WRITING PART 2 (SHORT MESSAGE) 35-45 words

List of posssible subjects that may appear:

Suggesting or recommending Apologising

Giving advice Offering
Requesting Warning

Useful expressions:

Language to suggest, give advice and recommend: Language to request:

Why dont you ...
Would it be alright if ...
You really should ...
Could I ...
If I were you, I would ...
Would you mind if
How about
Do you mind if ...
Have you thought about .
Maybe, you could . Language to offer:
You had better ... Shall I ..
Would you like me to
Language to apologise:
Would you like another
Im really sorry but ...
Can I
I hope you can forgive me but ...
Language to warn:
Id like to apologise for ...
Take care on ...
Mind how you go ...
look out for

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 WRITING PART 3 (LETTER or STORY) 100 words

EXAMPLE:

QUESTION 7. LETTER Essential Paragraphs:

Greeting: Greet to the person to whom we write.

Starting your letter: We react to the news the other person gave us, and ask him/her
about how hes/shes doing. If its relevant to the text we can ask another question.
Main paragraph 1: In this paragraph we answer the first important item, which is in
the instructions.
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 Main paragraph 2: In this paragraph we adress another item, if this is in the
instructions.
Ending paragraph: we start to say goodbye and wishing good luck. In addition, we
have the option to request a reply so we can ask something relevant.
Farewell: A short expression to say goodbye.
Signature: We sign with our name.

Useful expressions:

Starting your letter (Paragraph 1): Commenting on something (Paragraph

1):
Thanks for your letter.
Lovely to hear from you. I'm sorry to hear that/about ...

How are you? I'm so pleased to hear ...

How are things? It's great to hear ...

Hope you're well. What wonderful news about ...

Moving the topic on (Paragraph 2): Ending your letter (Paragraph 3):

Anyway, the reason I'm writing ... Well, that's all for now
I thought I could write to tell/ask you ... Write back soon
Anyway, I was wondering ... Looking forward to hearing from you
again
All the best
Best wishes
See you soon
Take care
Yours
Love
Lots of love

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QUESTION 8. A STORY.

It gives to you more freedom (and so more difficulty) to write. Its very important to
use a lot of Verb Tenses (past continuous, past simple, past perfect) and a large variety of
time clauses.

Time Clauses to use on your Story:

Before / after by for as long as

As even as momento
Now once since
Son until when
whenever while

EXAMPLE:

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MARKS IN SPEAKING PART 3:

Content (5 points): hace referencia al contenido incluido en tu carta. Para lograr los 5
puntos, debers dar respuesta a las instrucciones, sin incluir contenido irrelevante. El
objetivo es que se informe correctamente al lector, sin que haya dificultades en la
comunicacin por errores lxicos o gramaticales.

Communicative Achievement (5 points): este aspecto est relacionado con el

registro (formal o informal), la estructura de la carta y la efectividad con la que se
transmiten las ideas. Si el lector tuviese que hacer un esfuerzo por comprender
algunas ideas de tu carta, la puntuacin sera inferior a 5.

Organisation (5 points): hace referencia a la organizacin de las ideas entre los

distintos prrafos de la carta, as como a los conectores y elementos discursivos
utilizados para dar coherencia al contenido. Si los conectores utilizados se limitan a los
ms bsicos como and, but y so, este aspecto no puntuar como es debido.

Language (5 points): este ltimo aspecto est estrechamente relacionado con la

variedad lxica y el uso apropiado de vocabulario, expresiones y estructuras
gramaticales simples y complejas. Si se recurre a la repeticin de palabras o hay
errores gramaticales, no se obtendr la puntuacin mxima.