Letter Writing: Tips & tricks

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1-6

Test Prep

Tips & Tricks

overview

- writing

- reading

- words ( 21-30 + linking words)

What do you need to practice MOST before test week?

grammar

words

linking words

letter layout

spelling

DOs

1. Write cleary.
2. Use signal words as much as possible. 
3. Use paragraphs ( blank line)
4. Use full words, in English 
5. Use a difficult grammar item every now and then (Passive, relative clauses)
   
6. At the end, check your work.
   

Don'ts

1. Forget about the lay-out
2.  Use the first translation you find in a dictionary without checking. 
3. Forget content elements 
4. Swearing 
5. Dumb language (gonna, u, 2, etc.) 

Frequent mistakes

punctuation: 

Every sentence has a capital letter at the start and ends in a full stop.

Capital Letters:

i is wrong, it is always “I” 

Days of the week: Monday, Tuesday,

months :  August, October

Frequent mistakes

HAVO = Higher General Secondary Education

VWO = Pre-University Education

Frequent mistakes

Word Order

Wrong: Bepaling - ww - O 

In my opinion is it great to live in New York.

Right: Bepaling – O – ww

In my opinion it is great to live in New York

Frequent mistakes

Confusing Couples

There – they’re – their

Your – you’re 

It’s – its 

Two – to - too 

I don't know where ... going

1. there
2. their
3. they're

I don't get it. ... going to have to explain it to me.

1. your
2. you're

I am sure it is autumn because the tree lost all ... leaves.

1. its
2. it's

I love you ...

1. to
2. two
3. too
4. 2

practice