focuses on using key strategies to write a clear and formal restaurant review. Students are guided to use nominalisation, which means turning verbs into nouns to make sentences more concise and avoid wordiness. For example, “The designers have cleverly used various shades of blue to create a beautifully relaxing eating area” can be used as a model.
Students also learn to use synonyms to avoid repetition, such as replacing “stunning” with “amazing,” and to include words and phrases for comparison and contrast, like “In common with …” or “By way of contrast …” to link ideas smoothly. Additionally, phrases of recommendation are practiced, for example, “I cannot praise it enough” or “This restaurant should be a first choice for a big celebration.”
The exercise encourages students to combine these techniques in their writing to create a formal, balanced, and persuasive restaurant review, avoiding casual language while giving personal impressions and evaluations.