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Cd Email (Part 1) Test 1, Part 1, Question 1 (see task on page 12) cree ey Informal openings This is an example of a Part 1 informal email. Remember that the email orletter Dear Jack, Hello Jac, Mi lac, Jack In Part 1 can be formal or informal and that you may be asked to write a formal or informal leer in Part 2 selcoming a-vialtor You'll be very welcome Ire so happy you're coring It's great news that you aan are coming, | nas s0 happy te hear that oe Hi Jack, Giving an opinion or advising That's great news! You'll be very ice sn inforimat || my opinion, you should welcome hore. Are you tired of computer games that are a waste of Have you ever heard anything fe idieae time? This one is great fun and it also helps you enrich a HAR IAIAAL EEE f eesti vo rr vocabulary. I know that you must be thinkin See eee dd colour, Perro solar imal nian Just think about it. You'l probably this is another boring educational game. Well, think ‘agree with me that .- Wagan! This is exciting stuff ~ try it and you won't We are told that this is the best These Srp way to... But | don't agree, and | ie pant to stop! am pretty Sure you don’t either engage he {you lke to read good thie, rocwanes Atshe beginning of the game, you are given some letters then this is foryou catenins || ad yo have to come p wit as mary words as you Reoaoag - can. 18 got wonderful visual effects, so the words you There are a number of reasons why sorite flash and dance on the sereen, You receive points | We We; "et6"e? || would recommend this to JSorcich word and when you collect a certain number) Wecomptir | beni n9doubs that thsi ely same, bee jood for af points, you move on tothe next bevel ecdov beerly | This’ by far the best. have aie oummary. | comme across T would highly recommend this game to other readers ‘hiss the dea. fr young for two reasons. First, the game requires you to use ‘teanagers because ‘your brain but it is not full of complicated rales | can’t think of any other game thats as entertaining os this one Secondly, you can play this game alone — just you 2 7 F [Notice haw the against the computer or you can have competitions {|ecoraute | ASSIA sith your lend Tam se ol become a fen of \ Joe) Rec tne qesion tly ad 5 mel rovped teacther | lan your article before you start ‘his great game! inaparagph | Eovwete Pay attention to who ee you are wring the article for. If itis for your school magazine, you may use an informal site If itis for a magazine with a wider readership, you may need a semisformal syle “+ Write down some interesting, colourful languege that you may ‘want to use. Remember that the purpose of your article is rot only to infor but also to ‘entertain the reeder, Think of an interesting tile, Use interesting details, examples ‘or anecdotes io ensure that your article has 2 personal touch, waiting Fue: asricie SE Report (Part 2) Test 2, Part 2, Question 3 (see task on page 36) CCRC ERLE EE EECREEEERENNEE ‘The aim of this report is to In this report | will Report on the have been asked to write a report | about | School Magazine wane Making recommendations | foramen, | Uwould suggest that In this report Iwill summarise my classmates opinions W.\ Sevviacthe |e seems to me thet the best cand our siggestions for improvements. report eter | slution There are a few changes | would like to recommend Taking allthis into account, I suggest that Finishing the report In conclusion, (think that To conclude, I would say that To sum up, | think aang tons | Whe articles yostoorgerise || They were well written and on topics that interest the | srudems, Everybody loved the article by the student | who is back from a school exchange in France, She has | inspired several studenss to try next year. he action of your port ely, ‘The sports page The main conclusion of my report. isthat | This was of great interest to all, particularly as some ada eer pianteecnen | of the school teams are doing very well. Students liked. Teoncude that | the very entertaining football and bockey reporss which included some interesting interviews. eames Read the question carefully and plan your report before you start {to write, Think of the format you are going to use and whether ‘you are going to use headings. Decicle how many heacings or paragraphs you will need and ‘make a ouick calculation of the ‘number of words you can use under each, Remember you have to write approximately 180 words, so don’t get carried away ‘and write too much under any one heading Remember you have to show 2 range of language, so use interesting vocabulary and write {ull sentences, inking some of Inoke a ral your ideas to produce some ‘The school news page eis great to have forthcoming date for school events cand alo to be told about fcture changes in the school, Tee | jpstch asthe need to move the IT room and the plan ro seteawes | organise summer concer weed How it could be improved ‘There was a general request for more articles about she trips organised by the school. Some rudents suggested thas the magazine should include interviews with students from other countries who visit our town. To conclude, 11 say that students agree that obis is 4 great magazine and most of them would like to Caner | Zomplorsenenss contribute to it in future. « ere + Include a conclusion, even if it . Seircoctaor. | * (Gude a conc it | ‘Check that you have used serri-formeal or formal style and correct any informal language you may have used. WRITING FILE: REPORT Rev w (Part 2) Test 2, Part 2, Question 4 (see task on page 36) aioe Back upyour xargs Dont be aaa of preoeing ‘your personal ‘The series Sandy Bay’ is about the life of eight friends, four boys and four girl, who ave neighbours and spend a lot of time together. ‘The characters are all very diffrent; for example, Son is outgoing and full of enthusiasm while Ralph is very shy. Though they are just ordinary people, they often do crazy, unpredictable shings that we would not do in real life and this is swhatt mates the series so enjoyable. For example, you can never gues: who they will fall in love with! « ~ T love this series because it is full of haemowr and drama — you get to langh and also to orp. L enjey following the changes in the characters |, relationships and I can almost believe they are my own friends Id recommend it to people up to the age of 40 because theyll definitely share the experiences of the main characters. Once they have watched it «few times, I am sure tel find it very hard “fais an eptcode! However, as the humour is targeted at the younger generation, older pert aight not find itso appealing. aon iach about te ot ot the seria remember you find to address tether repent of tretaoe Use vere and uyto Sod repesting “| cous t20 ofa. WRITING FILE: REVIEW 167 Eee Introducing the plot This... is about This... tells the story af ‘wo friends. In this ..., we learn about the adventures of This... takes the reader into a | fantasy word Gi opinions ove the way the main character deals with 1 don’t think the ferele character istrue wife The story is 0 exciting you don't want the series to end [oun the plot rather confusing, Recommending only for a certain audience Thisis an excellent... for young teenagers, but | don’ think i would appeal to As this... 's satin a future world, | would not recommend it to anyone who doesn't like | science fiction. Teenagers would not understand some ofthe situations in this. 0 think t's unsuitable for shen i then this isthe ... for you 9 positive and negative you enjoy theling adventure, Read the question carefully and plan your review before you start to write. Think of the style you | will use, which will probably be | semi-foiral | Think about how you will organise the content into paragraphs. You need to deal with several tasks within the | question: to inform the reader | about the book or programme, to give your personal opinion and to say whether you would recommend it You will need to use varied Tanguage inclucing interesting acjectves. Jot down some words you may want to use so that you Can avoid the overuse of words sue" as "good! oF "nice" Check your spllng and punetuation and! correct any basic errors you may have mace. Set book question (Part 2) Test 1, Part 2, Question 5b (see task on page 13) | Effective openings i SSESESESISESIESESSOE This is one of the best novels have ever read, I recently read ‘Harry Potter and the Half Blood jahisbioniiipaas-aargtineat Prince’ by J. K: Rowling and I choroughly enjoyed it, => this should be it eee Isis set in England and it is about a young wizard {| rector mich | x, the srt of book that venga i "8 sgzter too mich | abs your attention from the ist legge called Harry Potter, who hasta deat with the normal) | “5-08 | few lines Creve | -» teenager problems and abo with his moral enemy | \

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