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How to do Task 2 Sample answer
Write a short
1 Read the instructions carefully. Decide how many parts There have been many chang es in the way introduction t
there are to the question and underline them. Decide we communicate over the las t 20 years, 111nd / the essay.
what your view is on the topic. (Allow between two and it is understandable that thes e changes have
three minutes.) affected the way we speak a nd write. Is this a
A question
2 Quickly brainstorm some ideas and write a plan. Make good thing or a bad thing?
often works
sure you know how many paragraphs to write and In the past, people communi cated by writing well at the
what to put in each one. Decide what will go in your letters and speaking on the p hone. However, start
conclusion. (Allow between three and four minutes.) technology has changed this , and now emails,
3 Write your answer, allowing up to five minutes to check texts and the Internet are the most common
it through afterwards. (34 minutes) communication tools, especi ally for young
people. These methods of co mmunication
Task 2 questions are much faster than the old ones, and this
means that people write mor e guickly and
In addition to writing about a single question or statement,
communicate more frequent ly. Link new
there are other types of task you may have to deal with. paragraphs
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to previous
Unfortunately, the speed of m odern
Two questions communication systems has reduced the paragraph using
topic vocabulan
Read the Writing task below and answer these questions. accuracy of our messages. T his is because
or linkers
people make up their own w ords and
1 What does these changes refer back to?
abbreviations, and some of t hese can become
2 What are the issues you must write about? Describe
quite popular. In my country, for example, LOL
them in your own words.
means 'laugh out loud', and children write this
In today's world, many people use mobile phones and and say it. What is more, pun ctuation may be
the Internet to communicate with others. This has missing, and people worry le ss about how
resulted in the use of new words and different forms of they spell words.
speffing and grammar Yet language change is not n ecessarily a
Bot.h Why do you think these changes have happened? bad thing. Informal texts and emails are
questions f.- just messages between frien ds. It does not
must be Are they a positive or negative development?
matter too much how they a re written. The
covered. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant important thing is that peopl e can switch to
examples from your own knowledge or experience. more accurate language whe n they need to.
However, if they lose this abi lity, and formal
3 Read the sample answer on the right and complete this communication becomes too careless, then
plan for the essay. Has the writer dealt with all parts of there will be problems. Sum up your
points - don't
the task? In which paragraph (s) is each part dealt with? All in all, I do not think that y ou can stop ~
change and you cannot prev ent new ways of add anything
para. 1 Introduction 1 C.ol"k-l"k-1k~tticP.tio11 tt..P.s new.
communicating. On the othe r hand, it is still
ctt..P.11ae.d - ttt..is p..f.fe.cts
necessary to make sure that everyone can
fP.11~1A().~e.
r-· appreciate and use correct g rammar and
para. 2 Main idea+ 2 ......... vocabulary .
supporting idea + examples
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para. 3 Main idea+ 3
supporting idea + examples
para. 4 Main idea + 4
supporting idea + reasons
para. 5 Conclusion 5 Cannot stop change but
still need to be accurate

4 Read the sample answer again and underline
the linkers the writer uses.
5 What idea links paragraphs 2 and 3?

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