Writing Examination

Language Consideration

Ways of concluding a formal or informal letter:

• Thank you very much for your attention.

• I’m really looking forward to…
• I hope the situation will be resolved soon.
• Bye for now.
• See you at the weekend.
• Hope to hear from you very soon.
• Take care.
• I look forward to hearing from you.
Useful Expressions

• I was sorry to hear about…

• I would very much like to know…
• I would be grateful if you could…
• I was delighted to hear
• I am writing to express my concern about…
• I very much appreciate your…-ing
• Unfortunately/Regrettably I…
• Even though I phoned you about…
• Please accept my apologies
 Sample GT Task 1

• You recently stayed in a hotel in a large city. The

weather was very unusual for the time of the year and
the heating/cooling system in the hotel was quite
inadequate.

• Write a letter to the manager of the hotel. In your letter

• Give details of what was wrong

• Explain what you had to do to overcome the problem at

the time

• Say what action you would like the manager to take

 Language Considerations:
Developing the Main Idea
Expressing Views

• People argue that

• Some people think/say that
• It is understood that
• It is generally accepted that
Defining/Explaining

• In other words
• That is to say
• To be more precise
Making Concessions

• As far as I can tell, television has few benefits for

children. While I agree that there are some good
educational programs these days, far too much
advertising is targeted at children and this makes
television viewing very undesirable.
Refuting an Argument

• It is hard to accept that

• There is little evidence to support the…. That
• It is unjustifiable to say that
Other Useful Transition Words

Marking Time
• First(ly) • Before
• Second (ly) • After
• Third(ly) • During
• Last (ly) • Since
• Then • Afterwards
• While • When
• Meanwhile • To begin with
• Following this • At the same time
• As soon as
 Adding Information

• Furthermore
• Also
• Moreover
• Likewise
• Besides
• Even
• In addition
• Similarly
• As well as
• As an extent