1. PEOPLE DESCRIPTION
TITLE: This Is Me, All About Me, Name
1 Opening: general information (name, age,
nationality, city)
2 Body: physical description (height, weight,
complexion, eyes, hair, nose, big and
relevant traits) and psychological description
(personality traits, hobbies and
likes/dislikes)
3 Closing: concluding remarks with writer’s
point of view

2. TENSES CONNECTORS
• PRESENT SIMPLE
• PRESENT PERFECT TO TALK ABOUT A
EXPERIENCE / AN ACHIVEMENT
• RELATIVE PRONOUNS:
THAT-WHO/WHOSE/WHOM
• CONDITIONAL 1
• AS FOR HIS/HER…
REGARDING HIS/HER…
• TAKING INTO ACCOUNT HE/SHE…
ONE COULD SAY THAT
HE/SHE SEEMS…BUT…,
HOWEVER,…
NEVERTHELESS,…
ALTHOUGH/THOUGH…
DESPITE/IN SPITE OF HIS/HER…, HE/SHE…
IT IS SAID…
• ALSO, AS WELL, TOO,
BESIDES, IN ADDITION,
etc.
• BECAUSE OF + noun, BECAUSE, SINCE, DUE
TO HIS/HER…
etc.
• ESPECIALLY/MAINLY …
• SPECIALLY…
• IN FACT,INDEED

3. DESCRIPTION OF PLACES
TITLE: Place
1 Opening: name of the place and general information:
location, reason for description.
2 Body: detailed description. Going from general things
to details.
3 Closing: Concluding sentence and opinion.

4. TENSES… CONNECTORS
• PRESENT SIMPLE
• PRESENT PERFECT
• PASSIVE VOICE:
It is located …
It is known…
It was declared/discovered…
• CONDITIONAL 1
• AS FOR ITS…
REGARDING ITS…
• TAKING INTO ACCOUNT IT…
ONE COULD SAY THAT
IT SEEMS…BUT…,
HOWEVER,…
NEVERTHELESS,…
ALTHOUGH/THOUGH
AND YET
IN CONTRAST,
DESPITE/IN SPITE OF ITS…, HE/SHE…
IT IS SAID…
• ALSO, AS WELL, TOO,
BESIDES, IN ADDITION,
• BECAUSE OF + noun, BECAUSE, SINCE, DUE TO
HIS/HER…
• ESPECIALLY/MAINLY/MOREOVER…
• SPECIALLY…
• IN FACT,INDEED
etc.

5. A NARRATIVE
TITLE: Event
1 Opening: general information of the event
(setting the scene: who, what, when, where)
2 Body: from main event to climax of the story
giving details (people involved, secondary
actions and places) in chronological order.
3 Closing: End of the story and consequences.

6. TENSES CONNECTORS
• PRESENT PERFECT
• PAST SIMPLE
• PAST PERFECT
• PAST CONTINUOUS
• PAST PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
• CONDITIONAL 2,3
• FIRST / AT FIRST
IN THE BEGINNING / AT THE
BEGINNING OF + noun
• THEN / NEXT / LATER
• SUDDENLY / ALL OF A
SUDDEN / UNEXPECTEDLY
• (UN)FORTUNATELY
• EVENTUALLY / FINALLY /
IN THE END / AT THE
END OF + noun
• SO, THEREFORE
etc.

7. A REVIEW
TITLE: A film, a book, a restaurant’s name
1 Opening: Title, type of work (art and genre),
author, main characters or actors.
2 Body: description of the plot and characters
(from general to detail)
3 Closing: opinion and recommendation.

8. TENSES CONNECTORS
• DESCRIPTION
• NARRATION The same applies here
• MODALS:
You cannot miss it
(shouldn’t)
You must watch it.

9. A FOR AND AGAINST ESSAY
TITLE: Topic (catching sentence, question…)
1 Opening: stating the issue (controversial topic)
2 Body: arguments for and against. Examples of
both.
3 Closing: summary of the topic and writer’s
opinion.

10. TENSES CONNECTORS
• PRESENT SIMPLE
• PAST SIMPLE
• PRESET PERFECT
• PAST PERFECT
• PASSIVE
• CONDITIONALS 1,2,3
• ON THE ONE HAND,
ON THE OTHER HAND,
CONTRARILY,
IN OPPOSITION TO…
HOWEVER,
NEVERTHELESS,
DESPITE/IN SPITE OF…
• TO SUM UP, ALL IN ALL,
TO CONCLUDE, AS FAR
AS I AM CONCERNED…

11. A NEWS REPORT
DATE
TITLE: Heading
1 Opening: summary of the event and answer to
who, what, where and when.
2 Body: give more details.
3 Closing: significance of event, reactions and
comments.

12. TENSES CONNECTORS
• PRESENT PERFECT:
recent event
• PAST SIMPLE:
complete
action in the past
• (PAST PERFECT):
past action previous to another past action
USE OF RELATIVE PRONOUNS:
Witnesses who saw the scene…
USE OF PASSIVE VOICE
USE OF DIRECT AND REPORTED SPEECH
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• Time expressions:
Yesterday/Last week…
• At first,
Then, Next,
Finally, Eventually,
• Apparently,…
• For this reason,…
As a consequence/result,…
• According to…,

13. AN OPINION ESSAY
TITLE: topic (question, catching sentence…)
1 Opening: stating topic and giving writer’s
opinion.
2 Body: supporting writers opinion: facts,
examples...
3 Closing: summarising and restating witer’s
opinion.

14. TENSES CONNECTORS
• PRESENT SIMPLE
PASSIVE VOICE
REPORTED SPEECH
OPINION VERBS: I think-believe…/
In my opinion…/The way I see it…/
As far as I am concerned…/
I totally (dis)agree/ I like-love-hate…
USE OF MODAL VERBS:
Should (n’t), must(n’t), have to (don’t
have to)…
• Personally,…
• For example,…/ For instance,…
• In fact,…
• Indeed,…
• In conclusion,…
To sum up,…
In short,…
The fact that…
It is clear-obvious that…
There is no doubt that…
We cannot deny the influence of…
on…