Thursday, November 22, 2007

Theme for the last composition: Living without ...


Can you think your life without tv, computer or other thing that you consider important?
You must write an article for a student magazine about the advantages and disadvantages of living without: Tv, computer or other object.

Think about:
1) What are the three advantages of life without this object?
2) What are the two disadvantages?
3) Are you for or against having this object?

Useful language:

- Listing advantages: First, / Firstly, ... Secondly, ... Thirdly...

- Listing disadvantages: On the other hand, there also (some) disadvantages, for instance,... For example... Also...

- Conclusion: In conclusion, / To sum up, I think ...

Example:

* Paragraph 1 - Begin the article with an introduction such as this: "Almost everybody has a mobile phone. But is it a great invention? I think there are both advantages and disadvantages.

* Paragraph 2 - Write two or three advantages.

* Paragraph 3 - Write two or three disadvantages.

* Paragraph 4 - Conclusion - decide if you think this object is a great invention or not.

Check:

the article for mistakes (grammar, puntuation and spelling).

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