O-Level English Situational Writing quiz (SEAB 1184 Paper 1 Section B) quiz

The number of words you will write

Your personal opinion on the topic

The purpose, audience and context of the task

The hardest word in the stimulus

who will read the text

the format you will use

the situation that frames the task

what the text must achieve, such as to persuade, inform or request

Dear Mr Lim ... Yours sincerely

Hi! ... Cheers

Hey Lim ... Bye

To whoever ... Later

Contractions like 'don't' and 'can't'

Full forms, careful vocabulary and a respectful, impersonal tone

Slang and emojis

Casual greetings like 'Hey'

It makes the text longer

It is required by the syllabus

It breaks the consistency the audience expects and signals carelessness

It improves the tone

Writing as many words as possible

Finishing before everyone else

Using the most difficult vocabulary

Addressing every required point from the stimulus for the stated purpose and audience

uses clear headings, a logical order and factual content

is one long paragraph with no breaks

is full of emotional appeals

hides the recommendation at the very end with no signposting

Dear Sir/Madam

Hi Sara

To the Manager

Dear Madam Chairperson

casual and chatty

rude and aggressive

formal and polite but firm

full of slang

It can be ignored once you start writing

It is decorative

It tells you only the word limit

It supplies the points you must use to fulfil the task

I am writing to request that the library's opening hours be extended.

Hey, just wondering about something.

You should really change the library hours.

Once upon a time there was a library.

Because audience does not affect anything

Because the audience determines the appropriate tone, content and format, so misjudging it makes the whole text unsuitable

Because audience only affects the greeting

Because the audience is never specified