Writing

First, First of all, To begin with, _________________.(explanation)____________________________________.

Second, Secondly, Next, ____________________. (explanation)_________________________________.

Finally, Lastly,_____________________. (explanation)________________________________.

All in all, In conclusion, In summary________________________________________.

Writing an essay

• Vocabulary

• Academic English

  Here is a great site we will be looking at today:
  http://englishforuniversity.com/
  
  

  Writing Exercise for Task 1

  This is a writing exercise for Task 1 of the Academic IELTS test that we will complete in class:
  http://www.world-english.org/ielts_writing.pdf 

  
  

  
  

  Link to IELTS Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening

  
  

  Here are some tips and practice tests for the IELTS test:
  http://www.ielts-useful-tips.com/ielts-practice-test.html

  
  

  IELTS Vocabulary

  http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2977173/Check%20Your%20English%20Vocabulary%20for%20TOEFL.pdf

  
  

  Writing exercises lesson

  Here is a lesson that we will look at as a class:
  
  http://www.britishcouncil.org/professionals-exams-ielts_lesson_download_4.pdf

  
  

  Writing Practice Test: Task 2
  http://www.canadavisa.com/ielts/mod/resource/view.php?id=18&username=guest 

  
  

  IELTS Task 1 Graph Vocabulary

  This is vocabulary that you will need for the IELTS task 1:
  
  
  

  Movement (Verbs): Up

  • Rose
  • Went up
  • Increased
  • Grew
  • Shot up
  • Surged
  • Rocketed

  Movement (Verbs): Down

  • Fell
  • Declined
  • Dropped
  • Decreased
  • Sank
  • Went down
  • Plunged
  • Plummeted

  Prepositions

  • Between 1995 and 2000
  • From 1995 to 2000
  • Sales rose from 200 to 250
  • Sales fell to 150 in March
  • Sales fell by 50%

  Adverbs and intensifiers

  • slightly
  • a little
  • a lot
  • sharply
  • suddenly
  • steeply
  • gradually
  • gently
  • steadily

  No Movement: (Verbs with Adjectives, Verbs)

  • remained steady
  • were unchanged
  • did not change
  • remained constant
  • remained stable
  • stabilized

  Transitional Phrases language learning activity

  Here are some transitional words for your essays and ways to remember them....Craig
  
  http://www.studygs.net/trans/wrtstr6a.htm

  
  

  Writing Activities for Task #1 and #2 Academic IELTS

  Type in words from the text and click on 'Guess' or press ENTER. (Score +1 per correct word)
  Click on any gap to see the word. (Score -1 per word)
  You may want to see the text before you start. (Score -10 to see the text)
  
  http://www.examenglish.com/IELTS/IELTS_writing_part1.htm
  
  http://www.examenglish.com/IELTS/IELTS_academic_writing_part1_2.htm
  
  http://www.examenglish.com/IELTS/IELTS_writing2.htm

  
  

  IELTS Writing Practice Lessons

  Here are some practice lessons that we can work through each day.
  
  http://www.onestopenglish.com/exams/ielts/pdf-content/ielts-writing-1-task-1-worksheet/147014.article

  
  

  IELTS Writing and Vocabulary

  Academic Vocabulary Quiz.
  
  There are 10 questions in this vocabulary quiz.
  You have ten seconds to answer each question.
  http://www.examenglish.com/IELTS/IELTS_vocabulary.htm
  
  
  There are 10 questions in this vocabulary quiz.
  You have ten seconds to answer each question.
  
  http://www.examenglish.com/IELTS/IELTS_vocabulary2.htm

  Tops and Bottoms

  • reached a peak
  • peaked
  • reached their highest level
  • fell to a low
  • sank to a trough
  • reached a bottom