WRITING FOR B1: A STORY

Os gusta escribir historias? Si es así, no dudéis en elegir a story en el writing de PET o EOI.

A continuación, tenéis un modelo de story con huecos, donde debéis elegir los siguientes conectores:

at the moment

desperately

especially

fortunatelly

in a panic

quickly

straight

suddenly

DAVID WOKE UP SUDDENLY AND LOOKED AT THE BEDSIDE CLOCK...

David woke up suddenly and looked at the bedside clock. It was 3.00 in the morning. "Much too early", he said to himself, and went ____________ back to sleep. He was a light sleeper when he knew he had to get up early, and today he was feeling ____________ responsible as he had the plane tickets for the football team, and they had agreed to meet at the airport at 7.00.

Suddenly David woke up againand looked at the bedside clock. It still sail 3.00. He ws just falling asleep when he noticed that sunlight was coming in through the curtain. "oh, no!" David thought, ____________ looking for his watch on the table. It said 7.00.

____________ the phone started to ring. "What happened to you?" a voice asked. "It´s 7.05. The planes leaves at 7.45". "I´ll be there as soon as I can", David promised. ____________, he put on the first clothes he could find, picled up his bag, which ____________ he´d packed the night before, ____________ took his car keys and ran out of the door...

David woke up ____________ and looked at the bedside clock. It was 3.00 in the morning. A nurse come over. "Where am I?" said David. "You´re in hospital, you´ve had a car accident... driving too fast, I´m afraid. Where you trying to catch a plane?

Para escribir una historia debéis pensar en el argumento previamente. Tratad de dividir la historia en tres partes:

• En el primer párrafo localizad la escena y describid la situación y los personajes.
• En el segundo párrafo contad dos o tres sucesos para que la historia tenga interés.
• En la conclusión contad cómo termina la historia y sus personajes.

A continuación escribid una historia que comience:

"When Andrea saw the car parked outside her house, her heart started beating faster..."

A " FOR AND AGAINST" COMPOSITION

Una opción para la Task 2 del Writing de B1 para EOI, puede ser una redacción sobre las ventajas y desventajas cualquiera de los temas especificados para este nivel.

Para los que estáis preparando Selectivo puede seros muy útil dominar este tipo de redacciones.

Os paso un modelo en el cual sólo debéis completar correctamente los huecos con los conectores siguientes:

as a result

besides

however

for example

in conclusion

the main advantage

on the other hand

what is more

WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF BEING FAMOUS?

Nowadays the magazines that sell the most are ones like Hello magazine, which tell us about the lives of famous people. It seems that everybody is interested in them, and that most people would really like to be famous. ________________ there are advantages and disadvantages.

_______________ of being famous is probably the lifestyle it gives you. Most famous people are very rich and can afford big houses with swimming pools, and expensive cars.  _____________, they spend a lot of time travelling, visiting different countries, and staying in luxurious hotels.

_____________, there are disadvantages. Every time famous people go out they are surrounded by fans and photographers. _____________, it is very difficult for them to have a normal private life. ______________, they often can´t spend much time at home as they have to travel so much, _______________ if they are making a film or doing a concert tour.

_____________________, I think it is probably easier to be happy if you are not famous, in spite of all the money famous people have.

Para escribir una buena redacción de "for and against":

• Escribe cuatro párrafos: introducción, puntos a favor, puntos en contra y una conclusión.
• Utilizad lenguaje formal, sin contracciones o expresiones coloquiales.
• Haced una lista de pros y contras antes de empezar la redacción.
• Ofreced siempre razones y ejemplos a vuestras ideas.
• Utilizad los conectores apropiados para enlazar párrafos y oraciones.

Por último, lanzaos a escribir la siguiente redacción, utilizando como ejemplo la anterior:

Write a "for & against" composition. The title is:

"What are the advantages and disadvantages of the public health service in your country?"