Language and literature Level 5: April 2018

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

CRITERION D: Using language

This is one of many sites you can use to practice sentence transformation.
Some tips before you begin:

The important thing in key word transformations is that you keep the meaning the same - EXACTLY the same. So it's important that you read through the first sentence and your second sentence to ensure you have kept the meaning the same. Look at these two sentences:

Tommy said he was ready for his driving test and would take it in July.
Tommy said he was ready for his driving test and could take it in July.

One letter has been changed, from "would" to "could" but it changes the meaning of the sentence totally. Be careful of this!

The most common grammatical topics covered in Key Word Transformations are:

modal verbs and semi-modal verbs
verb patterns such as verb/infinitive, verb/gerund/ verb + preposition + gerund, etc
active voice to the passive voice
direct speech to reported speech
phrasal verbs and multi-word verbs
common idioms
third conditional
look like and seem / do and make / regret and wish

So keep note of the grammar topics you still don't know so you can focus on practising them at home.

Monday, April 9, 2018

Let's debate the topics you have proposed

ABORTION seems to rank high among L5 D topics for debate.

Should abortion be legalized?

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for some background knowledge as well as arguments for and against the issue. We will then debate it in class during 20 minutes. Marks will be given to students who can argue both sides of the issue and back up ideas with reliable sources.

As the issue is about to be discussed in the National Congress you should try to read about it in Argentine media. Speakers who can provide relevant data in our country will get bonus marks.

Argentine newspapers