Writing practice Unit 8

A blog post
1 Read the two reviews and tick (✓) the one which contains the writer’s opinion. Which words and phrases give you this
information?
A
In my blog this week, I’m going to write about a new football computer game I got for my birthday. It was created by Sota and clearly
they have expert animators. The graphics are amazing – it was like watching a game of football on TV.
Personally, I loved the game. Obviously, it has the usual features such as buying players from other teams and selling your own players
and it has rankings, but it also allows you to create your own league and you can play this league with your friends.
Strangely, this game hasn’t got many good reviews on any other blogs, but I can’t recommend it enough.
B
In my blog this week, I’m going to write about a new football computer game I got for my birthday. It was created by Sota. The game
was very realistic– it was like watching a game of football on TV.
And it has the usual features such as buying players from other teams and selling your own players and it has rankings, but it also
allows you to create your own league and you can play this league with your friends.
This game hasn’t had many positive reviews.

2 Choose the best answers to complete the sentences.

1 That app is good, but such as / personally, I prefer the old one.
2 James listens to music on devices like / clearly, the radio, his MP3 player or his phone.
3 Karen loves films, but for example / strangely, she doesn’t have a TV.
4 Clearly / For instance, Brad didn’t know how to log onto Facebook. He has never used it before.
5 I don’t use social media sites obviously / such as Twitter or Instagram.

Write!
Step 1
Here are three exam questions. Choose one to write. Before you start writing, look at Steps 2–5.
• Write a blog post promoting your favourite sport.
• Write a blog post about your favourite magazine.
• Write a blog post about trying a new mobile phone for the first time.

Step 2
Write down your ideas. Decide how you are going to organise them into paragraphs.

Step 3
Check your language is informal, and sounds enthusiastic. Is there any language in Exercises 1 and 2 you could use?

Step 4
Think of a title. Is it short? Are there any unnecessary words?

Step 5
Write your blog post. Don’t forget to check you have used the correct word order in each sentence when you have finished.

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