Writing

Part 1
You must answer this question. Write your answer in 220 – 260 words in an appropriate style on the
separate answer sheet.

1 Your class has attended a panel discussion about what kind of mass transportation would be best in the city
centre. You have made the notes below:

What modes of mass transportation should be

encouraged in the city centre?

• cycling
• metro trains
• walking Some opinions expressed in the discussion:

“Cycling is the transportation mode of the future.”

“The money spent on huge engineering projects will be passed

onto the commuter through high ticket prices.”

“The streets should be cleared of cars and given back to the

pedestrians.”

Write an essay discussing two of the modes of transportation in your notes. You should explain which mode of
transport you think should be encouraged in the city centre and provide reasons to support your opinion.

You may, if you wish, make use of the opinions expressed in the discussion, but you should use your own words
as far as possible.

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 Answer Guidelines for Writing
Part 2
2 Organisation
Style Plan what you want to say in each paragraph of your
letter. Decide on which product you bought and
The proposal is written to submit to a newspaper
the details of the problems you experienced before
and so should be neutral or formal. You will need
you start writing. Your final paragraph could be a
to use a range of structures to make suggestions
summary of what you require the company to do.
for what the land could be used for and to present
arguments to support your proposal. You will need
to use persuasive language and keep your reader’s 4
interest. Style
The review should be neutral, but to keep the
Content reader’s interest, it would be good to use lively
expressions in your evaluation of the historical film.
The content of the proposal needs to be fully
Use a range of narrative tenses when telling the
relevant to the input material. In this case, you will
story of the film and appropriate vocabulary.
need to suggest clearly what you think the land
should be used for and support your suggestions
by giving evidence of how it would benefit the Content
community.
You will need to think of a film that you know well
on an historical topic. Along with the title of the film
Organisation and other relevant facts, you will need to evaluate
the historical accuracy of the film and the quality of
Plan what you want to say in each section of your
the acting and dialogue etc. You will also need to
proposal. Proposals have a similar organisational
explain why you think it would be more popular with
structure to a report, so think about a heading and
certain audiences and not others.
appropriate sub-headings for each section. Each
paragraph should keep to the topic suggested in the
sub-heading. Organisation
Plan what each paragraph of your review is going
3 to be about. You will need to start with a brief
Style description of the film, but the majority of your
review will be your evaluation of it. In your final
The email in this case should be formal as it is to the
paragraph, you should make it clear who the film
Head of Customer Services in a company that sells
would be most suitable for.
online. You will need to use a range of past tenses
to explain what the problems were with your order.
Functional language for complaining and expressing
dissatisfaction will be needed here but you will also
have to explain what you would like the company to
do to rectify the problems.

Content
The content of the letter needs to be fully relevant
to the input text and make reference to each of
the problems listed. Your conclusion might include
suggestions for what the company can do to make
up for the problems you experienced.

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