Writing an opinion essay (Cambridge B2)
Are you preparing for your B2 Cambridge exam? Or simply interested in learning more about how to write an essay? In this article we are going to introduce the essay format, provide you with useful vocabulary for introducing advantages and disadvantages, present two sample tasks and one model answer and review the B2 writing assessment criteria.
Cambridge B2 First Writing Paper
The Cambridge B2 First Writing Paper consists of two parts. The first one is an essay and the second part can be one of the following: email/letter, review, article, or report. In Part 1 there is only one compulsory while in Part two you can choose one out of three different options. You have to write between 140-190 words.
Is the word limit important?
If you write less than 140 words, you have probably forgotten to include some of the information required whereas if you write more than 190, you have probably included unnecessary information. These can affect your score, but in general, you don’t have to worry about 2 or 3 more words.
What is an opinion essay?
In an opinion essay, you are asked to give your opinion on a statement. You have to support your opinion with arguments and organize your ideas in paragraphs.
Sample Task
Many teachers let their students use their phones in class. Does it promote learning?
Notes: write about:
- Screen Time
- Your own idea
Sample Structure
Opinion essay example (Model essay)
Nowadays, a great number of educators believe that mobile phone use in class can be beneficial, while others are sceptical about it.
One argument in favour is that mobile phone use can boost students’ motivation. It enables playing interactive games, revising activities in a funnier way, and therefore is welcomed by the students. For instance, teachers might project quizzes and the learners can participate using a code.
However, students, especially the younger ones, spent a lot of time in front of the screen. This can be really distracting for them so maybe using screens in class as well could be adding up to this, rather than promoting alternative ways to learn. Therefore, limiting screen time needs to be addressed.
Finally, phones can promote learning by allowing the student to be autonomous. They are able to look up words in the dictionary, practise without the teacher’s help, find out new information on the internet. All these are important positive aspects of mobile phone use in class.
In conclusion, despite the drawbacks, I firmly believe that mobile phones can aid the process of learning by increasing both motivation and learner autonomy.
Bad example essay
The use of mobile phones in the classroom is a good thing. I think it is great because it is funny.
*very simple vocabulary
Mobile phones can help motivation because it is funny to use the phones and we like it. Students will be happy and this is good for the teacher.
*very simple vocabulary, not explaining the ideas
A bad thing about mobile phones is the screen time it can be really distracting for them so maybe using screens in class as well could be adding up to this, rather than promoting alternative ways to learn and therefore, limiting screen time needs to be addressed.
*very long sentence
Finally, phones can promote learning by allowing the student to be motivated. They enable playing interactive games, revising activities in a funnier way, and therefore are welcomed by the students. For instance, teachers might project quizzes and the learners can participate using a code.
*repeating point 1 twice
In conclusion, mobile phones can promote motivation and learner autonomy but increase screen time.
*opinion is not clearly stated here
Useful vocabulary to talk about advantages and disadvantages
Find some information online in English and then plan and write an essay on the following topic.
Some people argue that playing video games is not advisable for young people.
Notes: Write about:
Useful Collocations
- Become addicted to video games
- Develop skills
- Promote learning
- Educational video games
- Reaction time
- Social isolation
- Physical problems
- Adjectives: Distracting, harmful, beneficial, entertaining
Assessment criteria
- Content: Have you included points one and two and also added your own idea?
- Communicative achievement: Is the style appropriate to the task?
- Organisation: Have you divided your essay in paragraphs? Are they logically connected?
- Language: Have you used a good range of vocabulary and grammar?
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How to Write an Essay for B2 First (FCE) Writing
Luis @ kse academy.
- noviembre 24, 2019
As you probably know already, Cambridge English exams usually have some or all of the following parts: Reading, Writing, Use of English and Listening. In this post I am going to talk about the FCE Writing B2 part and, more specifically, about how to write an essay for FCE Writing . We will see a good example of an essay for FCE and you can check out a full FCE Writing Guide where you can find more examples of emails , letters and other types of writings.
Essay Sample Answer
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What are the parts of the FCE Writing?
The First (FCE) Writing has only two parts. For each part, you must write a composition which will depend on the instructions you receive for each task. For the first part , you will always be asked to write an essay , as it is the only option provided. However, in the second part , they allow you to choose one out of 3 options. These include different types of writing , which are : letters/emails , articles , reviews and reports . Each piece of writing must have between 140 and 190 words , approximately.
Since they are different types of writing , the language and structures to use will also differ. But that’s what I’m here for, to explain to you exactly how to write each part. And today, I’m starting with how to write an essay .
How to Write an Essay for FCE Writing
An essay is an opinion writing with which we analyse a topic , a situation or an issue from different points of view , providing different arguments and expressing our opinion about it. For this reason, an essay must have the following features:
- Purpose: What we usually do with an essay is to analyse and assess a topic, situation or issue which, in some way, is interesting or controversial. It is normally set as a writing task after a class debate. In the exam, you have to imagine the debate, obviously.
- Tone and style: Given that you’re writing about a serious or controversial issue , an essay is written in a formal style, so we must stick to an objective tone and style . Our language must be formal, thus avoiding words that are simply too common or generic (E.g.: things, stuff, get, etc.) and contractions (E.g.: can’t, don’t, won’t, etc.).
- Structure: Like every piece of writing, an essay must present a defined structure . For starters, we can choose either to give it a title or not. Personally, I would say that it is more appropriate to have an essay with title . Then, the body must be divided into introduction, idea 1, idea 2, idea 3 and conclusion. This means that, in general, essays must have 5 paragraphs , although it is not entirely necessary.
- Opinion: There are countless ways of expressing your opinion in an essay, so you must choose the one that suits you best. However, it is advisable to remain impartial throughout your writing and give your opinion only in the last paragraph , as a conclusion. But, as I say, it is optional. The most important thing is that you justify everything you say in your essay.
- Coherence: Coherence is essential in every type of writing, but especially in an essay. As it tends to be an argumentative text, you must avoid writing incoherent paragraphs that have nothing to do with one another. Your ideas must follow a logical order and be well connected with appropriate linkers .
FCE Writing Essay Example
Now that we are familiar with the characteristics of an essay for First (FCE) Writing , let’s take a look at an example of an essay at B2 level , both at the task and at a sample answer.
Instructions of an Essay
In the following image you can see the instructions of an essay which involves a typical topic, that of the environment:
In these instructions, we must pay attention to the following:
- The first paragraph introduces the topic: … different ways in which you can protect the environment.
- The second sentence is usually the same in every task: Write an essay using all the notes…
- In the box , you are given the main topic as a question and they give you something to talk about: recycle, using bicycles and walking, your own idea . As you can see, you have to come up with the third idea, something connected to the topic which is not provided in the exam task.
Given the model task above, each paragraph will correspond to a different idea, apart from the introduction and conclusion. Again, it is only natural to have 5 paragraphs. So, the best way to know how to write an essay for FCE Writing is to take a look at an example of an actual essay for FCE Writing :
At first sight, the essay has a title and 5 paragraphs (introduction + idea 1 + idea 2 + idea 3 + conclusion). And if we stop to read the essay more carefully, we’ll notice the following things:
- The paragraphs are visual and well defined , which is very important.
- The title summarises the topic of the essay. Another option is to use the question ( What can people do to help protect the environment? ) as title. However, it usually tends to be too long, so I prefer to summarise it into a shorter heading.
- Introduction: it introduces the topic in a general way and it leads to the second paragraph (first idea).
- Paragraph 2: it deals with idea 1.
- Paragraph 3: it deals with idea 2.
- Paragraph 4: it deals with idea 3.
- Conclusion: we express our opinion to conclude and summarise the essay.
- It uses connectors to define the development of the essay: firstly, second, finally, etc.
- It doesn’t use many contractions or pet words.
- One of the things that
- In the last few decades,
- For this reason,
- First, / Second, / Third,
- By doing so,
- For example,
- In conclusion,
This is a good example of an essay for FCE Writing . By the way, you must bear in mind that it has been written to simulate a strong B2 level, without reaching C1.
FAQ: Do I get penalised for writing over 190 words?
This is the most typical question in this part of the exam and the answer is « yes and no «. Let me explain myself. Cambridge English examiners don’t count the number of words and penalise you based upon that fact alone. There’s a rumour going around among teachers and pupils that says that for every 10 words over 190, they take «this many» points off, but it is not true. However, think about this: if you’ve written 50 or 100 words more than asked, you are probably including irrelevant information to the task , right? Now that’s a reason for losing points. In the same way that if you write under 140 words you are probably missing essential information , don’t you think?
For this reason, I always recommend writing up to 10 or 20 words over the limit. In this way, you won’t lose any points for including irrelevant information.
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- How to write an email or letter and 3 examples.
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FCE Essay Examples: Topic (Environment)
Example exam task:, example answer (grade: 3), example answer:.
I think that my country has problems with pollution to the environment like all other countries. This problem is normal for Russia. We have big problems with transport because there are too much cars in our country. And because of that we have problems with atmospeer, air in my city and in all Russia is really dirty and sometimes I can’t make a sigh because it smells around me and of course around that cars on the road. I’ve heard about tradition of one country. They don’t go anywhere by car one day a month or a year, they just use bycicle or their feet. I think it could be very good if we had a tradition like that.
So, what about the rivers and the seas? Yeah, there are some really good and clean rivers and seas where you can go, but there are not many of them. Once I saw the river OB in my city, it was about two years ago but I stil remember that in some places it was not blue, it was green or purple I didn’t really understand because it had different colours.
I don’t know what should we do. Maybe we should just open our eyes and look what we did. But Russian people don’t care about the world around them many people care only about themselves an that’s all.
So, the best idea is look around and try to do something good for our planet and for us and our children.
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Practice, write & improve, examiners comments & grade:, example answer (grade: 3-4).
To begin with pollution and damage to the environment is the most serious and difficult problem for countries of all over the world. Scientists of different countries predict a global ecocatastrophe if people won’t change their attitude to our planet.
First of all a huge damage to the environment brings a transport. People can’t imagine their living without cars, buses, trains, ships and planes. But it’s an open secret that one of disadvantage of these accustomed things is harmful exhaust. Needless to say that use of environment friendly engines helps us to save atmosphere from pollution.
In addition to this our rivers and seas are in not less danger situation. It’s a fact of common knowledge that numerous factories and plants pour off their waste to ponds. Obviously that cleaning manufacturing water helps to avoid extinction of ocean residents.
Apart from this I’m inclined to believe that every person can and must contribute to solving this important problem. Doing a little steps for protection our environment every day we will be able to save our Earth. And it’s a task of each of us.
Model Answer (Grade: 5)
DEVELOPMENT VS ENVIRONMENT
If we surf the web looking for pollution and environmental catastrophes, we will find out that every country in the world suffers them. This is a natural consequence of the struggle between development and environment.
If a country decided to live isolated from the rest of the world, living on what it can naturally grow and produce, it surely wouldn’t be highly polluted. But we all want exotic food and technological items from all over the world, so we have to pay the price.
Investing on electrical transport would benefit the environment a lot. Even more if this electricity came from a natural source of energy like wind, rivers and solar boards. It’s difficult to achieve this because petrol companies will fight against these actions.
We also have to take care of our rivers and seas. We all have heard about factories throwing highly toxic substances to rivers, without minimizing their poisoning effects. A really strict law should be applied to fine these factories and make them change their policy.
But what about ourselves? We also can do a lot! If, when possible, we bought larger packs of food, we would be producing less rubbish. And this is only an example!
FCE Essay Examples: Topic (Fashion)
In today’s world, the fashion industry has a strong importance in people’s lives. The fashion industry say to the society what to wear and creates new types of clothes all the time.
Some people claim that the fashion industry has a bad effect on people’s lives, they say that the fashion industry creates clothes that the society has to wear. Furthermore, the clothes’ price is extremely high and people, who can’t afford it, should not be in the society.
In the other hand, the fashion industry guide the people to be in a good appearance, because, nowadays, the appearance of the person is more important than the person itself.
In my opinion, the fashion industry doesn’t has a bad influence on people’s lives. It’s something which was created to help people what to wear.
Example Answer (Grade: 4)
Fashion industry is very a discussed subject nowadays: they create and design new clothes everyday in order to satisfy some people needs.
There are many people who claim that the fashion industry is important and good for society. According to them, this industry design beautiful clothes and thanks to that every person can wear shirts, trousers or any acessory which is on today’s fashion.
On the other hand, the fashion industry in some people opinion, controls the market of clothes and because of that they can’t wear what they want to. In addition, the industry can increase the price of clothes, forcing people who don’t want to be “oldfashioned” to buy and pay a large amount of money to keep “beautiful”.
In my opinion, we can’t let the fashion industry decide what we must or musn’t wear. We shouldn’t judge people for its appearance,because that is not important. We must wear whatever we like, want and feel confortable with.
The society we live today is characterised by technology in constant development, fast speed processes, information travelling and getting to people at a blink of an eye and a complex web of social networking. In this context, the fashion industry is becoming increasingly important and having a more and more paramount role in our lives.
On one hand, the fashion industry is undeniably a source of profit and income. It hires millions of people all over the world and generates millions of dollars every year. Furthermore, such profitable business is also believed to be able to spread and make known the culture of a people, encouraging and enhancing a better understanding of each other.
Nevertheless, for those who are neither impressed nor motivated by numbers and figures, the fashion industry is seen as one which segregates people, isolating those who not fit their laws and commands. It is stated that people place too much importance on appearance and the material, world, sadly true, and the fashion industry just spurs on such situation. Moreover, not only are the costs of fashion item unrealistically high, it is thought to be a money better spent on more pressing issues, such as poverty and hunger.
I do believe that the fashion industry, as it is today, has a harmful effect, because it values a minority of people in detriment to the majority. However, it has such a wide reach that, it put into a good use, it can save lives.
FCE Essay Examples: Topic (Languages)
“There are more reasons to learn a foreign language than to pass a test”
Everything around us revolves around language(s), it is the most important thing in our lives. Society would just not function without it. They are It is our future and I would personaly love to learn as many as I possibly can.
Not everything in life is done because it is necessary. Learning a new language can be a lot of fun. Many people only do it as a hoby, or their knowledge is something that brings them pride and pleasure.
Secondly, we have people who do it simply to challenge themselves. Truly I believe that having a great outcome that stems from your hard work and dedication to learn something new is a wonderful way to challenge prove your ability to yourself and others. Then there is travelling. It is very important to be able to understand and have a conversation with someone abroad, unless you would like to get lost or worse.
To conclude, I think that learning a new language is an amazing thing no matter why you do it. It is always better to do things out of enjoyment, but even if you do it for a test, that knowledge will always be useful.
Learning a a foreign languages is very important nowadays. English, in particular, is essential because it allows is spoken all over the world. That’s the reason why we start studying it from the age of six years old. Going abroad and being able to speak to native people is very satisfying and that’s why I want to improve my knowledge about foreign languages.
I decided to take this exam to know how high my level of English is, but also because I need this certification to go abroad next summer. I really want to come back to Cornwall, an amazing region in the South-West of England. I’ve been there twice with my family, but now I want to go alone. Only being there to England I can really improve my English comprehension and speaking skills.
Fortunately I can will have some English lessons which taught in English at university and I can’t wait for it because it will be an interesting challenge for me. Studying foreign languages is essential to live and to travel. It isn’t simple and I surely have to challenge myself everyday, but the result is so satisfying that we I can’t do without it.
FCE Essay Example: Topic (History)
A very common topic that is being discussed nowadays is wether schools should teach subjects that some may consider useless later in life. A clear example is history, since it is quite difficult to learn and does not help us in day-to-day activities.
However, many people do not realize the importance of it or that it affects our lives today. For example, our political system would not be this way if it weren’t for the Ancient Greeks, numerous politicians and wars who helped shape democracy and our constitution. Yet it is still thought that it’s useless.
In addition, it is very important that we never forget about our past since we must know where we were standing years ago. Moreover, there are some things, such as World War II, that we have to remember to prevent them from happening again. We should also know where we we were standing a century ago: our origins, our identity. The more you learn about your ethnicity, the better.
All in all, I think that it is extremely important to learn about one’s own country’s history. Anyone who gets the chance to do this should not waste it, since they are very fortunate to have this opportunity
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English Writing Exercises for B2 – An opinion essay
English Writing Exercises for B2
Preparation
‘A friend in need is a friend indeed.’ This saying means that a real friend is there for you in times of trouble. Write an essay in which you give your own opinion of this view, taking into consideration the way we make friends these days and situations where you can recognise real friends.
1. Read the task above. How many elements are there to cover?
Three elements:
1 Give your opinion of the view
2 Describe how we make friends these days
3 List situations where you can recognise real friends
2. Read the essay. In which paragraphs does the writer cover each element of the task?
[ A ] I find that the saying ‘A friend in need is a friend indeed’ is a true one and I wholeheartedly agree with it. I do think that a true friend is one who is always there for you, no matter what.
[ B ] In the internet age, people are more sociable than ever. It’s easy to make lots of friends online because no one makes any demands on you. Not that it isn’t good to have a wide circle of people to socialise with. Nevertheless, it is said that most of us can count our number of true friends on the fingers of one hand, and I personally think that it is in times of trouble that you find out who your real friends are.
[ C ] I have known my closest friend Mina since primary school and she remains the nicest, gentlest person I know. We rarely have arguments. Not that we agree on everything, but we generally have a caring and supportive relationship. When my mum was very ill in hospital, she was the truest friend of all. She never once complained that I was bad company, like one or two of my other friends, and I could always talk to her about all my fears. This type of situation really shows you who your friends are.
[ D ] So, in my view, although you may have lots of friends to have fun with, make sure you have at least one close friend who can support you when you need it most.
Element 1 A Element 2 B Element 3 C
Writing Strategy
Use a variety of grammatical structures and vocabulary instead of simple sentences. This will make your essay more interesting and more effective.
3. Read the Writing Strategy and underline an example of each of the structures below in the essay.
1 contrasting clause with but and although
2 an example of another linker
3 an example of preparatory it
4 a sentence starting with Not that …
5 an example of do / did for emphasis
1 Not that we agree on everything, but we generally have a caring and supportive relationship. (para C), … although you may have lots of friends to have fun with, make sure you have at least one close friend … (Para D)
2 Nevertheless (Para B)
3 It is said … (Para B)
4 Not that it isn’t good to have a wide circle of people to socialise with. (Para B)
5 I do think that a true friend is one who is always there for you … (Para A)
4. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first.
1 She’s a good friend, but she can be a bit moody.
Although …………………………………
2 People say that you must be a good friend to have a good friend.
It …………………………………
3 Having true friends is important.
4 I tried talking to him, but he didn’t understand what I was saying.
I tried talking to him, not that …………………………………
5 I try hard, but she won’t be friends with me.
I try hard. However, …………………………………
1 Although she’s a good friend, she can be a bit moody.
2 It is said that you must be a good friend to have a good friend.
3 It is important to have true friends.
4 I tried talking to him, not that he understood what I was saying.
5 I try hard. However, she won’t be friends with me.
5. Rewrite the sentences using do/did for emphasis.
1 I liked her.
……………………………………..
2 ‘Why didn’t you tell him I was here?’ ‘I told him!’
3 Although she’s twice my age, we have a lot in common.
4 I think he is a good friend.
5 ‘You don’t support me enough.’ ‘I support you!’
……………………………………..
1 I did like her.
2 ‘Why didn’t you tell him I was here?’ ‘I did tell him!’
3 Although she’s twice my age, we do have a lot in common.
4 I do think he is a good friend.
5 ‘You don’t support me enough.’ ‘I do support you!’
Writing Guide
There is a saying ‘Age is no barrier to friendship.’ Write an essay in which you give your opinion of this view, taking into consideration the generation gap and different life experience.
6. Read the task above. Make some notes for your opinion and personal description.
7. Write your essay.
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- Error Awareness Chart
- Spice up your lessons with the Russian Roulette
- While and whereas
- Connectors of contrast – Exercise One , Exercise Two,
- Clauses of purpose. Exercise One , Exercise two, Exercise 3
- Linking words: and, but, also, however
- Discourse Makers: 1
ELEMENTARY A1, A2
- Stretching a Sentence
- Capital Letters
- Physical Description
INTERMEDIATE B1
- Writing a Summary
OPINION ESSAYS
- 5 steps to writing an excellent opinion essay
- Writing an Opinion Essay PDF
- Useful Expressions and Linkers
- An Opinion Essay . Presentation
- An Opinion Essay: Students’ Essays
- Opinion Essays: Topics to choose from
- An opinion essay about fast food: Example (British Council)
INFORMAL EMAILS
- An Informal Email
- An informal email pdf
- An informal email to a friend: sample
- Informal email. Invitation: sample
- You have an email: an interactive writing activity
BOOK AND FILM REVIEWS
- A Book Review.
- Nice stuff to use for evaluating compulsory reading
- A Film Review
- Six Steps to Writing a Good Book Review . Pdf
NARRATIVE AND STORYTELLING
- Working with Adjectives: Moving Up from ” I Made Tea” to” I made myself a nice, hot sandwich of low-fat blue cheese because I was starving”
- Writing Activity with relative sentences
- Collaborative Writing activity with Simple Past/Past Continuous/Past Perfect
- Game: storytelling to practise narrative tenses
- Telling Stories: sequencing your ideas
- Task: Writing a Narrative
- Task: Dressed to Kill
- Improving your Writing Skills
- Spice up your writing with the Noun Roulette
UPPER-INTERMEDIATE B2
FORMAL EMAILS
- A Formal Email : asking for information about a course
- A formal letter (ppt). Layout and guided application letter
- Formal Letters. > Tips >Exercise 1
- Formal and Informal language Exercise
- Formal/semi-formal pdf
- CV templates
- 6 steps to getting a job: How to write a cover letter and a résumé
- Complaint letter: Paragraphs and examples
- Complaint letter: Opening lines
- Complaint letter: Fill in the gaps
- Complaint letter: Fill in the gaps with the right tense
- Complaint Letter: model
- Some Common Mistakes 1
- Creative Writing: using Wordle
- Writing a report template
FOR AND AGAINST ESSAY
- 5 steps to writing a good For and Against essay
- A For and Against Essay
- A for and against task. Example
- Collaborative Writing: Tourism
- Collaborative Writing Activity: Writing an Article
ADVANCED – C1
- A short writing descriptive activity using pasta
- How to write an article: some visual help
- Improving writing with the noun roulette
- Fi lm review example
- Writing a report
- Graphs and Charts (by María Fernández). Saying Numbers Quiz (by Paula G. Cernadas)
- How to describe a bar chart with model answer
- How to write a C1 Opinion Essay
- Formal language: Exercise 1, Exercise 2 , Exercise 3 ,
- Formal and informal language Quizlet
- Indirect questions in formal letters/emails: Exercise 1
- Formal Email/letter: Cover Letter
– How to send an email with a cover letter – How to format a cover letter
– Useful expressions in a cover letter
- Write an informal email giving advice Write a formal letter/email applying for a job
- 100 Essay Questions
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B1-B2 grammar; Vocabulary . A1-A2 vocabulary; B2-C1 vocabulary; Vocabulary games; Exams . Reading exams; ... EnglishScore Tutors is the British Council's one-to-one tutoring platform for 13- to 17-year-olds. Find out more. ... Opinion essay First of all I think play videogames is a good think to pas the time doing somethink. Is very fun play ...
• Learn useful techniques for planning your own essay. • Evaluate two examples of a Writing Part 1 essay. • Practise and evaluate your own answer to a Writing Part 1 task. Review: Writing Part 1 . The B2 First for Schools Writing paper has two parts. Part 1 has only one task, which you . must. answer. You will: be given the essay title.
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Procedure: introduce focus of the lesson: Writing Task 2 - Essay structures and introductions. give each student a copy of Worksheet 1 and one minute to read the Task 2 question. elicit possible next steps before writing i.e. brainstorming ideas. draw attention to the True / False task and clarify the importance of spending time with the ...
The Cambridge B2 First Writing Paper consists of two parts. The first one is an essay and the second part can be one of the following: email/letter, review, article, or report. In Part 1 there is only one compulsory while in Part two you can choose one out of three different options. You have to write between 140-190 words.
In my opinion, I think that people will become unhealthier in the future than they are now. There are many reasons that support the idea of people becoming unhealthy in the future. Firstly, one reason is that of food. People tend to eat more fast food nowadays. They tend to
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Each paragraph has a clear purpose: Introduction: it introduces the topic in a general way and it leads to the second paragraph (first idea). Paragraph 2: it deals with idea 1. Paragraph 3: it deals with idea 2. Paragraph 4: it deals with idea 3. Conclusion: we express our opinion to conclude and summarise the essay.
FCE Essays - Sample/model answers and examiner comments. An essay is always written for the teacher. It should answer the question given by addressing both content points and providinga new content point of the writer's own. The essay should be well organised, with an introduction and an appropriate conclusion,and should be written in an appropriate register and tone
3. Read the Writing Strategy and underline an example of each of the structures below in the essay. 1 contrasting clause with but and although. 2 an example of another linker. 3 an example of preparatory it. 4 a sentence starting with Not that …. 5 an example of do/did for emphasis. Answer. 4.
Writing a paragraph. Introduction and conclusion. Counter paragraph. Editing. This series is a comprehensive online tuition guide, taking you through all the key elements you need for a good piece of argumentative essay writing. This series is particularly relevant to secondary school students struggling with their English curriculum.
An opinion essay has three parts: Introduction; Arguments or reasons that support your view. Conclusion; Introduction. Paragraph 1. Introduce the topic and give your opinion. Say whether you agree or disagree with the statement or question. It can be a good idea to use a question to grab the reader's attention. Check the two examples below:
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An opinion essay has three parts: Introduction; Arguments or reasons that support your view. Conclusion; Introduction. Paragraph 1. Introduce the topic and give your opinion. Say whether you agree or disagree with the statement or question. It can be a good idea to use a question to grab the reader's attention. Check the two examples below:
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