Writing Plan 1

Write an opinion about your city or town.

1 Complete the chart below about your city or town.

Name of city or town:

General information:

Opinion:

Examples:

2 Use the information in the chart to write an opinion.

Check Yourself Useful Language

Content – I included I live in …
the name of my city / town … is a … city.
general information … people live here.
my opinion In my opinion, it’s a … city.
examples There is / are …
My friends and I …
Language – I used
… is a … place for …
a dverbs of frequency and
time expressions correctly You can …
prepositions correctly It has / hasn’t got …
 resent Simple / Present Continuous
P It is / isn’t …
correctly We often …
There is / There are correctly We also like …
articles and quantifiers correctly
➜ Writing Guide, WorkBOOK, page 132

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 Writing Plan 2
Write a description of life in the past.
1 Imagine it’s 50 years into the future and you are writing about life in 2019.

2 Complete the chart below.

Routines:

Eating habits:

Free-time activities:

3 Use the information in the chart to write a description of life in 2019.

Useful Language
Check Yourself
People began …
Content – I included
People used to …
routines
There was / were …
eating habits
In addition, …
free-time activities
Because of that, many people …
Language – I used People often / usually / never …
connectors of cause correctly They ate …
expressions of quantity correctly They didn’t …
Past Simple correctly Because people were … , they …
used to correctly … was / were …
Present / Past Simple Passive correctly
➜ Writing Guide, WorkBOOK, page 132

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 Writing Plan 3
Write a profile of your family.
1 Complete the chart below about you and your family.

Paragraph 1
Personal details about yourself and your family:

Paragraph 2
Other details about your family members:

Paragraph 3
Relationship with your family:

2 Use the information in the chart to write a profile of your family.

Paragraph 1



Paragraph 2



Paragraph 3

Check Yourself Useful Language

Content – I included My name is …
p ersonal details about myself and I’m …
my family
I live in …
details about my family members
My family is more … than other families.
d etails about my relationship with my
My mother / father …
family
My mother / father thinks …
Language – I used During the day, …
linking words correctly In the evenings, …
connectors of purpose correctly My … and I are …
c omparative and superlative adjectives Our parents are …
correctly
➜ Writing Guide, WorkBOOK, page 132
modals correctly

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 Writing Plan 4
Write a story.
1 Think of a story. The story can be real or imaginary,

2 Complete the chart below with information about the story.

Paragraph 1
Time: Place:
Main characters:
Paragraph 2
What happened:

Paragraph 3
Ending:

3 Use the information in the chart to write a story.

Paragraph 1



Paragraph 2



Paragraph 3

Useful Language
Check Yourself
On … (date), …
Content – I included
First, …
the time and place
Then, …
the main characters
While the … was … , the …
details about what happened
The next day, …
the ending
While he / she was … ,
Language – I used … which / where / who …
quotation marks correctly Thanks to …
connectors of sequence correctly In the end, …
 ast Continuous and Past Simple
P Finally, …
correctly
relative clauses correctly ➜ Writing Guide, WorkBOOK, page 132

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 Writing Plan 5
Write a formal e-mail to a city official.
1 Think of real or imaginary problems in your town or city.
2 Complete the chart below about the problems.

Paragraph 1
Name and personal information:
Reason for writing:
Paragraph 2
Problems and solutions:

How the solutions will help:

Paragraph 3
Summary:

3 Use the information in the chart to write a formal e-mail to a city official about the problems.

Paragraph 1



Paragraph 2



Paragraph 3

Check Yourself Useful Language

My name is …
Content – I included
I am … years old.
my name and personal information
I am writing to you about …
my reason for writing
However, …
the problems and solutions
First of all, …
how the solutions will help
That is because …
my hope for the future
If the town … , people would / could …
Language – I used Another problem is …
synonyms correctly There is / is not …
s ubject pronouns and possessive I think …
adjectives correctly
If we make these changes, … will …
future tenses correctly
first and second conditional correctly ➜ Writing Guide, WorkBOOK, page 132

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 Writing Plan 6
Write a profile of a person.
1 Think of a person and complete the chart below.

Paragraph 1
General information:
Paragraph 2
Achievements:
Other details:

Paragraph 3
Summary and / or opinion:

2 Use the information in the chart to write a profile of a person.

Paragraph 1



Paragraph 2



Paragraph 3

Check Yourself Useful Language

… was born on … in …
Content – I included
He / She has been a … since …
general information
He / She won …
achievements
He’s / She’s the first …
other details
He / She has …
a summary
In … , for example, he / she …
my opinion
I really admire …
Language – I used Some people said …
correct text organisation It’s important to think …
 resent Perfect Simple /
P I agree / don’t agree with the people who …
Past Simple correctly
At the age of …
reported speech correctly
Today, …

➜ Writing Guide, WorkBOOK, page 132

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