TESTING WRITING

LIMITED RESPONSE

(Sentence Combining)

“Rewrite the sentences using a relative pronoun.(E.g. ‘I know the girl. She is going out with my cousin.’ > ‘I know the girl who is going out with my cousin.’)”

1)

We visited the town. It lies at the source of the Danube.

We visited the town which lies at the source of the Danube.

2)

I went to a salon. They did body piercing there.

I went to a salon where they did body piercing.

3) Give me the scissors. Give me the ones that cut well.

Give me the scissors that cut well.

4) I know somebody. Her father has got a tattoo on his back.

I know somebody whose father has got a tattoo on his back.

5) That’s the woman. She gives me a lift to work every day.

That’s the woman who gives me a lift to work every day.

FREE WRITING

Imagine that your school administration decides to publish a school magazine for the foreign learners who come from different countries. You are asked to write a paragraph to be published in this magazine. Write the positive and negative sides of your school in your paragraph. Prove and support your ideas with examples and supporting sentences. And do not forget to write a conclusion sentence while finishing your ideas. This conclusion can be a result, a summary or a comment. Write about 150 - 180 words following the instructions.