When doing your writing task you need to use a variety of linkers to organize your ideas. Here you are a list with the translation into Catalan: List of connectors
Here you also have a list of frequent expressions used in writings that can be useful to you: Frequent expressions
Now let’s do some exercises to practise the use of connectors.
PASSIVE WITH ALL VERBAL TENSES
Here you are some links where you can practice the passive voice. You can check your answers at the end of each exercise:
| – Exercise 1 | – Exercise 2 | – Exercise 3 |
| – Exercise 4 | – Exercise 5 | – Exercise 6 |
Here you are a grammar explanation and several exercises. Remember to write a full stop after each sentence or it won’t be correct: Passive explanation and exercises.
PASSIVE WITH REPORTING VERBS
Here you can do exercises 1, 2, 4 and 6 to practise the structure of the passive sentences with reporting verbs.
HAVE / GET SOMETHING DONE
You can also do these exercises to practise this passive structure:
| – Exercise 1 | – Exercise 2 | – More exercises |
Watch the video and answer the questions:
1. How old was Christian Bergman when the wall came down? What did it mean to him?
2. How long is the line of balloons and what do they represent?
3. What do people attach to the balloons?
4. What is Werner Wennt proud of?
5. What does the release of the balloons symbolize?
6. What experience does Angela Merkel want to share with the rest of the world?
7. Why was Mikhail Gorbachev important?
Sometimes it is difficult to remember the new words in a foreign language. Here I found three ways to do it. Choose the one you like most and start putting it into practice.
You have three methods:
1. Finding new vocabulary
2. Memorising a vocabulary list with flashcards
3. Memorising a vocabulary list with Excel
Don’t miss the tips and warnings at the end : WIKIHOW: How to learn vocabulary in a foreign language
