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Task information
Task information
The report task tests your ability to give factual information and make recommendations or suggestions.
The instructions include a description of a situation. You have to write a report of between 220-260 words; no more, no less.
Allow about 40 minutes for this task, including time at the end to check your work.
The report may be for a teacher or school director, or classmates, members of the same club, etc.Β
- Useful language
Solve the following wordwall to learn phrases suitable for reports.
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2. Understanding instructions
2. Understanding instructions
Study the exam instructions below and answer the questions:
What is the situation?
Who must you write a report for?
Should the style be formal, informal, or neutral (neither particularly formal nor informal)?
What two things do the instructions say you must do
What else should you write, do you think?Β
3. Model
3. Model
Read the sample report and answer the questions:
Is it either too short or too long for Writing Part 2?
Is it well organised? How many paragraphs does it have?
Does it answer both parts of the question? In which paragraphs?
Is it written in an appropriate style?
Are there any language errors?
Which expressions from Useful language wordwall does the writer use?
Do you think this report would get full marks?Β
It's your turn
It's your turn
Action plan
The basic structure of a report is usually the same:
Introduction (including the purpose of the report and how the data was collected)
Findings (including benefits and drawbacks if appropriate)
Conclusion and recommendations.
Read the instructions. Do you know enough facts about the topic to write a report on it?
Think about any knowledge and/or personal experience you could mention (if possible, include some facts that may be new to readers).
Use headings for each section and a good title.
Use formal vocabulary (e.g. Currently, ... / in order to ... / Therefore, ...) to give the report a formal style.
Use the expressions from the wordwall exercises on your report.
The ideas and conclusions should be objective. Use non-personal subjects (e.g. This report aims to β¦ ) and passive structures (e.g. 100 students were interviewed).
You can also use may to show that something is not certain (e.g. This may help them get a better job in the future).
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