English Language exam prep tips and tricks
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This document provides tips and guidance for the English Language Examinations. It outlines the different paper sections which assess editing, situational writing, and continuous writing. Editing questions focus on grammar, tenses, and subject-verb agreement. Situational writing involves writing a formal letter or email following the proper format. Continuous writing can include argumentative, expository, or narrative essays, and short responses risk heavy penalties. Comprehension questions assess understanding of narrative, factual, visual, and inferential elements of passages. Key advice is given for answering different question types and structuring argumentative, expository, and narrative essays.
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- 1. Tips and tricks English Language Examinations
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- 3. Contents 1. Paper 1 A. Editing B. Situational Writing C. Continuous Writing 2. Paper 2 A. Visual Text B. Section B (Narrative Text) C. Section C (Factual Text)
- 4. Editing • Grammatical Mistakes • Tenses • Subject Verb Agreement • Singular or Plural Nouns and Verbs • The boy_ eats something • The boys eat_ something
- 5. • Either Informal or Formal Letter/Email • Remember your formats! • Essays lower than the minimum word count will be heavily penalized! Situational Writing
- 6. Format (Formal Letter) Sender’s Full Name Sender’s Address Date ( Day Month Year - 20th April 2015) Recipient’s Full Name (with Mr / Ms / Miss / Mrs) Recipient’s title / Company Company Address
- 7. Format (Formal Email) To: <Recipient’s Email Address> From: < Sender’s Email Address> Subject: <Insert subject of email>
- 8. Format (Formal Letter) How to start: Dear Recipient’s Name (with Mr/Mrs/Ms) 1st Paragraph - Friendly Introduction + Purpose of Letter Subsequent Paragraphs - Content Last Paragraph - Thank reader + Friendly farewell Yours Sincerely, Your Full Name
- 9. Continuous Writing • Any combination of essay types: • Argumentative • Expository • Narrative • Essays lower than the minimum word count will be heavily penalized!
- 10. Key points to remember Argumentative Essays • Always have a stand • Your purpose is to convince • 3 supporting points (paragraphs) • 1 counter-argument
- 11. Key points to remember Expository Essays • Have to consider all possible points of view. • Your purpose is to explain • 3 supporting points (paragraphs)
- 12. Key points to remember Narrative Essays • Story writing • Must include: • Start • Escalation • Climax • De-escalation • Resolution
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- 15. Comprehension (Section C) • Usually a factual (informative/expository) text. • Common question types: • Inferential questions • In your own words questions • Evidence questions • SUMMARY
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- 17. Summary Writing • Always read the instructions for task requirements (what you need to write about) • Each summary usually has 10 - 12 points that are score-able. • To earn style or language points, make sure: • You paraphrase • Your summary flows like an actual text.