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B2/First Writing Tips

January 25, 2017

Here's a long Slideshare giving lots of advice for First Writing.

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B2 First Writing

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Useful Language for Reports and Proposals

A selection of expressions at a formal register.

Here's some things that might help your homework writing(s).

Introduction
The purpose/intention/aim of this report/proposal is to outline / present / discuss / give a brief comment / suggest / sum up the last...
This report contains the relevant details concerning the problem as you required.
It's based on my observations/extracts from the questionaries / the feedback from participants...
As requested, I am submitting this report concerning...
This report is submitted in support of our request for...

Findings (Reports) /Suggestions (Proposals)
I suggest ... as it would result in...
Consideration should be given...
It would be prudent / inadvisable / advisable to ... on the grounds that it / owing to the fact that / due to the fact that...
I am opposed to the idea of...
It would be mutually advantageous
I suggest that the problem of... can be addressed through...
Therefore...
For the satisfaction of... the ... should be...
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An Advanced Proposal

A sample of a Proposal from one of our Advanced students is now available on the download site. Please note the teacher's comments at the end: it's a great example of someone using what they've studied (and perhaps this website!) to do very good homework. Producing this level in an exam would be very difficult, but would certainly get a very high mark.

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C2/Proficiency UoE Sentence Transformation

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Part 4 (Labelled as Part 5 in some activities)
https://quizlet.com/20935436/cpe-use-of-english-4-sentence-transformation-flash-cards/
https://quizlet.com/87612440/cae-cpe-use-of-english-practice-part-5-flash-cards/
https://quizlet.com/204003239/cpe-transformation-sentences-flash-cards/
https://quizlet.com/102220247/cpe-uoe-sentence-transformation-flash-cards/

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