Writing - work

RECAP

Reported Speech

&

Opinion Writing

Direct Speech

Reported Speech

Repeating without using the exact words

Using double quotation marks

Past Simple becomes Past Perfect

First person pronoun becomes a third person pronoun

Present Simple becomes Past Simple

I will have finished this book soon!

Jessy will be staying in London next month. 

"You are doing great!", the teacher said.

He said that he played tennis every week.

direct speech

indirect speech/ reported speech

future perfect

future continuous

Rewrite in reported speech: "Why do you want to be a politician?"
My father asked me .....

Jill said, 'I can play the piano'. Put into reported speech.

Steve said, 'My parents went on holiday to Australia last year'. Put into reported speech.

Opinion Essay - Recap

Essay

1. a serious, urgent, or heartfelt request
2. an account of a person's life written by that person
3. a newspaper article expressing the editor's opinion on a topical issue
4. a short piece of writing on a particular subject

Your essay should have a title.

1. True
2. False

Essay writing:

What should not be in your conclusion?

1. your thesis
2. new information
3. summary of main points
4. a closure

Which of these is NOT allowed in your essay?

1. passive sentences
2. contractions
3. formal language
4. linking words

What is the correct structure of an essay?

1. statement - argument - example - conclusion
2. catching opening - argument - argument - statement
3. catching opening - statement - arguments - conclusion
4. statement - idea - question - opinion

The style of an essay should be

1. informal
2. formal or informal, you can decide yourself
3. formal
4. it doesn't matter as long as it is a good read.