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Writing Speeches

Writing Speeches

You may get asked to write a speech during the exam. Transcripts of speeches, especially political ones, can be found ...

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Writing Reports

Writing Reports

Reports are normally formal accounts, written in a logical, sometimes chronological, order by a person with specific knowledge of a ...

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Writing letters

Writing Letters

If you are asked to write a letter in the exam, there is a basic layout that you can follow. ...

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writing advertisement

Writing Advertisements

You may get asked to write some sort of advertisement in the exam. An advertisement is an announcement or notice ...

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Verbs

Verbs

A verb is the main part of a sentence that describes an action, condition or experience. Different verb forms determine ...

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Understanding Tense

Understanding Tense

Now that we have established that different verb forms determine the tense or mood in which something is happening, let’s ...

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Theme

Theme

When planning your narrative and plot based on the structure we have already looked at, you must think about what ...

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Standard English

Standard English

There are many forms of English within the English language. All dialects, such as Scots, Geordie, Welsh English, Cockney, Scouse ...

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Spelling

Spelling

Spelling is one of the most important aspects of written English to master. Without good spelling, a text can instantly ...

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Speeches

Speeches

A speech is a form of oral communication, usually planned and usually intended for a large audience. Politicians regularly perform ...

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Sentence Types

Sentence Types

There are four different sentence types that we need to look at. These are simple sentences, compound sentences, complex sentences ...

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