INGLESE B1

Preparazione all’esame PET

della dott.ssa Chiara Cordola
Modulo 2
Writing Paper
Lezione 2
Part 2
 Writing Paper – Part 2

• Write either an article or a story on a topic given.

• Write about 100 words. Candidates are assessed using four subscales: Content,
Communicative Achievement, Organisation and Language.
• For this Part you can get up to twenty marks.

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 Focus on linking words

If you want to improve your writing skills, you must use linking words. These,
also called linkers, connectives or connectors, hold your sentences together. A
text wouldn’t be a proper text if we didn’t use linking words appropriately.
However, this is one of the things that lower-intermediate and intermediate
English students struggle with most. Sometimes, they don’t know an appropriate
one to use or they don’t know how to use it properly. For this reason, in this
lesson, we will go over some essential linking words which are simply perfect
for B1 English learners.

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 Focus on linkers: add information
• And, both … and, also, as well, too, not only … but also, as well as,
besides:
Dogs are friendly and intelligent.
Dogs are both friendly and intelligent.
Dogs are friendly. They are also intelligent.
Dogs are friendly , and intelligent as well.
Dogs are friendly and intelligent, too.
Dogs aren’t only friendly but also intelligent.
Dogs are friendly as well as intelligent.
Dogs are friendly. Besides, they are intelligent.

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 Focus on linkers: add information
EXERCISE 1.
Match the sentences using linking words.
Example:Monkeys are intelligent. Monkeys are curious.
Monkeys are intelligent and curious.
Monkeys are both intelligent and curious.
Monkeys are intelligent. They are also curious.
Monkeys are intelligent, and curious as well.
Monkeys are intelligent and curious, too.
Monkeys are not only intelligent but also curious.
Monkeys are intelligent as well as curious.
Monkeys are intelligent. Besides, they are curious.
1. Your composition is fluent. Your composition is accurate.
2. I write on a PC. I write on a piece of paper. 7
 Focus on linkers: cause
• Beacause, as, since, seeing that:
There were a lot of accidents because / as / since / seeing that the roads
were icy.
• Because of, on account of, owing to, due to + noun phrase:
Because of / on account of /owing to / due to the ice on roads, there were a
lot of accidents.
• Be due to:
The accidents were due to the ice on roads.
• Thanks to + noun phrase:
Thanks to his help, we managed to put the fire out.
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 Focus on linkers: consequence
• So:
The roads were icy so there were a lot of accidents.
• As a consequence, as a result, consequently, for this reason, therefore:
The roads were icy. As a consequence, / As a result, / Consequently, / For
this reason, / Therefore, there were many accidents.
• As a result of + noun phrase:
As a result of the ice on roads, there were a lot of accidents.

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 Focus on linkers
EXERCISE 2
Choose the correct option.

1. The explosion was due to / because of a gas leak.

2. The flight was cancelled because of / because the bad weather conditions.
3. We can’t come to your party because / owing to previous engagements.
4. He lived in Japan for many years. Therefore / Because, he should speak Japanese.
5. Tigers may become extinct since / consequently hunters are killing them for their
skins.

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 Focus on linkers: purpose
• Infinitive of purpose:
I went to England to improve my English. Positive
Close your purse not to lose your wallet. Negative
• In order to, so as to:
I went to England in order to improve my English. Positive
Close your purse in order not to lose your wallet. Negative
• In order that, so as that:
I went to England in order that / so as that I could improve my English.

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 Focus on linkers: purpose
EXERCISE 3
Answer the following questions using the suggestions in brackets.
Example:
Why are you wearing a scarf and gloves? (keep warm)
I’m wearing a scarf and gloves to keep warm.
1. Why did you go to the bank? (change some money)
2. Why did you go out? (buy some food)
3. Why did you go to the post office? (pay the bills)

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 Focus on linkers: contrast
• But, yet:
We tried to save him but / yet he died.
• However, nevertheless:
We tried to save him; however / nevertheless, he died.
• … though:
We tried to save him; he died, though.
• Although, though, even though:
Although / though / even though we tried to save him, he died.
• Despite, in spite of + noun phrase:
Despite / in spite of our efforts to save him, he died.
• Despite, in spite of + -ing form:
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Exercise 3
Rewrite the sentences using although.
Example:
She was very hungry but she didn’t eat anything.
Although she was very hungry, she didn’t eat anything.
1. It was very cold but Martha went out without a coat.
2. I like the town where I live even though there isn’t much entertainment.
3. Despite being a good doctor, Mr Johnson hasn’t got many patients.
4. My brother has been playing tennis for years. He doesn’t play tennis well, though.
5. The room was not very comfortable but the view from the balcony was fantastic.
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 Practice Test
Choose one of these questions.
Write your answer on the answer sheet in about 100 words.

Question 2
You see this notice on an English – language website.
Countryside or city
Do you prefer living in the countryside or in a city? Why?
Send us your article and we will put it on our website.
Write your article.

Question 3
Your English teacher has asked you to write a story. Your story must begin with this sentence.
When the taxi came Sandra was ready in her best dress and shoes.
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That’s all
Thank you