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Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language

2.2Organising ideas with linking devices

Organising ideas with linking devices in Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives

What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.

  1. 2.2.1Organise ideas into coherent text with paragraphs and a range of linking devices (W2).

Lessons

  • Conjunctions and discourse markers: joining ideas

    35 min

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  • Planning and paragraphing a composition

    30 min

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  • Sentences, clauses and phrases: building and transforming sentences

    35 min

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Organising ideas with linking devices: sample question

1 mark

Which sentence drifts from the topic of this paragraph?

(1) The tuck shop at our school has changed the way we eat at break. (2) Instead of buying sweets, most learners now choose the boiled maize and fruit it sells. (3) The prices are low because the agriculture club supplies the produce. (4) Our agriculture teacher once worked in Mutare.

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