Reading and Writing Portfolio 8

Reading job adverts

Writing a formal letter
Finding a job Review jobs; requests

1 Read these adverts for jobs in the UK. A

Answer these questions. Receptionist
1 Who do you email for an application form at We are looking for a friendly person to work in
reception in our popular tourist hotel. Five days
Nature Adventures Ltd? per week, including some evening and weekend
Dave Jones. work. Some experience* needed.
THE For an application form* and details of how to apply
2 Do you need experience to be a receptionist
WILLOW HOTEL please go to: www.willowbournemouth.com/jobs
at the Willow Hotel?

B
3 How long is the contract for summer camp SALES MANAGER
group leaders? Thompson and Noble is a large department store in the centre
of Cambridge. We are looking for sales managers to work in
4 What type of shop is Thompson and Noble? our men’s and women’s clothes department. Some experience
needed. 37-hour week, including some weekend work.
For an application form, please go to:
5 Do you need experience to be a summer www.thompson&noble.co.uk/jobs
camp group leader? Email all application forms to Fran James at f.james@t&n.co.uk

6 Which company does Fran James work for? C

GROUP
Nature Adventures Ltd are looking for group
leaders to work at our children’s summer camps
in the UK. Four-month contract: June–Sept.
7 Do receptionists at the Willow Hotel always

LEADERS
If you love outdoor sports, have lots of energy
work from Monday to Friday? and enjoy working with children, we would like
to hear from you. No experience needed.

WANTED
For an application form,
8 How many hours do sales managers at email Dave Jones at
Thompson and Noble work a week? d.jones@natureadventures.com
or download from
www.natureadventures.com/forms
9 What is the website of the Willow Hotel?

*experience = you did the same job in the past

*an application form = a form you fill in to get a job

2 Read about these people. Match them to the job adverts A–C.

name Wayne Moody Beth Chambers Fergus Jackson

address 47 Market St 54 Robins St 34 Hill St
Brighton Newmarket Poole
BN4 3SG CB8 3WS BN15 8JH
job University student. Last year Manager at One Stop, a clothes Receptionist at Sea View Hotel,
worked at The Highland Outdoor shop in Newmarket. Started two Poole. Started six months ago.
Centre in Scotland for three months. years ago.
other Likes working with children, enjoys Loves fashion and women’s clothes, Loves working with tourists, can
information horse riding and windsurfing. can work weekends. work evenings and weekends.

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 HELP WITH WRITING A formal letter
47 Market St
A Brighton 4 a Notice how we write a formal letter. Match 1–5
BN4 3SG to A–E on the letter.

1 A your address (but not your name)

B 22nd April
2 your full name
Mr D Jones
3 your signature
Nature Adventures Ltd
C Dartmoor 4 the date
Devon
EX22 6KH 5 the name and address of the person
you are writing to
Dear Mr Jones
b Notice how we begin and end a formal letter.
I would like to apply for the job of summer camp group If we know the person’s name:
leader.
● we begin the letter with:
I am a student in my second year at university and I am Dear Mr/Mrs/Ms + surname
looking for work for the summer. Last year I worked at
The Highland Outdoor Centre in Scotland for three months.
● we end the letter with:
I like working with children and I enjoy all sports, Yours sincerely
particularly horse riding and windsurfing. If we don’t know the person’s name:
Could you please send me an application form and any ● we begin the letter with:
other information about your company? Dear Sir/Madam

I look forward to hearing from you.

● we end the letter with:
Yours faithfully
Yours sincerely
c Notice what we say in formal letters.
D W Moody ● We don’t use contractions:
E Wayne Moody I would not I’d, I am not I’m
● We use polite phrases:
I would like not I want
Could you please … ? not Can you … ?
● We often end the letter with:
I look forward to hearing from you.
3 Read the letter. Are these sentences true or false? d Underline the phrases in 4c in the letter.
1 T Wayne Moody wrote the letter.
2 He wants to be a summer camp group leader.
5 Look again at the information in 2. Write a letter
3 He hasn’t got any experience. from Beth or Fergus to one of the companies in
the adverts and ask for an application form.
4 He started university three years ago.
● Use the information in 4 to help you write your letter.
5 He can ride a horse.
● Remember to use paragraphs.
6 He wants an application form. ● Read and check for mistakes.
7 He wrote the letter in March. ● Give your letter to your teacher next class.

Tick the things you can do in English in the

Reading and Writing Progress Portfolio, p88.

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