DIA - Writing - Lesson 4
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Overview
-Topic Health
-Linkers between sentences and paragraphs
-Write a paragraph to support one statement
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Work in pair
Read the passage. Look up the meaning of underlined words.
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Underlined words
increasingly hectic and busy climate, contend, a decent job, a handsome monthly salary, tolerable, endless effort and
commitment, Needless to say, perspectives, strive, financial accumulation, neglecting, precious, adopt, approach, gratefully alive, relies on, aspects, devote to, Express affection, intimacy, consciously parent, productive, dull, lethargic, weakened, a sense of charity, ill health, inwards, outwards, brutally honest.
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Who is the king of vocab?
Choose the correct answer A, B or C.
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Multiple Choice
1. Being able to earn a/an ............... amount of money can help people increase their living standard.
A. gorgeous
B. handsome
C. appealing
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Multiple Choice
2. Many people these days are too ........... to spend time with themselves and their loved ones.
A. rich
B. hectic
C. unorganized
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Multiple Choice
3. There is no better place to ............... affection and confide secrets than your home.
A. display
B. reveal
C. express
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Multiple Choice
4. Constantly inadequate sleep puts you in ............. mode all day.
A. lethargic
B. enthusiastic
C. content
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Multiple Choice
5. Occupied employees are more likely to .............. their entire time in the office.
A. donate
B. confide
C. devote
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Multiple Choice
6. Sleep is a vital, but often .…...…., component of every person’s overall health and well-being.
A. approached
B. neglected
C. relied on
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Multiple Choice
7. Diagnosis of cancer can affect every ……...... of a patient.
A. intimacy
B. climate
C. aspect
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Fill in the Blanks
Find alternative words or expressions for the ones in bold.
1. Language proficiency is not achievable if people fail to work hard.
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Fill in the Blanks
2. In order not to make the classroom a boring and exhausting space, students must actively contribute to an ongoing lesson.
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Fill in the Blanks
3. There is no doubt that health is the most valuable asset of every human being.
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Fill in the Blanks
4. Studying in a good school can enlighten your knowledge and broaden your horizons.
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5. Parents are advised to use a proper way to guide their naïve children.
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6. Success in a 12-year academic journey requires non-stop effort and commitment.
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Work in team (3 teams)
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Cohesion devices???
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Model 1:
Firstly, it is undeniable that, This can be explained easily by, To illustrate, not only, but also, because of, and, or, such as, due to.
Secondly, In detail, However.
In conclusion.
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Model 2:
On the one hand, Moreover, As a result.
On the other hand, Therefore.
To conclude, firmly believe that, as.
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Model 3:
To start with, In this regard, so, To illustrate.
Furthermore, For instance, Additionally.
By contrast, This is because, For instance.
In conclusion, even though.
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Open Ended
What will you write if you want to:
1. List ideas or put paragraphs in order
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1. List ideas or put paragraphs in order
Secondly,
To start with,
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Open Ended
What will you write if you want to:
2. Give examples (to support your main idea)
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2. Give examples (to support your main idea)
For instance,
To illustrate,
such as
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Open Ended
What will you write if you want to:
3. Add information (to support your topic sentence/ main point)
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3. Add information (to support your topic sentence/ main point)
Furthermore,
Additionally,
Not only ... but also ...
And
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4. Highlight and Stress your point
In detail,
It is undeniable that
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5. Explain the reasons or causes for something
Because of
Due to
As
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6. Give opinions
I firmly believe that
In my opinion
I am convinced that
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7. Give opposite ideas or show contrasts
Although
While
By contrast,
On the other hand,
Despite
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8. Explain the consequences or results of something
So
Therefore,
Thus,
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8. Explain the consequences or results of something
So
Therefore,
Thus,
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9. Conclude your essay
To conclude,
In summary,
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Add more linkers that you know under each section in Exercise O6.
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Read through a short paragraph about the advantages of good health and frame your structure of a typical paragraph in IELTS Writing Task 2.
Which linkers to use for each sentence?
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Sentence 1: Introduce topic sentence
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Sentence 2: Briefly introduce your first idea
(Don’t explain here!)
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Sentence 3: Explain / support your idea by reasons, evidence and / or examples.
Reasons: Thereby / therefore / hence / as a result
Evidence: To be more specific / more precisely / indeed / in particular / this is due to the fact that …
Example: To illustrate / for example / for instance / in other words
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Sentence 4: Briefly introduce your second idea
(Don’t explain)
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Sentence 5: Explain / support your idea by reasons, evidence and / or examples.
Reasons: Thereby / therefore / hence / as a result
Evidence: To be more specific / more precisely / indeed / in particular / this is due to the fact that …
Example: To illustrate / for example / for instance / in other words
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Practice
“Health is the greatest asset of every human being”
or you can vote for any topic.
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Summary
-Linkers?
-Write a paragraph?
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Homework
2. Write a paragraph (100 – 120 words) supporting the statement:
“Prevention is better than cure when it comes to maintaining good health”
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