PEOPLE DESCRIPTION

TITLE: This Is Me, All About Me, Name1 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’spoint of view

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 THATHE/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

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 thingsto details.

3 Closing: Concluding sentence and opinion.

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 THATIT SEEMS…BUT…,HOWEVER,…NEVERTHELESS,…ALTHOUGH/THOUGHAND YETIN 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.

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 storygiving details (people involved, secondaryactions and places) in chronological order.

3 Closing: End of the story and consequences.

TENSES CONNECTORS

• PRESENT PERFECT• PAST SIMPLE• PAST PERFECT• PAST CONTINUOUS• PAST PERFECT

CONTINUOUS

• CONDITIONAL 2,3

• FIRST / AT FIRSTIN 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, THEREFOREetc.

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.

TENSES CONNECTORS

• DESCRIPTION

• NARRATION The same applies here

• MODALS:

You cannot miss it

(shouldn’t)

You must watch it.

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’sopinion.

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…

A NEWS REPORT

DATE

TITLE: Heading

1 Opening: summary of the event and answer towho, what, where and when.

2 Body: give more details.

3 Closing: significance of event, reactions and comments.

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…,

AN OPINION ESSAY

TITLE: topic (question, catching sentence…)

1 Opening: stating topic and giving writer’sopinion.

2 Body: supporting writers opinion: facts, examples...

3 Closing: summarising and restating witer’sopinion.

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…