Conseils et Recommandations
 
Exercice 1 : Se référer à l'exercice n°2 (du writing) de l'épreuve de Juin 1998 (Session de contrôle).
Exercice 2 : Il s'agit de rédiger une lettre adressée à Mr Edwards en réponse à celle envoyée par ce dernier à Mr Fenton Scott. Se référer aux questions n°3 (session Principale de Juin 1998 sections Mathématiques et n°2 (session de contrôle de Juin 1998 sections Mathématiques).
 
Corrigé

1. In the following letter, there are :
- four grammar mistakes
- three word order mistakes
- two missing capital letters
- one spelling mistake
- two missing words

Write the mistakes and their corrections in the table below the letter.

dear John,
I writing to you to tell you that I completely have changed. I no longer am pessimist about the future. Life is worth really struggling for. Now I am convincing that I must have more feith on future .
I owe all this for you. thanks again.

                    Love
                    Pauline

 

mistakes

corrections
Grammar   1. pessimist
  2. convincing
  3. on
  4. for		   1. pessimistic
  2. convinced
  3. in
  4. to
Word order   1. completely have changed
  2. I no longer am
  3.worth really		   1. have completely changed
  2. I am no longer
  3. really worth
Capitalization   1. dear
  2. thanks		   1. Dear
  2. Thanks
Spelling   1. feith   1. faith
Missing words   1. I writing
  2. on future		   1. I am writing
  2. in the future

2. On April 7th, 1995, Mr. J.N. Edwards, 21, Beacon Road, Brighton, sent an invitation for Mr Fenton Scott, Villa Selmore, Cambridge. In the letter, Mr. Edwards says that he is planning to have a dinner to celebrate the fifth anniversary of The Selmore English Teachers' association on the 20th of April 1995.
Mr Fenton Scott is sorry not to be able to accept the invitation. He states his reasons : wife away / children to look after / expects important visitors on that day / difficult to be away from Cambridge.

Write Mr Scott's reply to Mr Edwards's letter on the 15 th of April 1995 (10 lines).

 

 

 

 

 

J.N.Edwards
21,Beacon Road,
Brighton

The sender's address

 

 date


                 

    Dear Mr Edwards

Les critères suivants seront pris en considération lors de la correction
Lay-out
Organisation - cohesion
language
Degree of formality
Spelling  punctuation  capitalisation

 

    yours truly

                                                                                                         

  Name of sender