WRITING PART 2 (SHORT MESSAGE) 35-45 words

List of posssible subjects that may appear:

 Suggesting or recommending  Apologising

 Giving advice  Offering
 Requesting  Warning

Useful expressions:

Language to suggest, give advice and recommend: Language to request:

Why don’t you …...
Would it be alright if …...
You really should …...
Could I …...
If I were you, I would …...
Would you mind if …
How about ……
Do you mind if …...
Have you thought about …….
Maybe, you could ……. Language to offer:
You had better …... Shall I …..
Would you like me to ……
Language to apologise:
Would you like another …
I’m really sorry but …...
Can I ……
I hope you can forgive me but …...
Language to warn:
I’d like to apologise for …...
Take care on …...
Mind how you go …...
look out for ……

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 WRITING PART 3 (LETTER or STORY) 100 words

EXAMPLE:

QUESTION 7. LETTER Essential Paragraphs:

 Greeting: Greet to the person to whom we write.

 Starting your letter: We react to the news the other person gave us, and ask him/her
about how he’s/she’s doing. If it’s relevant to the text we can ask another question.
 Main paragraph 1: In this paragraph we answer the first important item, which is in
the instructions.

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 Main paragraph 2: In this paragraph we adress another item, if this is in the
instructions.
 Ending paragraph: we “start” to say goodbye and wishing good luck. In addition, we
have the option to request a reply so we can ask something relevant.
 Farewell: A short expression to say goodbye.
 Signature: We sign with our name.

Useful expressions:

Starting your letter (Paragraph 1): Commenting on something (Paragraph

1):
Thanks for your letter.
Lovely to hear from you. I'm sorry to hear that/about ...

How are you? I'm so pleased to hear ...

How are things? It's great to hear ...

Hope you're well. What wonderful news about ...

Moving the topic on (Paragraph 2): Ending your letter (Paragraph 3):

Anyway, the reason I'm writing ... Well, that's all for now
I thought I could write to tell/ask you ... Write back soon
Anyway, I was wondering ... Looking forward to hearing from you
again
All the best
Best wishes
See you soon
Take care
Yours
Love
Lots of love

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QUESTION 8. A STORY.

It gives to you more freedom (and so it is more difficult) to write. It’s very important to
use a lot of Verb Tenses (past continuous, past simple, past perfect…) and a large variety of
“time clauses”.

Time Clauses to use on your Story:

 Before / after  by  for as long as

 As  even as  momento
 Now  once  since
 Son  until  when
 whenever  while

EXAMPLE:

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MARKS IN WRITING PART 3:

 Content (5 points): hace referencia al contenido incluido en tu carta. Para lograr los 5
puntos, deberás dar respuesta a las instrucciones, sin incluir contenido irrelevante. El
objetivo es que se informe correctamente al lector, sin que haya dificultades en la
comunicación por errores léxicos o gramaticales.

 Communicative Achievement (5 points): este aspecto está relacionado con el

registro (formal o informal), la estructura de la carta y la efectividad con la que se
transmiten las ideas. Si el lector tuviese que hacer un esfuerzo por comprender
algunas ideas de tu carta, la puntuación sería inferior a 5.

 Organisation (5 points): hace referencia a la organización de las ideas entre los

distintos párrafos de la carta, así como a los conectores y elementos discursivos
utilizados para dar coherencia al contenido. Si los conectores utilizados se limitan a los
más básicos como and, but y so, este aspecto no puntuará como es debido.

 Language (5 points): este último aspecto está estrechamente relacionado con la

variedad léxica y el uso apropiado de vocabulario, expresiones y estructuras
gramaticales simples y complejas. Si se recurre a la repetición de palabras o hay
errores gramaticales, no se obtendrá la puntuación máxima.

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