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6 Join each pair of sentences using the conjunction
® Write an answer to the task in Exercise 9. You
should write at least 250 words.
Exam advice Writing Task 2
• Check how many opinions you should write
about.
• Consider who might have the opinions and
express them using your own words.
• Make your own opinion clear, too.
• Summarise your points and draw a conclusion.
Key grammar
Time conjunctions: until/ before/when/ after
0 Complete these sentences by writing a
conjunction (until, before, when or after) in each
gap. Then check your answers by referring to the
sample answer on page 84.
1 W.lrc~:11 . you read magazines these days, you see
many advertisements for the latest fashions.
2 youngsters start work, they depend on
their parents for money.
3 they have started earning money, young
adults can still find it hard to afford fashionable
clothes.
4 Teenagers look forward to doing this
they have their own income.
5 You cannot criticise . . .. you have seen how
hard it is to be original.
0 page 1 Ol" .. Time con;unct10ns
in brackets and starting with the words given.
You may need to reorganise the sentence and add,
change or remove some words.
1 New fashions reach the shops. Prices often go
up. (when)
When new fashions re.MIA tiAe. .s1Aops prices
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2 Staff must leave the building first. Then they can
smoke. (until)
Staff cannot ...
3 You wear casual clothes to work. Then it is hard
to wear a suit. (after)
After you ...
4 The sales start. Then some people go shopping.
(until)
Some people ...
5 Employees put on a uniform. They all look the
same. (when)
Employees all ...
6 Customers spent less money on clothes. Designer
brands were introduced. (before)
Before designer brands ...
7 I spend all my money. I go home. (when)
When I ...
E) IELTS candidates often make mistakes with
tenses following time conjunctions. Circle the
correct verb form in each of these sentences.
1 I go shopping when I was ; @@upset by
somebody.
2 The customer was aware of the price before she
buy I bought the dress.
3 After graduate I we graduate, we need to
compete for a good job.
4 We must set goals and not stop until achieved I
we achieve them.
5 When children will grow up I grow up, they face
many problems.
6 Some parents don't want their children to work
before they reach I will reach adulthood.
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