WARNING: Before you see the suggested answer/s, do think about them yourself first as an exercise!

1. Use SPECIFIC / PRECISE and FLEXIBLE (non repetitive) Vocabulary 

   Eg.

   Too common: Children / Young people

   Better: Youngsters /. The youth / youths / teenagers / offspring / adolescents

   (TIPS: Do not just reuse words from the question)

   Eg.

   Too common: Some / Many / Most people

   Better: Quite a few community members

   Better: The majority of the populace

2. Use correct SPELLING 

   Eg.

   Wrong: Goverments prefered to belive that the occurences are rare.

   Right: Governments preferred to believe that the occurrences are rare.

   (TIPS: breaking down words into syllables and/or use the right syllable stress can help)

3. Use good COLLOCATIONS and PHRASAL VERBS 

   Eg.

   Wrong: take a decision; take the book to school; throw away rubbish; discuss about

   Better: make a decision; bring the book…; dispose of…, talk about / discuss

   (TIPS: Use natural English expressions, not translation from your native language)

4. Use correct WORD FORM in the Word Family  

   Eg. Conclude

   Let us … the discussion. (Verb)

   The … of the discussion has not been finalised yet. (Noun)

   Our team’s victory is quite …. (Adjective)

   We can safely say …. that the evidence is unfounded. (Adverb)

   (TIPS: Forms depend on structure patterns and then on suffixes used where appropriate)

    

   (V: conclude. N: conclusion. Adj: conclusive. Adv: conclusively)

A higher vocabulary score will be crucial to help you achieve your target band in Writing!

GOOD LUCK!

26 October 2017

Telaga