SELECTIVIDAD
As you all know, there is a writing exercise in Selectividad. Here I give you some tips which I think can be useful for you.
VERY IMPORTANT!!! When we write a composition, it is not enough to have good ideas or persuasive arguments. It is important to express them correctly. |
WORD ORDER: Subject + Verb + Object + Complements (manner, place, time) |
Example: I found the book easily at the library yesterday |
Notes:
1. Time expressions can come at the beginning or at the end of a sentence.
2. Don´t separate de 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 a letter" ("She wrote a letter to him", is possible)
5. Adjectives come before the noun and they have no plural form.
6. The subject and the verb must agree in number. When the subject is singular, the verb must also be singular: "She sings well"
7. Some nouns are always followed by a singular verb (everything, news, furniture, information...)
8. Some nouns are followed by a plural verb (people, children, police, trousers...)
HOW CAN I WRITE A GOOD COMPOSITION? |
- A good composition has three elements: an introduction, a body and a conclusion.
- Flow sentence to sentence and connect the ideas in a clear and logical way.
- Repeat key nouns
- Use pronouns to refer back to key nouns
- Use linking words
- Use a strong opening which attracts the readers´attention and makes them to read more. A good way of opening your composition may be a question or a personal address to the reader.
- As said above, connectors connect ideas or show relationships
- Contrast or opposing ideas: although, while, in spite of, but, however
- Comparison: like, similarly, both, just, as + adjective + as
- Reason, cause and effect: because, since, as, so that, in order that
- Time and sequence: when, while, first of all, secondly, finally.
- Result and consequences: therefore, thus, as a result of.
- Addition and example: moreover, in addition, for instance, such as.
You can learn more about connectors in this document I have prepared for you:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q5AvmutfYkvhWbQ1VeahBrKgdAzoDfEUG4E5MFXVpqo/edit?hl=en#
