Week 24 - Writing essentials 2

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Writing essentials 2

General

Grammar

Spelling

1. General

Informal

Formal

Start/Finish

Build-up

There is no official structure for informal texts

1. True
2. False

There is no official structure for formal texts

1. True
2. False

You can start your informal letter any way you like: hi, hello, hiya, etc.

1. True
2. False

You start a formal letter with:
Dear sir/madam,
or with Dear Ms Biloro

1. True
2. False

The build-up of a text is the same as in Dutch
(IKS)

1. True
2. False

You can end a formal letter with:
best wishes,

1. True
2. False

You can use 'kind regards'
for both formal, and informal texts

1. True
2. False

Start: Dear Ms Biloro
Ending: ?

1. Yours sincerely,
2. Yours faithfully,
3. Kind regards,
4. Best wishes,

Start: Dear sir/madam,
Ending: ?

1. Yours sincerely,
2. Yours faithfully,
3. Kind regards,
4. Best wishes,

You are allowed to write u, thru, I'm in formal texts

1. Yes
2. No

2. Grammar

Revision

Congruence

Linking words - place

Capital letters

I have worked here for 5 years.

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

I worked here for 5 years, but now I am doing something else.

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

I am living in Heerlen.

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

That things are...

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

Those things is...

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

These things are...

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

You can start a sentence with but/and.

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

I is ALWAYS with a capital letter.

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

Days of the week, months, places, names are with a normal letter.
(e.g. monday, june, heerlen, sharita)

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

3. Spelling

Most common mistakes!

Which one is spelled correctly?

1. allot
2. alot
3. a lot

Which one is spelled correctly?

1. very
2. verry
3. verie
4. verrie

Which one is spelled correctly?

1. much
2. mutch
3. match

Which one is spelled correctly?
De trui, die...

1. witch
2. whitch
3. which
4. wich

Which one is spelled correctly?

1. whith
2. with
3. whit

Which one is spelled correctly?

1. beautiful
2. beautyful
3. beautifull
4. beautyfull

Which one is spelled correctly?

1. can not
2. cannot
3. can't
4. ca'nt

Which one is spelled correctly?

1. can not
2. cannot
3. can't
4. can'nt

Which one is spelled correctly?

1. Iam
2. I'm
3. I'am
4. I am

The end!