The aim of this book is to help make students flexible and competent in their writing so that they can write on any subject in the exam. There are many texts in the book, both essays and paragraphs, but raiher than learn these by heart it is better if you can learn the mechanisms, so you can appiy them in any situation. | Writing Practice for Exercise 21 connections for flexibility and fluency When writing an essay it is sometimes difficult to avoid repetition and at the same time to write fluently. This requires a high degree of flexibility. In this exercise you are going to focus on avoiding repeating yourself while connecting a text. Look at the list of items A-V below. Then read the text which follows the list and choose suitable items from the list to connect the text. Note that in some cases more than one answer may be possible. Remember to avoid repetition. A. people who make too much noise B. this C. it D. these E. people making too much noise F. such anti-social behaviour G. noisy people H. loud music from neighbours I. is another source of annoyance J. if people living in flats play hi-fi systems etc too loudly they K. people living in flats who play hi-fi systems etc too loudly L. anti-social behaviour of this kind M. flat-dwellers who play hi-fi systems etc too loudly N. those making too much noise O. they P. also constitutes a source of annoyance Q. these curbs R. another thing that is annoying S. such rudeness in shops or over the telephone T. such rudeness U. nuisance V. such offending drivers 76 tafcmfc Writing Pradta for IELTS Exercise 22 not enough spaces Look at the list of items below and then thé text which follows. You can see that there are 15 items in the list but only 10 spaces A - J . However all of the items in the list need to be inserted somewhere in the text. Use the punctuation and grammar of the items to help you. Note you may use each item only once. One item has been inserted for you. 1. or 2. but 3. They point to 4. which 5. Moreover whilst such farms 6. A further downside is 7. of the opinion 8. people however 9. The same arguments apply 10. unless perhaps they 11. The obvious objections here 12. being nothing 13. they 14. the machines 15. of bringing the energy back to the shore that wind farms are C Other are A. more than an eyesore ugly .
