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On the to owng fwjtu, you will find some sampe FCE-stye wnting tasks whkh will give you the chance to pruciu; sonę of the wcabulary tron thls book. The tasks are very sin lor to the soft you would be expecled to do in part 2 of the FCE Wr I ng Paper.

fach task is follcrwed b/ a p»ge reference. This show* you where in the book you wi find tom* ot the lop<-ee ated vocabua»y whleh roight be oseful for answer ng the łask.

Each of yoir essays should be between 120 -180 words long, and you thould al ow yourse f aboul «S minutes for each one. Dont forget to make a pan before you write it. and allow yourself a few minutes at the end to ctierie your answer for m stakes.

Here are a few tips to help you write the perfect essay:

Make surę that you answer the quest on correct ty, and do not include any infornatioo wbich is unnrcessary or irrelevant to the task (it's a good idea to highlight the key words in the task before you write your plan, and make Sl»e that you refer to the task włille you are wrlling the plan and the enay).

Make surę that your essay isorgamsed, w th re mant linking words. Yoir ideas shou d 'folio-*¹ on' fron each olher. Oon t fcrgel that mony essays should have an inlroduCjon. a bod, and a tPiiLuupii.

Divide your essay into peragrepłis.

Awxd repeating yourself. This nrudes repeating the same dea sesera tines, or usmg the same

word owrr and over again

Make surę that you have used the correct tenws.

Make surę that you have used the correct word forms.

Make sute that your spelling s good.

Make surę that you heve not missed any words. or hast; not used any words whkh are not necessary Ithese are usually 'grammar-type' words ke pfepositions, articleS. pronouns, et<>.

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Practice essays

Practice essay 1

You have secn thi« in an International student!' magazine:

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We want you to tell us about your ideał house. Where would it be? What would it be like? What amenities would it have? The winning artide will be published in the next edition of our magazine.

Write yoir artkle {IZO - 1»0 words). Acwromodstlon. *7 - 49.

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