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Activity TitleEssay WritingActivity OverviewIn this activity, you will learn about essay writing for exams.Activity WorksheetESSAY WRITING - TEST 1 - TRUE or FALSE1. Essays often use formal and informal language.2. It's a good idea to use pronouns like 'I' and 'you' in essays to attract the readers' attention.3. Words like 'stuff', 'cool', 'I reckon', 'ok', are all good English and should be used in essays4. It's good to use distancing verbs like 'it seems...', 'it appears', it is expected'.5. It is important to write as much as you can. The more you write the more marks you get.6. You should make sure everything you write is relevant and answers all parts of the question.7. In essays it is important to consider the organization of paragraphs.8. The best way to prepare a plan is to write the essay from start to finish quickly.ESSAY WRITING - TEST 1 - TRUE or FALSE1. An essay is to attract the readers’ attention to an event, a product or an idea.2. In an essay we should always make sure we cover all the points mentioned in the instructions.3. It's a good idea to make a clear and separate conclusion.4. Essays should have a big variety of paragraph lengths.5. It's a good idea to use pronouns like 'I' and 'you' in essays to attract the readers' attention.6. An essay is often a follow on to a debate or a discussion in class.7. An essay is often written in an academic context and is formal and impersonal.8. It is advisable to be objective. That way you will avoid just giving personal opinions with arguments9. You can use contractions but not too many.10. If you have a lot of ideas, you can use bullet points or lists.11. In the introduction, it can be a good idea to ask rhetorical questions eg. ’Have you ever thought about the problems of traffic?'12. The conclusion is a summary where you repeat the ideas.13. Sentences should be connected and statements should be explained or justified.14. An essay usually has a clear introduction that presents the topic and also a conclusion stating an opinion with some justification.15. For clarity, it's a good idea to use paragraph headings in essays.ESSAY EXERCISE 3 - STYLE 1 FORMAL LANGUAGESELECT the choice of language use which is MORE appropriate for ESSAY WRITING.1 SELECT which is MORE appropriate for ESSAYS.A) A text written in a personal tone using first and second personB) A text written with a distant and impersonal tone2 SELECT which is MORE appropriate for ESSAYS.A) long words: 'conversation', 'assistance'B) Short words: 'chat', 'help'3 SELECT which is MORE appropriate for ESSAYS.*A) common words: 'get', 'gives'B) Less common and more specific words: 'receive', 'projects'4 SELECT which is MORE appropriate for ESSAYS.A) Use of text expressions: ‘a limited amount’, ‘a large quantity of’B) Use of conversational forms: ‘a bit’, ‘lots of’5 SELECT which is MORE appropriate for ESSAYS.A) Use of contractions: 'I’m', 'shouldn’t'B) Use of full verb forms 'should not'6 SELECT which is MORE appropriate for ESSAYS.A) Use of phrasal verbs: 'lets us down'B) Use of longer verb forms: 'disappoints us'7 SELECT which is MORE appropriate for ESSAYS.A) Use of abbreviations: ‘esp'., ''coz' , 'comfy.’B) Use of full words ‘because’, ‘especially’, ‘comfortable’8 SELECT which is MORE appropriate for ESSAYS.A) Active verb forms: 'people transmit ideas'B) Passive verb forms: 'ideas are transmitted'9 SELECT which is MORE appropriate for ESSAYS.A) Use of complete sentences with internal references or connectors.B) Use of comments that are not complete sentences ‘What a surprise.’ ‘ Not very nice.’10 SELECT which is MORE appropriate for ESSAYS.A) Use of bullet points, 'etc.', brackets, ellipsis ( . . . ) and exclamation marks.B) No use of exclamation marks or bullet points and limited or no use of brackets.?ESSAY EXERCISE 4 - STYLE 2Select the language use that is more appropriate for essay writingWe live completely (1)_surrounded by / immersed in / involved in advertising. Despite the fact that this situation is considered normal by the majority of the population and that they (2)_believe / think it (3)_has a positive result on / can be good for our lives, there are a lot of (4)_detractors / other people who think that its effects are not so (5)_good / beneficial for society.Some people are convinced that advertising is a good way (6)_to keep informed / of keeping up to date, some of them have even said that publicity helps guide people’s (7)_lifestyle choices / lives. However, other people disagree with this and think that nowadays we (8)_are over exposed to / get too much information and messages that actually we do not really need.Publicity encourages competition between companies in a free market. Although this may be true, this fact only (9)_provides benefits for / is good for one part of society. If everyone bought the products or the experiences that the companies usually offer, business would (10)_benefit more / be richer, but the rest of society would (11)_have empty pockets / be broke / be considerably worse off.Advertising shown on TV or Internet often (12)_gives / projects an unreal image of the human body and this is not good in a modern society. The reason is, if we try to have these types of bodies or shapes, we will either end up (13)_stopping / giving up or suffering complexes because it is almost impossible. We cannot compete with Photoshop or computer retouches.Despite the fact that advertising is part of our lives, we shouldn't necessarily consider this a good thing for society and instead of this we should be more (14)_conscious about / aware of the messages we (15)_receive / get and try to (16)_think about / focus on what is better for our own mental health and our pockets.ESSAY EXERCISE 5 - SEQUENCERSReorganize the words to form a sequencer for each paragraph.well-known is a it fact _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ that nowadays we live completely (1)_surrounded by / immersed in / involved in advertising. Despite the fact that this situation is considered normal by the majority of the population and that they (2)_believe / think it (3)_has a positive result on / can be good for our lives, there are a lot of (4)_detractors / other people who think that its effects are not so (5)_good / beneficial for society.point considering worth one firstly_ _ _ _ _ _, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is that some people are convinced that advertising is a good way (6)_to keep informed / of keeping up to date, some of them have even said that publicity helps guide people’s (7)_lifestyle choices / lives. However, other people disagree with this and think that nowadays we (8)_are over exposed to / get too much information and messages that actually we do not really need.3. said it that secondly is_ _ _ _ _ _ _, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ publicity encourages competition between companies in a free market. Although this may be true, this fact only (9)_provides benefits for / is good for one part of society. If everyone bought the products or the experiences that the companies usually offer, business would (10)_benefit more / be richer, but the rest of society would (11)_have empty pockets / be broke / be considerably worse off.4. fact that we should take into account another_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is that advertising shown on TV or Internet, often projects an unreal image of the human body and this is not good in a modern society. The reason is, if we try to have these types of bodies or shapes, we will either end up giving up or suffering complexes because it is almost impossible. We cannot compete with Photoshop or computer retouches.5. sum to up_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, despite the fact that advertising is part of our lives, we shouldn't necessarily consider this as a good thing for society and instead of this we should be more aware of the messages we receive and try to focus on what is better for our own mental health and our pockets.EXERCISE 6 - COHESIVE DEVICESFill the gaps by reorganizing the mixed up letters (each dash represents a letter)It is a well-known fact that nowadays we live completely surrounded by advertising. 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (eitsped eht caft htta ) this situation is considered normal by the majority of the population and that they believe it has a positive result on our lives, there are a lot of detractors who think that its effects are not so beneficial for society.Firstly, one point worth considering is that some people are convinced that advertising is a good way of keeping up to date, some of them have even said that publicity helps guide people’s lifestyle choices. 2. _ _ _ _ _ _ (wehover), 3. _ _ _ _ _ (htero) people disagree with this and think that nowadays we are over exposed to information and messages that actually we do not really need.Secondly, it is said that publicity encourages competition between companies in a free market. 4. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (goualthh) this may be true, this fact only provides benefits for one part of society. If everyone bought the products or the experiences that the companies usually offer, business would benefit more, 5. _ _ _ (ubt) the rest of society would be considerably worse off.Another fact that we should take into account is that advertising shown on TV or Internet often projects an unreal image of the human body and 6. _ _ _ _ (tsih) is not good in a modern society. 7. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (het sreaon si), if we try to have 8. _ _ _ _ _ (ethse) types of bodies or shapes, we will either end up giving up or suffering complexes 9. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (ecbaeus) it is almost impossible. We cannot compete with Photoshop or computer retouches.To sum up, Despite the fact that advertising is part of our lives, we shouldn't necessarily consider this as a good thing for society and 10. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (instdea fo) this we should be more aware of the messages we receive and try to focus on what is better for our own mental health and our pockets.ESSAY EXERCISE 7 - MODAL AUXILIARY VERBSSelect the most appropriate modal auxiliary verb in each caseSecondly, it is said that publicity encourages competition between companies in a free market. Although this may be / is true, this fact only (9)_provides benefits for / is good for one part of society. If everyone bought the products or the experiences that the companies usually offer, business would (10)_benefit more / be richer, but the rest of society would (11)_have empty pockets / be broke / considerably worse off.Another fact that we should take into account is that advertising shown on TV or Internet often (12)_gives / projects an unreal image of the human body and this is not good in a modern society. The reason is, if we try to have these types of bodies or shapes, we will either end up (13)_stopping / giving up or suffering complexes because it is almost impossible. We must not / don’t have to / cannot compete with Photoshop or computer retouches.To sum up, despite the fact that advertising is part of our lives, we shouldn't / can’t necessarily consider this as a good thing for society and instead of this we should / can / have to be more (14)_conscious about / aware of the messages we (15)_receive / get and try to (16)_think about / focus on what is better for our own mental health and our pockets. ................
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