Zinstaak: conclusie
A sentence task that gives you a finding and asks you to draw a conclusion from it in one sentence.
A conclusion has to go one step further than the given fact, and only one. The task prints the finding — research shows exercise improves memory, fewer young people smoke — and your sentence must say what follows from it. The difficulty sits on both sides of that step: repeat the finding and you have drawn nothing, jump to a sweeping claim and you have drawn more than the fact supports. The connector in the stem, dus, kortom or daaruit volgt dat, also fixes the word order of your answer.
How the exam tests this
Schrijven II has 9–12 tasks in 100 minutes, roughly 7–8 of them single sentences. A conclusion task comes in two shapes: a stem to finish (…, dus … / …, waaruit je kunt afleiden dat …) or an instruction to write a whole sentence that starts with Kortom. Two assessors mark against a scheme; our practice items ask whether the relation asked for is there, whether the connector and its word order are right, and whether the content fits. A restated finding fails the first question even when the Dutch is flawless.
What is wrong with this sentence?
…, dus regelmatig bewegen is goed voor het geheugen.
Most candidates write it exactly like this and lose the mark without knowing why.
The rest of this lesson
The rule, the worked examples, the exceptions and what to do in the exam room open with Mastery, together with every other lesson for this exam.
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