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Preparing for the Writing paper "GUFS XSJUJOH
Check what you’ve written: ask yourself, ‘Have I expressed
When you do a writing task as homework or exam
myself clearly?’
preparation, follow these procedures.
Check for mistakes, particularly mistakes you’ve made in
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At the beginning of your course, spend longer doing the Go through it carefully, checking your mistakes and your
task and working on the writing skills needed to produce teacher’s suggestions.
a good answer. Nearer the exam, practise answering the Keep a section of your notebook or a computer fi le for
question within the time allowed.
noting your mistakes and the corrections. As an example,
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her computer fi le where she notes her mistakes.
Brainstorm your ideas, make notes and write a plan.
Your plan should have a clear structure, divided into cancellation
paragraphs or sections. The cancelling of our opening speech because our actor
Study the model answers in the units and in this Writing
the fi rst bad impression made on our guests
reference. Pay attention to the structure and layout of the couldn’t come was the fi rst bad impression our guests
answers, underline language you can use and read the had.
suggestions and advice accompanying the answers.
Compare your plan with the model(s). If your plan is I think it would be a good idea during our next activity
different, do you have good reasons for answering the invite
question in a different way? day to host Colin Briggs, the famous footballer. This
children
Use the resources at your disposal. would please the kids and many of their parents as well.
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underlined in the unit, or copied into your notebook
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or from your photocopiable word lists. Take the
opportunity to use new language in your answers: if .JTUBLF %FUBJMT $PSSFDUJPO
you use it correctly, then you’ve learnt something and cancelling Should use the noun cancellation
made progress; if you make a mistake, your teacher will when it exists, not
give you feedback so that you can use it correctly next verb + -ing
time. the fi rst bad The collocation the fi rst bad
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meanings and usage. guests had impression on sb’ on our guests
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recently. This will reinforce your learning. ‘to introduce guests
In your plan, include vocabulary and grammatical or performers on a
structures you want to use. radio or television
Read and incorporate your teacher’s advice and programme’
suggestions on other pieces of writing you’ve done.
kids ‘Kids’ is informal. children
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Follow your plan so that when you write, you concentrate
on producing language to express ideas you’ve already Update your list after every writing task. When a mistake
generated. disappears from your writing, remove it from the list.
Avoid repeating the same words too often – use When you do the Writing paper in the exam itself, check
synonyms where possible (a good learner’s dictionary will for the mistakes you know are or were on your list: in the
help you fi nd some of these). exam you’re more likely to repeat mistakes you’ve made
If you need to correct something, cross out the mistake before than make new ones.
and continue writing – you won’t lose marks as long as
your corrections are clear. In the exam you won’t have
time to copy out your answer again.

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