English Writing Essentials: Essays, Articles, Emails, Reviews
Essay
Introduction
- Nowadays, there is an ongoing debate about [topic]… There are advantages and disadvantages.
- However, some people believe that…
- Every person is entitled to their own opinion.
- As far as I am concerned, I do not have real knowledge about this topic, but I believe…
First Paragraph
- Firstly, …
- I am fairly sure that you will all agree with me if I say the problem is evident.
- Connectors: However, Moreover, Therefore, Furthermore, Besides, In addition
- First Conditional: If + Subject + Present
English Vocabulary and Grammar: Suffixes, Verbs, Questions
English Vocabulary and Grammar
Vocabulary: Suffixes -ful and -less
- Useful: útil
- Useless: sem utilidade
- Powerful: poderoso
- Powerless: impotente
- Fearful: amedrontado
- Fearless: destemido
- Harmful: prejudicial
- Harmless: inofensivo
- Careful: cuidadoso
- Careless: descuidado
- Meaningful: significativo
- Meaningless: sem significado
- Thoughtful: pensativo
- Thoughtless: impensado
- Hopeful: esperançoso
- Hopeless: sem esperança
Vocabulary: Mysterious Events
- Abduction: rapto
- Disappearance: desaparecimento
- Discovery: descoberta
- Escape:
Characters and Settings in a Chilean Novel
Characters and Settings
Santiago, born in Chile in 1924, came from a family of doctors and lawyers. He interrupted his studies to work for a year as a pastor in Magellan and then returned to finish his studies at the University of Chile and Princeton. He was a professor of English literature at the Catholic University of Chile, editor of the journal Ercilla for four years, and for two years a teacher at the Writers Workshop at the University of Iowa. He has twice received a Guggenheim Fellowship
Read MoreExam Solutions: English Exercises and Opinions
June 2015 A
1.
a) 2nd, 5th line: we – suggesting…you
b) 3rd, 3rd line: much – secure.
2.
a) f. wearable – phenomenon
b) f. 2nd, 3rd line: many – life.
c) t. 4th: this new – glasses.
3.
a) sport: locate. b) safe: secure.
c) shadow: eclipse. d) control: monitor
4.
b/c/b
In my opinion, portable technology has been very useful, since it has allowed us to communicate with people who live far away from us or inform us about anything without having to be connected to a plug.
In the future, I think that portable
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What’s in a Name?
In Britain, if parents don’t get permission for their first naming option for their child, they have to choose another. Some rules to consider when naming a child:
- Taboo words are not allowed.
- Names must be chosen from an official list.
- Names must not contain certain characters.
Keywords: fashion, chose, equally, such as
Diamonds
Diamonds, optically unique, are found in mines. The process involves extreme heat and pressure applied to carbon, transforming it into a diamond crystal. The
Read MoreSpain: Women in the Workplace, Crime Rates, Earthquakes, and Hackers
Women at Work in Spain
Introduction: A few years ago, women in Spain and in other countries primarily worked at home, taking care of children and doing housework while men worked outside the home. Nowadays, women are working in traditionally male-dominated jobs. But are they completely integrated?
Discrimination in the Workplace
Firstly, women often earn less money than men when performing the same job. Even when a woman and a man have the same education, a man working as a teacher, doctor, or police
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