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Learner closes a paragraph with the consequence of the idea rather than a restatement of the claim, which is the fault the Band 6 descriptor calls repetitive.
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Six openings and closings, read together.
Opening: Free transport cuts car use. Closing: Therefore, free transport reduces the number of cars. Does the ending add anything?
Narrow, widen, and when to stop.
Narrow — say who this matters most for.
Widen — say what else follows from it.
The effect is largest where commutes were longest.
This is why the same policy fails in small towns.
Ten closings against their openings.
Sort each item into the correct category
Six paragraphs. Three should end where they are.
Free museums draw a wider audience. An entry charge decides who visits rather than who is interested. Remove it and a visit becomes a default rather than a decision. →
Later school starts raise attendance. Teenage sleep cycles shift later. A teenager asleep after midnight cannot reliably wake for an eight o'clock lesson. →
Cycle lanes bring new riders. Someone who will not ride beside lorries will ride behind a kerb. Seville built eighty kilometres in four years and cycling rose elevenfold. →
Remote work cuts office costs. Space is the second largest cost most firms carry. A firm with half its staff at home renews a lease on half the floor. →
Simpler recycling rules cut contamination. A householder unsure of a rule guesses, and one wrong item rejects the load. →
Free school meals improve concentration. A child who has not eaten since the evening before spends the morning waiting for lunch. →
One supplied paragraph, one closing sentence.
The paragraph:
Charging drivers to enter the centre reduces congestion. A charge adds a fixed daily cost to every journey in. A driver now compares that cost against a train fare for the same trip, and for journeys where the train was already close, the comparison tips. London's charge cut traffic in the zone by around fifteen per cent in its first year.
Write ONE closing sentence. Narrow it, or widen it. Then say which you did.
One sentence.
One phrase.
Read your first and last sentences together.