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GUIDE ON WRITING TASKS

An informal email
Hi Sam,
Look at the writing question below. it was great to hear from you after so long.
b. Thanks so much for your invitation to go camping.
Read this email from your English friend Sam and look at the 1. ____________________________________________
notes you have made. Write your email to Sam using all the ____________________________________________
notes you have made. Write between 140 and 190 words. d. I’d really love to go with you but ... with my
2. ____________________________________________
parents at the end of July?
____________________________________________
EMAIL 3. ____________________________________________
g. For this reason it would be better for me to go at
____________________________________________
the beginning of the month.
From: Sam
4. ____________________________________________
c. Sharing a tent is a great idea.
Subject: Camping trip ____________________________________________
e. I prefer the coast to the mountains because I love
5. ____________________________________________
the sea.
Hi, how are you? ____________________________________________
a. As far as transport is concerned, my dad will be
It’s been ages since I last saw you. I was wondering if 6. ____________________________________________
happy to drive us wherever we want to go.
you’d like to go on a camping trip with me for a few ____________________________________________
days. My sister and her friend are coming too, and they 7. ____________________________________________
f. You’ll be surprised to hear that I’m no longer a
will share a tent, so you could share a tent with me. ____________________________________________
vegetarian but I still don’t eat red meat.
Would you prefer being by the coast or camping in the
mountains?
Bye for now,
The only thing is we don’t have any transport. Have you Jim
got any ideas as to how we could get there?
By the way, are you still a vegetarian or do you eat
meat now? Now it’s your turn!
Get back to me as soon as you can. Look at the writing question below. Complete the plan and
Sam write your letter.
Question
yes, when? suggest explain coast, because... This is part of a letter you have received from your Spanish
friend Manuel.
Planning your email I never seem to get round to studying properly at home as
my little brother doesn’t let me concentrate and I find it
Even though you have been asked to write an informal email difficult to remember new words. You are such a good
to a friend, it is important that you use full, correct sentences student. Have you got any advice for me?
and that your use of English and spelling are correct. You should
organise your email into logical paragraphs. Make sure that Write a letter to Manuel giving him advice and telling him
you follow the instructions carefully in the question. what you do to make studying easier. Write your answer in
140-190 words in an appropriate style.
In this question that means that you must respond to the
questions that Sam has asked and use the notes to provide Plan:
your answers. Do not write about things that are not relevant Paragraph one (greeting and introduction):
to the email. __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Exercise A __________________________________________________
Look at the sentences below and put them in the correct
order to answer Sam’s email. Paragraph two (first piece of advice - how to concentrate
better environment / little brother):
a. As far as transport is concerned, my dad will be happy to __________________________________________________
drive us wherever we want to go. __________________________________________________
b. Thanks so much for your invitation to go camping. __________________________________________________
c. Sharing a tent is a great idea.
Paragraph three (what I do to remember/learn new
d. I’d really love to go with you but when were you thinking vocabulary):
of going, because I’m going away with my parents at the __________________________________________________
end of July? __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
e. I prefer the coast to the mountains because I love the sea.
f. You’ll be surprised to hear that I’m no longer a vegetarian Paragraph four (finish / wish them luck and say goodbye):
but I still don’t eat red meat.
__________________________________________________
g. For this reason it would be better for me to go at the __________________________________________________
beginning of the month. __________________________________________________
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