1123 s18 QP 11 PDF
1123 s18 QP 11 PDF
1123 s18 QP 11 PDF
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Task 1
Many new students join your school every year. Your Principal wants to make starting at the school as
easy as possible for these new students and she asks you to write a report for her about how to do this.
• some of the difficulties that you and other students had when you joined the school
• suggestions about what the school can do to help new students
• how the students and the school will benefit.
Cover all three points above in detail. You should make your report polite and informative. Start your
report ‘To the Principal’. Remember to give a name and a date.
Section 2: Composition
At the beginning of your composition put the number of the task you have chosen.
You are advised to write between 350 and 500 words. You will be awarded marks for accurate
use of language and relevant content: 30.
Tasks 2–6
Description
2 Describe the most helpful person and the most unhelpful person you know. (Remember you can
describe their appearance as well as their character and behaviour.)
Argument
3 Would you prefer to live in the centre of a busy city or in a quiet neighbourhood? Give reasons and
examples to support your view.
4 What are the arguments for and against space travel to other planets? Give reasons and examples
to support your view.
Narrative
5 Write a story which includes the words: ‘When they did not agree with her solution, she felt angry.’
6 Write a story in which two people unexpectedly agreed to help each other.
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