Paper 1 Writing

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Paper 1 Writing for the Certificate Exam
Descriptive Essay
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Descriptive Essay
more lively and interesting
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• For example

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hikers for a few moments and then slithered away
quickly through the grass.
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see, hear, smell, touch
build a detailed description of them
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• Try to think of one or two interesting things
  that happened during the event you are describing
• Use appropriate vocabulary and
• check spelling.

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Exercises for Students
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Exercise I
quickly
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hesitantly quickly at all carefully
still eventually
carefully.
still
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hesitantly quickly at all carefully
still eventually
Eventually
hesitantly.
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Exercise II
Look at the sentences in the next page. Try to
add at least two adjectives to each sentence to
make them more interesting.
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thin old
run-down
little
busy
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fierce
terrified/ frightened
careless
large
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Writing Practice For Students
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Descriptive Writing