anda Kirsten Campbell-Howes a @ POWERED BY COBUILD aCONTENTS Introduction Section 1 - Writing to share information Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 5 Short emails Longer emails Postcards Text messages Sharing news online Section 2 - Writing to get things done Unit 6 Unit 7 Unit 8 Unit 9 Unit 10 Filling in forms “To do’ lists Invitations and directions Advertising a room Giving and getting advice Section 3 - Writing for work and study Unit 11 Unit 12, Unit 13 Unit 14 Unit 15 Course applications Asking for help Job applications Taking notes Problems at work or school Section 4 - Writing for pleasure Unit 16 Unit 17 Unit 18 Unit 19 Unit 20 Personal profiles on networking sites Blogging Twitter Social media ‘Online reviews ‘Appendix 1 Useful phrases Appendix 2. Sentence structure Appendix 3 Conjunctions Appendix 4 Punctuation Appendix 5 Short forms Appendix 6 Proofreading Mini-dictionary ‘Answer key 12 16 20 24 28 32 BSS 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 88 96 97 100 102 103 109INTRODUCTION Collins English for Life: Writing will help you to develop your writing skills in everyday life. You can use Writing: + asa self-study course ‘* as supplementary material on a general English course. Writing consists of 20 units, divided into the following four sections: * Section 1 Writing to share information ‘+ Section 2 Writing to get things done * Section 3 Writing for work and study * Section 4 Writing for pleasure Unit structure To make things easy for you, each unit has a similar structure. We recommend that you do the exercises in order when working through a unit. Each unit includes a selection from: + A ‘Getting started’ section, which introduces the topic of the unit. * A'Looking closely’ section to introduce the types of writing we will be looking at. + ‘Language focus’ exercises that ask you to practise the language, grammar, styles and techniques presented in ‘Looking closely’. * ‘Writing clearly’ and ‘Get writing’ exercises that ask you to practise the language and skills you have learned. Other features * There are boxed texts highlighted in green that give you extra information on ‘Clear usage’ that will help you complete the unit. ‘+ There are also ‘Useful tips’ and ‘Useful vocabulary and phrases’ boxes to help you complete the writing exercises. At the back of the book there are these useful documents: * Useful phrases for writing formal and informal emails, invitations, reviews, etc. ‘+ Information on sentence structure, punctuation and short forms. * A checklist for proofreading your own writing, * Aglossary which gives you definitions and example sentences for some of the difficult words in the units. ‘+ An answer key which includes sample answers for all the questions in the book. How to use this book There are two ways to use this book: 1 Work through from units 1-20. 2 Choose from the Contents page the units that are most useful or interesting to you. 6 | Writing