Writing Links for LPATE Writing Course
This page has been set up to provide some extra help for my PolyU writing classes.
Link to an exercise based on a student essay about a "troubled student"
Link to an exercise based on a student essay about a "memorable lesson"
Link to an exercise based on a student essay about a "good lesson"
Link to an exercise based on a student essay about the "value of NETs in Hong Kong "
The Quizzes below are all outside actionenglish.com
Metalanguage quiz (You really should be able to do most of this one.)
Difficult Metalanguage Quiz (Some of these terms are more technical than you need and/or you may know other ways of saying the same thing, so don't worry if you don't get 100% with this one - I didn't- however you should know at least 50%. )
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Test of article use () (I think though that, as well as the answers given, Question 5 could be c), Question 12 could be d) and Question 16 could be c) ).
Comparative and Superlative Rules Quiz
Choice between Past Simple & Present Perfect Quiz (Can you explain why the answers are correct?)
Connectors quiz (Note that the relative pronouns included in this quiz are not normally called conjunctions or connectors.)
More connectors (Note that "thus" is old-fashioned and "moreover" is not used very much, particularly in informal contexts.)
Subject / Verb Agreement Quiz (Question 6 seems not to make sense to me. Can you explain why the answers are correct?)
Adverb or Adjective Quiz (Can you explain why the answers are correct?)
Miscellaneous Links:
Useful Documents from the Hong Kong Examinations Authority (relating to from the public LPATE Exams). (These are Adobe pdf files.)
Examiners Reports
Notes for Writing Paper (Includes Samples and Band Descriptors)
Guidance Notes and Sample Questions for Complete Exam