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IGCSE | Extended Tier
English As A Second Language | Summary [e-mail] Language mark
 Organised ideas (find relationships)
1. Complex sentences (not only…but also…/ both…and …./ neither…nor…)
2. Connectives (However, Moreover, Furthermore, Consequently)
3. Write complete, grammatically correct sentences.
4. Own words.
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Rephrasing o Synonyms
 Worried
 Expensive o Antonyms
 Fast
Grammar
o Voice
 Active

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anxious not cheap

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slow

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passive

IGCSE | Extended Tier
English As A Second Language | Summary [e-mail] November 2008
Difficulties
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Climbers
Aches and pains
Altitude sickness
Breathless / out of breath
Natural
Freezing dawn
Steep paths
Thick mists
Darkness
Thin air (reason)

Rewards
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Spectacular sights/views
Love the challenges
Celebrations
Delicious hot drinks
Feeling of achievement friendship Climbing this mountain has proved to be one of the most challenging due to its steep paths and thick mists. Climbers not only have to complete the climb in menacing darkness, but they also do this in the freezing dawn. Moreover, the thin air makes most climbers out of breath and they often suffer from altitude sickness. The first part of the climb can result in great pains and aches which the climbers forget once they have their hot soup and green tea. Climbers willingly go through this in order to receive marvelous rewards such the spectacular views of the countryside and the feeling of achievement. They enjoy the celebrations and the delicious drinks they have after the climb.

Sample
There are some problems which mountaineers face whilst climbing Mount Everest.
The mountaineers suffer from can’t resist the frostbite due to low temperatures. When you go up, your breath were is constantly out. Although Depsite this problem which faces mountaineers, there are a reasons which make people attempt to climb these