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NAME:

DATE:

Time fixers

nowadays/these days/recently/until now/in the past/ twenty years ago/in the last five years

Generalisations

nearly all/many/a large number of/several/a significant number of

Opinion phrases

I think/I feel/I believe/As far as I am concerned/In my opinion/l believe (that)/Personally/in myview/I am very much in favour of/I am strongly opposed to/I am against

Supporting Sentences (Points/easons!

Firstly/In the first place/First of all/Secondly!! Finally

Suggestion Phrases

It would be a good idea if " past tenseIt#s the high time (Past tense)

Support Phrases

$ecause/as/since%ontrast & however

"onclusion

'o sum up/In conclusion

oos are cruel to animals and should be closed down! hat do you think*

Summari+e this paragraph in one sentence! $e specific and clearly e,plain the main idea!-! A penny for your thoughts* If it.s a -01 copper penny2 it could be worth as much as fiftythousand dollars! In -012 most pennies were made out of steel since copper was needed for

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orld ar II2 so the -01 copper penny is ultra3rare! Another rarity is the -44 double die penny!'hese pennies were mistakenly double stamped2 so they have overlapping dates and letters! Ifit.s uncirculated2 it.d easily fetch 5642777 at an auction! 8ow that.s a pretty penny!An appropriate title9 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::6! $efore you put on that Angry $irds costume and e,haust yourself roving from door to doorpandering for candy2 take a minute to reflect on the tradition in which you are taking part!

;alloween is believed to have come from an ancient %eltic festival dating back some 62777 years!8ovember -st was the %eltic 8ew reality> applied to a television show2 one might e,pect that theevents portrayed occurred naturally or2 at the least2 were not scripted2 but this is not always thecase! ?any reality shows occur in unreal environments2 like rented mansions occupied by film

crews! Such living environments do not reflect what most people understand to be >reality!>orse2 there have been accusations that events not captured on film were later restaged byproducers! orse still2 some involved in the production of >reality> television claim that theparticipants were urged to act out story lines premeditated by producers! ith such accusationsfloating around2 it.s no wonder many people take reality '@ to be about as real as the sitcom!An appropriate title9 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

0! It is estimated that over twenty million pounds of candy corn are sold in the S each year!$rach.s2 the top manufacturer2 sells enough candy corn to circle the earth 0!64 times if each piecewere laid end to end! 'hat.s a lot of candy corn2 but that.s nothing compared to 'ootsie Boll

production! =ver C0 million 'ootsie Bolls are produced every dayD $ut even 'ootsie Bolls havegot nothing on the candy industry.s staple product2 chocolate! %onfectioners manufacture overtwenty billion pounds of chocolate in the nited States each year! 8ow that.s a mouthfulDAn appropriate title9 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::4! ScreechD hen a driver pushes on the brake pedal2 it initiates a process that causes thevehicle to stop in motion!

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