When
we write it is not enough to have good ideas or persuasive arguments.
It
is important to express them correctly.
A) Pay attention to the Word order:
Subject
+ Verb + Object + Complements (manner place time)
I found the document
easily on the Internet last week
Notes:
1. Time expressions can come at the beginning or at the end of a sentence.
2.
Don´t separate the verb from its object.
3. Frequency adverbs (often,
always, never) often come before the main verb.
4. If a sentence has a direct
object and an indirect object, we often place the indirect
object first: "She
wrote him an e-mail" ( "She wrote an email to him", is possible).
5.
Adjectives come before the noun and they have no plural form.
B)
Subject-verb agreement:
The subject and the verb must agree in number.
For example, when the subject is singular, the verb must also be singular:
"She
explains it very slowly"
Some
nouns are always followed by a singular verb (everything, news, information ...)
Some
nouns are followed by a plural verb (people, children, police, ...)
C) Writing a SUMMARY / a COMPOSITION / an OPINION /
The
text should also flow from sentence to sentence and connect the ideas in
a clear and logical way.
There are several ways to achieve this:
Repeat
key nouns throughout the composition.
Use pronouns to
refer back to key nouns
Arrange the sentences in
a logical order and use linking words to indicate the order ( first, second,
then, later, next, since, then, finally)
Use Connectors. Below
is a chart with the most common words and expressions used to connect ideas or
show relationships. You have more in the "transitional word list"
1. Contrast or opposing ideas: although, while, in spite of, but, however.
2. Comparison: like, similarly, both, just, as + adjective + as.
3. Reason, cause and effect: because, since, as, so that, in order that.
4. Time and sequence: when, while, first of all, secondly, finally.
5. Result and consequences: therefore, thus, as a result of.
6.
Addition and example: moreover, in addition, for instance, such as.