G4 Writing Finale 22-23

• Engels
• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 4

writing 

today you will

know what to expect on the test

know how you will be assessed

know where to find help

Practise linking words and useful phrases 

1) the format you will not be asked to write is:

1. essay
2. report/proposal
3. formal letter
4. review

2) the greeting of a letter to a person you don't know the name of is:

1. dear,
2. dear Sirs,
3. dear Sir or Madam,
4. To whom it concerns,

3) fill in a and b: the closing of a letter
a. you know name of addressee
b. you don't know name of addressee

4) how many words approximately do you use on the test?

5) which two formats need a title?

6) what is the effect of the passive voice in a sentence?

7) rewrite into the passive:
You really need to do something about this problem

8) do's and don'ts:
what is the do in formal writing

1. contractions (can't, don't)
2. use linking words
3. gonna wanna gotta
4. start sentences with But / And

9) after you have chosen your writing task, you make a ........

REPORT  – fireworks

Because of the Corona pandemic there was a ban on fireworks in the Netherlands during New Year’s Eve 2020. Your council has asked you to write a report in which you map people’s opinions about the fireworks ban and to look for ways in which the council should change its rules around the use of fireworks on New Year’s Eve

Please! Make a Plan / Draft. Outline your ideas in that plan / Draft.

10) Regardless of the format you have chosen, you use : (multiple answers possible)

1. formal language
2. paragraphs
3. first paragraphs that explains what you are going to talk about/why you are writing
4. headings per paragraph

how you will be assessed:

(Teams/lesmateriaal/writing/G4 writing assessment form)

11) help can be found in :

1. Teams and Gold
2. Gold
3. Teams

LINKING WORDS

& Useful Phrases

Why do we use them? 

• to connect ideas;
• to make texts more readable; 

Tekst

Rewrite the following two sentences into one, using the linking word given:
"He drove from Tangier to Agadir. He didn’t stop for a rest. (without)"

He drove from Tangier to Agadir without stopping for a rest.

Without stopping for a rest, he drove from Tangier to Agadir.

Rewrite the following two sentences into one, using the linking word given:
"She spoke very loudly. The old man still couldn’t hear her. (no matter how)"

No matter how loudly she spoke, the old man still couldn’t hear her. 

Rewrite the following sentences into one, using the linking word given: "I must put my glasses on. I won’t be able to see clearly. (unless)"

Unless I put my glasses on, I won’t be able to see clearly.

I won't be able to see clearly unless I put my glasses on. 

20) write down as many linking words/ phrases you can think of that express RESULT 

20) write down as many linking words/ phrases you can think of that express RESULT

21) write down as many linking words/ phrases you can think of that express CLARIFICATION / EXPLANATION

22) write down as many linking words/ phrases you can think of that express CONCLUSION

23) write down as many linking words/ phrases you can think of that express GIVING EXAMPLES

Tekst

"A picnic just wouldn’t be a picnic without the great British weather trying to ruin it. Jon Hacker and his family were prepared for that – what they didn’t count on, ________ , was a pair of overenthusiastic council officers trying even harder."

1. for example
2. however
3. likewise
4. therefore

Most early silent films were destroyed when talkies were introduced at the end of the 1920s. The cellulose nitrate film on which they were produced was often melted down for its silver content. ______ , they were dangerous to store as the nitrate was very easily flammable.

1. As a result
2. In the meantime
3. Nevertheless
4. On top of that

Crossbreeds are more likely to escape the sometimes painful exaggerated physical features or inherited diseases plaguing some pedigree animals. Some show dogs have skulls that are too small for their brains, or suffer from breathing problems. ___________ the Dogs Trust and the RSPCA pulled out of the show, in 2008. The BBC also dropped the show from its programming that year after its request for certain breeds to be excluded was rejected.

1. For example,
2. In the meantime,
3. On top of that,
4. That is why