Writing basics

Plan
Lexis, Grammar and Stylistics
Genre Features
Assessment Criteria
Time Management
General Tips

Lexis
Idioms
Phrasal verbs (except formal register)
Thematic vocabulary
Sophisticated lexis
Advanced collocations
Linking words
Binomials
Adverbial modifiers

Grammar
Conditionals
Cleft sentences
Inversion
Inverted conditionals
Modal verbs
Perfect Infinitives
Participle Clauses
Relative Clauses
Double Comparatives

Stylistics
Parallel structures
Metaphors
Similes
Style
The rule of three items in enumeration

Genre Features
Essay – speculation
Report – analysis of data and suggestions
Proposal – analysis of data and recommendations
Review – description
Formal letter – complain\opinion\analysis
Informal letter – opinion
Article – narration + description

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Criteria

CAE Essay Assessment Criteria
COMMUNICATIVE
ACHIEVEMENT
LANGUAGE

Time Management
Time your writing
35 mins – wriring
10 mins – editing