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Test 6

Writing

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Part 1

You must answer this question. Write your answer in about 100 words on the answer sheet.

Question 1

Read this email from your English teacher and the notes you have made.

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Write your email to Ms Taylor using all the notes.

Sample answer

Dear Ms Taylor (học sinh gửi giáo viên)

I think your new club is an excellent idea. Sometimes it’s much easier to learn new vocabulary when you are doing something instead of sitting still!

→ Sometimes it’s much easier to learn new vocabulary when you are doing something instead of sitting still!

→

I haven’t done much cookery before. I know how to cook rice and make a sandwich, but that’s all!

→ I haven’t done much cookery before.

→ I know how to cook rice and make a sandwich, but that’s all!

→ Cooking rice and making a sandwich are only things that I can do.

I would suggest cooking some famous dishes from Great Britain or the United States. How about making an English cake? It would be interesting to try eating some new things.

→ I would suggest cooking some famous dishes from Great Britain or the United States

→ các món ăn đế từ anh và mỹ sẽ là các lựa chọn tuyệt vời

→ Some famous dishes from Great Britain or the United states are great choices/options in my opinion.

I am allergic to nuts so it’s essential for me to avoid them completely. Thank you for asking this important question.

→ I am allergic to nuts so it’s essential for me to avoid them completely.

→ it’s essential for me to avoid nuts completely because I am allergic to them.

→ I cannot eat nuts because I am allergic to them, so please exclude them from the menu. / so please not to include them in the menu. / I would like to not have them in the menu.

Best wishes,

Bilal

Comment

This is a very good answer. It addresses all the points in the notes, and shows good control of verb forms and good sense of the audience (appropriate register). It is of the correct length (103 words)

Part 2

Choose one of these questions. Write your answer in about 100 words on the answer sheet.

Question 2

Question 2 You see this notice on an international English website for young people.

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Write your article.

Sample answer

Music is extremely important to me and my life would be so dull without it. Listening to music is what I enjoy most!

I don’t have one favourite type of music because I keep discovering new artists and musical styles. I’ve got thousands of songs on my iPod so I enjoy anything from rock music that my parents listened to when they were teneeagers to the lastest pop bands.

If I could afford to go live concerts, I would go at every opportunity to hear new musicians perform. Instead, I watch music programmes on TV and I regularly search for new music on the internet.

Comment

The article is well-structured and the writer’s opinion and likes/dislikes are explicit. The is a variety of tenses and structures used correctly, including the second conditional. New vocabulary is introcuded to avoid repetition and the answer is an appropriate length (107 words).

Question 3

Your English teacher has asked you to write a story. Your story must begin with this sentence:

My family and I discovered a cave in the forest and we all decided to go in.

Write your story.

Sample answer

My family and I discovered a cave in the forest and we all decided to go in ... it was a bad decision! The cave was almost completely hidden by plants, but once we pushed them aside we saw that it went deep into the mountain. My dad got out his torch and we followed him into the dark cave. When he shone his light onto the walls, we saw loads of ancient cave drawings. But that’s also when we noticed something extremely large sleeping in the corner. As soon as realised it was a black bear, we ran towards the entrance of the cave and never returned there again.

Comment

This is a good example of a story. It is clearly linked to the opening sentence and the family’s adventure in the cave is described in an interesting manner. Also, the writer has used a good range of vocabulary, garammar and expressions throughout the story while note exeeding the word limit too much (112 words).

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