Use all the important pictures in order and connect them into one event.
A beginning establishes people and place.
A middle shows the problem or change.
See it. Say it. Understand it.
Easy / Start here
Lina left her umbrella on the bus.
Moderate / Add a little
The driver found it and returned it the next day.
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Use all the important pictures in order and connect them into one event. A beginning establishes people and place. A middle shows the problem or change. An ending explains the result. Add a feeling where it helps the story. Accurate simple sentences can communicate a complete story without unnecessarily difficult vocabulary.
A reader should be able to follow the message without seeing your planning. Include essential information, choose clear subjects and use a small range of accurate linking words. Keep the task requirements visible while drafting. Review the meaning first, then check verb forms, spelling and punctuation. Do not add unrelated details simply to increase length.
වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.
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Because introduces a reason, but contrasts ideas, and who or which can add information about a noun.
These links make writing more connected.
Use a relative clause only when its reference is clear.
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Easy / Start here
I stayed home because I felt ill.
Moderate / Add a little
The woman who lives next door is a nurse.
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Because introduces a reason, but contrasts ideas, and who or which can add information about a noun. These links make writing more connected. Use a relative clause only when its reference is clear. Keep the main sentence complete; adding a linking word does not automatically join two incomplete fragments correctly.
A reader should be able to follow the message without seeing your planning. Include essential information, choose clear subjects and use a small range of accurate linking words. Keep the task requirements visible while drafting. Review the meaning first, then check verb forms, spelling and punctuation. Do not add unrelated details simply to increase length.
වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.
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Check whether each required event or information point is present.
Next check the subject and verb of each sentence, then punctuation and spelling.
See it. Say it. Understand it.
Easy / Start here
They were happy, not They was happy.
Moderate / Add a little
Yesterday, we went home, not Yesterday, we go home.
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Read your answer as a new reader. Check whether each required event or information point is present. Next check the subject and verb of each sentence, then punctuation and spelling. A correction should improve meaning or accuracy. Do not replace a familiar accurate word with a difficult one unless you know it fits.
A reader should be able to follow the message without seeing your planning. Include essential information, choose clear subjects and use a small range of accurate linking words. Keep the task requirements visible while drafting. Review the meaning first, then check verb forms, spelling and punctuation. Do not add unrelated details simply to increase length.
වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.
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