WRITING PART 2: NOTES EXPANSION (35 MINUTES/120 WORDS)

STEP 1 -> ALWAYS USE PRESENT TENSE

STEP 2 -> HOW YOU NUMBER EACH QUESTION IS UP TO YOU
STEP 3 -> 1ST QUESTION (INTRODUCTION), 2ND , 3RD & 4TH QUESTIONS
(BODY/CONTENTS, 5TH QUESTION (CONCLUSION)
STEP 4 -> PREPARE 2 TO 3 POINTS FOR EACH QUESTION.
STEP 5-> USE CONNECTORS LIKE FIRSTLY, SECONDLY ETC. USE
SIMPLE/COMPOUND/COMPLEX SENTENCE
EXAMPLE:
SIMPLE: YOGA IS A GREAT EXERCISE. (ONE INDEPENDENT CLAUSE)
COMPOUND: YOGA IS A GREAT EXERCISE AND GOOD FOR YOUR MENTAL
HEALTH. (TWO INDEPENDENT CLAUSES)
COMPLEX: WHEN TALKING ABOUT YOGA, ONE BELIEVED THAT IS A GREAT
EXERCISE AND IS BENEFICIAL TO THE MENTAL HEALTH BECAUSE IT HELPS IN
RELEASING STRESS. (INDEPENDENT/DEPENDENT CLAUSES)
 COMPOUND SENTENCES (FAN BOYS - COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS)
FOR

AND

NOR

BUT

OR

YET

SO

1. Joe waited for the train, but the train was late.

2. Mary and Samantha arrived at the bus station before noon, and they left on the bus before
I arrived.
3. Mary and Samantha left on the bus before I arrived, so I did not see them at the bus
station.

COMPLEX SENTENCES (INDEPENDENT + DEPENDENT USING SUBORDINATING

CONJUNCTIONS)

 after
 although
 as
 because
 before
 even though
 if
 since
 though
 unless
 until
 when
 whenever
 whereas
 wherever
 while

NEVER START A SENTENCE WITH ‘AND’ OR ‘BUT’

1. Because Mary and Samantha arrived at the bus station before noon, I did not see them
at the station.
2. .I did not see them at the station because Mary and Samantha arrived at the bus station
before noon.