Personal response: last practice

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Personal Response

Last practice and dos and don'ts before the test

A personal response has........

1. 4 paragraphs
2. 5 paragraphs
3. 6 paragraphs

The title.........

1. is the thesis statement
2. has to differ from the thesis statement

You have to PEE in every body paragraph. PEE stands for...?

Linking words: as many as possible

Instead of starting a sentence with 'And', you could use.....

Instead of starting a sentence with 'But,' you could use....

Content:

Start with title,

write a catchy introduction, ending with the thesis statement,

PEE in every body paragraph

End with conclusion

Make sure you don't repeat yourself ("Like I said before...")

Language

I/you/we

Avoid I/You/we. 

You are only allowed to voice your opinion in the conclusion. 

Let's practise:

"You have to make public transport free". How can you avoid you here?

We should forbid mobile phones at school.

Vary vocabulary

good= beneficial, appropriate.....

bad= harmful/disadvantageous

use formal language:

 so no 'stuff'/gonna/wanna/ way too

Plurals: the plurals of
study/DVD/man/woman are....

1. studies/DVD's/men/women
2. study's/DVD's/men/women
3. studies/DVDs/men/women
4. studies/DVDs/man/woman

To or too?
There's .............much rubbish here, clear it up as I live here..................!

1. to, too
2. to, to
3. too, to
4. too, too

They're/There/Their

They're=They are

There= daar/er

Their=hun

What's the difference between:
When I see him, I'll tell him.
If I see him, I'll tell him.

Good luck on your test

Don't forget to bring:

- a fully charged device with the SEB installed

- your Dutch-English dictionary