The document provides templates and guidelines for writing different types of documents in English, including descriptions of people, places, narratives, reviews, arguments for and against an issue, news reports, and opinion essays. For each type of document, it lists the typical structure, including an opening, body, and closing section. It also provides examples of tenses and connectors commonly used in each document type.

1. PEOPLE DESCRIPTION
TITLE: This Is Me, All About Me, Name
1 Opening: general information (name, age,
nationality, city)
2 Body: physical description (height, weight,
complexion, eyes, hair, nose, big and
relevant traits) and psychological description
(personality traits, hobbies and
likes/dislikes)
3 Closing: concluding remarks with writer’s
point of view

2. TENSES CONNECTORS
• PRESENT SIMPLE
• PRESENT PERFECT TO TALK ABOUT A
EXPERIENCE / AN ACHIVEMENT
• RELATIVE PRONOUNS:
THAT-WHO/WHOSE/WHOM
• CONDITIONAL 1
• AS FOR HIS/HER…
REGARDING HIS/HER…
• TAKING INTO ACCOUNT HE/SHE…
ONE COULD SAY THAT
HE/SHE SEEMS…BUT…,
HOWEVER,…
NEVERTHELESS,…
ALTHOUGH/THOUGH…
DESPITE/IN SPITE OF HIS/HER…, HE/SHE…
IT IS SAID…
• ALSO, AS WELL, TOO,
BESIDES, IN ADDITION,
etc.
• BECAUSE OF + noun, BECAUSE, SINCE, DUE
TO HIS/HER…
etc.
• ESPECIALLY/MAINLY …
• SPECIALLY…
• IN FACT,INDEED

3. DESCRIPTION OF PLACES
TITLE: Place
1 Opening: name of the place and general information:
location, reason for description.
2 Body: detailed description. Going from general things
to details.
3 Closing: Concluding sentence and opinion.

4. TENSES… CONNECTORS
• PRESENT SIMPLE
• PRESENT PERFECT
• PASSIVE VOICE:
It is located …
It is known…
It was declared/discovered…
• CONDITIONAL 1
• AS FOR ITS…
REGARDING ITS…
• TAKING INTO ACCOUNT IT…
ONE COULD SAY THAT
IT SEEMS…BUT…,
HOWEVER,…
NEVERTHELESS,…
ALTHOUGH/THOUGH
AND YET
IN CONTRAST,
DESPITE/IN SPITE OF ITS…, HE/SHE…
IT IS SAID…
• ALSO, AS WELL, TOO,
BESIDES, IN ADDITION,
• BECAUSE OF + noun, BECAUSE, SINCE, DUE TO
HIS/HER…
• ESPECIALLY/MAINLY/MOREOVER…
• SPECIALLY…
• IN FACT,INDEED
etc.

5. A NARRATIVE
TITLE: Event
1 Opening: general information of the event
(setting the scene: who, what, when, where)
2 Body: from main event to climax of the story
giving details (people involved, secondary
actions and places) in chronological order.
3 Closing: End of the story and consequences.

6. TENSES CONNECTORS
• PRESENT PERFECT
• PAST SIMPLE
• PAST PERFECT
• PAST CONTINUOUS
• PAST PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
• CONDITIONAL 2,3
• FIRST / AT FIRST
IN THE BEGINNING / AT THE
BEGINNING OF + noun
• THEN / NEXT / LATER
• SUDDENLY / ALL OF A
SUDDEN / UNEXPECTEDLY
• (UN)FORTUNATELY
• EVENTUALLY / FINALLY /
IN THE END / AT THE
END OF + noun
• SO, THEREFORE
etc.

7. A REVIEW
TITLE: A film, a book, a restaurant’s name
1 Opening: Title, type of work (art and genre),
author, main characters or actors.
2 Body: description of the plot and characters
(from general to detail)
3 Closing: opinion and recommendation.

8. TENSES CONNECTORS
• DESCRIPTION
• NARRATION The same applies here
• MODALS:
You cannot miss it
(shouldn’t)
You must watch it.

9. A FOR AND AGAINST ESSAY
TITLE: Topic (catching sentence, question…)
1 Opening: stating the issue (controversial topic)
2 Body: arguments for and against. Examples of
both.
3 Closing: summary of the topic and writer’s
opinion.

10. TENSES CONNECTORS
• PRESENT SIMPLE
• PAST SIMPLE
• PRESET PERFECT
• PAST PERFECT
• PASSIVE
• CONDITIONALS 1,2,3
• ON THE ONE HAND,
ON THE OTHER HAND,
CONTRARILY,
IN OPPOSITION TO…
HOWEVER,
NEVERTHELESS,
DESPITE/IN SPITE OF…
• TO SUM UP, ALL IN ALL,
TO CONCLUDE, AS FAR
AS I AM CONCERNED…

11. A NEWS REPORT
DATE
TITLE: Heading
1 Opening: summary of the event and answer to
who, what, where and when.
2 Body: give more details.
3 Closing: significance of event, reactions and
comments.

12. TENSES CONNECTORS
• PRESENT PERFECT:
recent event
• PAST SIMPLE:
complete
action in the past
• (PAST PERFECT):
past action previous to another past action
USE OF RELATIVE PRONOUNS:
Witnesses who saw the scene…
USE OF PASSIVE VOICE
USE OF DIRECT AND REPORTED SPEECH
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• Time expressions:
Yesterday/Last week…
• At first,
Then, Next,
Finally, Eventually,
• Apparently,…
• For this reason,…
As a consequence/result,…
• According to…,

13. AN OPINION ESSAY
TITLE: topic (question, catching sentence…)
1 Opening: stating topic and giving writer’s
opinion.
2 Body: supporting writers opinion: facts,
examples...
3 Closing: summarising and restating witer’s
opinion.

14. TENSES CONNECTORS
• PRESENT SIMPLE
PASSIVE VOICE
REPORTED SPEECH
OPINION VERBS: I think-believe…/
In my opinion…/The way I see it…/
As far as I am concerned…/
I totally (dis)agree/ I like-love-hate…
USE OF MODAL VERBS:
Should (n’t), must(n’t), have to (don’t
have to)…
• Personally,…
• For example,…/ For instance,…
• In fact,…
• Indeed,…
• In conclusion,…
To sum up,…
In short,…
The fact that…
It is clear-obvious that…
There is no doubt that…
We cannot deny the influence of…
on…