Article - FCE feedback

• English
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

What went well?

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CONTENT 

ORGANISATION

COMMUNICATIVE ACHIEVEMENT

What needs attention......

Language

Grammar and vocabulary

Linking words

I" for the personal pronoun "I", 

Do you know where I live?

(NOT "Do you know where i live?")

I think I'm going to sleep.

(NOT "I think i'm going to sleep.")

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learn vs teach 

To learn is an irregular verb (learn / learnt / learnt - learning), that means to gain knowledge or skill in a new subject or activity and make yourself remember it.

For example: "I learnt English at school."

To teach is an irregular verb (teach / taught / taught - teaching), that means to give someone knowledge or to train someone; to instruct.

For example: "My teacher taught me how to pass the Cambridge Exam"

My parents taught me how to cook. 

Spell out numbers under ten

One day

When I was seven years old

Three years ago

Than and then are different words. 

Than is used in comparisons as a conjunction, as in "she is younger than I am," and as a preposition, "he is taller than me.

Then indicates time. It is used as an adverb, "I lived in Washington DC then," noun, "we'll have to wait until then," and adjective, "the then president"

Feedback on the article

Tone

In articles we normally expect the readers to be people like us so we can write in a more informal style. 

Informal English means that you should use contractions like I'm or don't , colloquial words and expressions, for example: awesome or tons of. 

Organisation 

Main paragraphs

In our plan we decided to break the topic points into two paragraphs, but we also have to focus on FCE requirements for an article: 

1. Stick to the topic and don't write about unrelated things.
2. Support your answers with some experience or reasons
3. Use informal language
4. Use language that makes your article sound more interesting: adverbs and adjectives, idioms and phrasal verbs, use questions and humour.

Conclusion

In the closing paragraph you need to: 

1. Summarise what you wrote in your article.
2. Comment on the topic or give your opinion one last time.
3. End your article in an interesting way.

The conclusion shouldn't be too difficult to write if you have done a good job with the introduction and topic paragraphs.

Practice makes perfect

With all this feedback you will get much better at the FCE writing tasks. Please ask for help if you need it.

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