questions to
сhoosе from, and you will havе to wгitе еithег an еssay, an aгtiсle, oг a reviеw. You shouId wгitе bеtwееn l00 and l50 woгds.

Linking your ideas
Аlthough ...
Howеvеt] thе сIub nееds to bе
Sample answer
free or сheop So уoungpeople сon
Тhis sеntenсe eхploins the offord it.
toрiс ond Uses intеresting Unlеss somе more oсtivities orе
longuoge to interest the ovoiloble,уoung will be
reoder. '> Although my town already offers some good aсtivities рeoplе
very bored.
for young peopIe, for example at the sports сentre,
Here, the writer { wes ln addition, , ..
..> there
the topic for the flrst are many things that we сould do to make the Anothег idеa is .,.
porogroрh'
town even better. Plaсes suсh as the tennis сourta and
Giving your opinion
The writer eхрloins not easy to U se, Ьeсa use
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whotthe problem is ond l think/bеliеvе ,,.
how the рIoсe сould be the grass there is usually too long. Тhe town shouId ln my opinion, ,,.
improved. make sure that the grass is сut every week so that I fееl сегtain lhat уoung people
people сan use these faсiIities. would enjoу thesе oрponunities.
The writer storts o'new
topiс here usrng interestlng Something that many young people would Iike is a
longuоge. Giving examples
сinema-ln order to see a fiIm, teenagers have to get a
...............7 Foг еxamplе, . '.
Thewriter eхploinswhу b'us to the neХt town, whiсh сosts quite a lot of money
therе is o problem thot Foг instanсе, wе nееd somеwhеrе
offeсts уoung people and lt wou|d be Ьetter if this money supported our loсal for уoung people to meet sofely'
uses o сoryunсtion to keeр сinema. I'm sure people would enjoy using it and Ьe Wе should havе morе p/ссes to
the lo nguoge interestrng. ...............7 do spoп,suсh сs o bosketboll or
more pleased to spend money there, rather than on
The writer gives their volleуboll сourt.
opinion obout the ideo to travelling somewhere else.
fnish off the essoу, Еxplaining and giving reasons
toг this геason, уoung people
get bored.
lf wе /ook ofter thе сourts better,
уoungpeoРle wil/ use them more.
ь/ Rеad thе quеstion vегy сaгеfully' You nееd to сhoosе whiсh question to
answеГ (A oг B). Think about thе two topiсs, and whiсh topiс you сan wгitе
about moге еasily
o/ Undегlinе thе kеy woгds in thе question. Youг answег must talk about the
plaсe wheге you live, and how it сould bе madе bеttег foг young peoplе in
paгtiсular:
s/ Writе down somе idеas about things that сould bе impгovеd.Тhink about a
геason behind еaсh thing and еxplain why this is impoгtant.
ur' An еssay nеeds to bе wеll-oгganisеd, so deсidе how many paГagГaphs you'ге
going to havе, and what you'гe going to talk about in eaсh paгagгaph.
t/ Whеn you'vе finishеd, сhесk youГ essay сarеfulIy foг spеlling and gгammaг
mistakеs.

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