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Qualification => Subject Doubts => IGCSE/ GCSE => Languages => Topic started by: mr_scholes on May 20, 2009, 02:40:48 pm
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Hey
Any tips for the first language english paper 3
Do we have to use any big words or any thing examiner is looking for, and if we do could you please write them down.
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Hey
Any tips for the first language english paper 3
Do we have to use any big words or any thing examiner is looking for, and if we do could you please write them down.
U DONT NEED TO USE BIG WORDS N ALL.........JUST mAKE EVERYTHING SImPLE BUT INTRESTING.......IF POSSIBLE mAKE USE OF IDIOmS.
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yup that's right sweet but a passage will be interesting if you use words that are more expressive. It creates a good impression on the examiner but remember to use words carefully....as in not out of context. I've posted ppts. have a look.
GOOD LUCK
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yup that's right sweet but a passage will be interesting if you use words that are more expressive. It creates a good impression on the examiner but remember to use words carefully....as in not out of context. I've posted ppts. have a look.
GOOD LUCK
thanx alot....can u gimme some good plots for narrative writing......which can be used for some typical topics that keep coming in ig papers.
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here u go. personally i tend to get carried away when i write narrative and exceed the word limit. so i stick to either argumentative,discursive or descriptive. the last attachment is a narrative i'd written for homework. this is from june 2008 paper 3 Q4)b)
hope these help
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have a look sweet. u said u wanted help with narrative
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hmm... i may not sound so professional but wot i want to say is always make a plan
an outline is really important cuz your essay should be organised and sorted out
you should always have an intro, body and conclusion
+INTRO
-hook
-thesis statement
-connecting info
+BODY
-1.
-2.
-3.
+CONCLUSION
*for the first section, read wot they ask you to do carefully and answer the questions
*if there is a persuasive writing, always use the persuasive techniques
e.g. -alliteration(you can eat extraordinary eggs in our canteen *lolz)
-triplets(you can run, play and sing...)
-rhetorical questions
-flattery(you are an intelligent person)
-facts and figures.. etc
*for argumentative essays, be clear about wot you're talking about
you should be clear and write wot you're gonna say in the first paragraph
e.g. (topic: fastfood should be banned, do you agree?)
- fastfood has been increasingly popular these days as...(blah blah blah). i personally think that fastfood should be banned.
and then you start a new paragraph and give your reasons (make a plan and write the points you want to say in the body)
if you dont write that in the first paragraph then the examiner wont know wot you're gonna talk about
if you want to write 'on the other hand' DONT cuz you're already saying that you think that fastfood should be banned
to argue for both sides, be clear and also state it in the first para
*when you're writing a descriptive essay always remember "show dont tell"
try to give the reader an image
e.g. a red rose is always better than a flower
*big words are not always necessary but try to avoid words like 'nice' and other words like that
OH YEAH! one big thing, avoid toilet, guns, deaths, sex, tears and anything that you've never gone through or had any experience on
cuz then it would sound really fake and stupid
like if you'll be asked to write something exciting which you've experienced,
dont write that you've climbed up the mount everest if you've never done it
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I cannot wait for the English exam. It's gonna be a piece of cake.
A piece of advice to everyone, stick to writing a Narrative. It leaves room for creativity and it's just easy marks. The best way to prepare for the 3rd paper is by reading a novel though I guess. :)
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thanx very useful
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Yes what pocket-protector said is a really easy way out.... to get high marks is narrative...its like a story..which isnt hard work and just add a few big words ..also if you choose narrative never kill off your lead character if you talking through his perspective because if he's dead then whose talking and how will you end the story :-\ and one really really important point never end your story saying ...oh and i woke up and it was just a dream.. examiners HATE that and aswell as copying other famous stories like Twilight and using its plot and characters or Harry Potter or so because its not your own idea and their english examiners they are very likely to know these books ;)
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yeah,,,,, do narratives....... nd nice tips LikeAStar....:D:D
check this link..... this was my first post on StudentForums, dats y i remember it:
https://studentforums.biz/index.php/topic,1050.msg9652.html#msg9652
(these r recommendations fr novels, tho if u hav time only until 2moro, just go download any novel by Allistair Maclean at scribd...... for english usage, i think u shud read "Bear Island")
i was about 2 giv sum extracts, but im gonna try nd use those language parts myself :D :D :D :D so i dont want ny ov u using em ;D ;D ;D
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hope this helps....sum more tips
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GUSY I HAV THIS CONFUSING CONFUSATION:
in dialogues can u add thoughts nd feelings?
like:
"me: "blah blah blah...." i was wondering..... quite confounded actually......
him:"blah blah blah....>" he clarified....clarifying it for me.....................""
or do we just hav to do it like:
"me:"blah blah blah......."
him:"bllah blah blah......."
wthout any thought processes or feelings.......??? ??? ??? ??? :-[ :-\
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me too hvin diz probz bt i guess we can ryt feelings and actions in brackets bt im nt sure so sum1 plz helpp!!
n also wat yu guys predict can cum b4 the essay ..wat i mean is section1...im being told to prepare for an article,report n dialogue writing
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me too hvin diz probz bt i guess we can ryt feelings and actions in brackets bt im nt sure so sum1 plz helpp!!
n also wat yu guys predict can cum b4 the essay ..wat i mean is section1...im being told to prepare for an article,report n dialogue writing
ya sum1 help plzzzz!!!!!!! :-[ :-[ :-[
nd article, report, newspaper report, dialogue, diary entry, we're preparin fr dat all......
CAN SUM1 HELP PLZ??!! much appreciatedd...........
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hope these help
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my teacher said to stick with descriptive, but alot of you say that the narrative is much easier??
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im sorry im a major fan of argueing. xD.. so id go with the first 2 QSs :D
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someone please tell me what time the exam starts tommorrow.
Thanks
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someone please tell me what time the exam starts tommorrow.
Thanks
Well...depends where you live..in the UAE it starts at 1PM for me...thats +4 GMT
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someone please tell me what time the exam starts tommorrow.
Thanks
Well...depends where you live..in the UAE it starts at 1PM for me...thats +4 GMT
thank u. if it starts at 1pm 4 u then it must start at 1 pm everywhere.
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someone please tell me what time the exam starts tommorrow.
Thanks
Well...depends where you live..in the UAE it starts at 1PM for me...thats +4 GMT
thank u. if it starts at 1pm 4 u then it must start at 1 pm everywhere.
I guess so :p aren't you giving your exams in your school?
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yes i am, but i forgot to note down the timings of the exam! :D
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yes i am, but i forgot to note down the timings of the exam! :D
Lol and today i woke up early thinking the exam was today...i guess we really lose our minds during the ig's....very ironic.. ;)
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agreed ;D
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good luck all u IG buddies for this exam tomow :)
bon chance!