WRITING an email 1 Read the three emails. What is the relationship between Michelle and Yvonne? How formal is the language? Hi Michelle, Hope you're well. Just to let you know the there's a sale until the end of the week at Shoeshine. It's that shop at the far end of High Street. Do you know the one? | picked ue pairs of shoes for work at half price. | could resist a pair of high heels, too. They're plastic. pink and the heels are 10 cm high - just ight for ‘our holiday in Ibiza next month! er you should get down there before they sell out All the best, Yoonne oe BGS es Hi Yvonne, ‘Thanks for letting me know about the sale, iput I've got some good news and some bad news. The good news is that I've been offered a promotion. The bad news is that they want me to do three weeks’ training next month, so I'm sorry. but | won't be able to go on holiday at that time. Is it OK if we go the following month? Would that work for you? Tell me what you think. Michelle ee —. Hi Michelle, No problem. Don't worry. Congratulations on the new job! ‘twa meet at the weekend and you Why don't we Zan tell me all about it? Would you like to have Gfaner at my place? We can eat and talk about Siher possibilities for the holiday. See youscon. Yvonne a eS. 2 Find the underlined expressions inthe, match functions a Give reason for w ‘Apologise — Give good news zs ofte a Recommend a Suggest — g Give bad news — h Thank i k 1 emai Request Say when and where Give details End email 3 Match these expressions to the functions (a. exercise 2. 1 Tmafraid ... —— 2 How about . 3. Imso grateful that 4 Imemailing you to 5 Canyouhelp . 6 7 8 Unfortunately You ought to go There are... 9. Itstarts at atthe 10. Look forward to seeing you. 11 Tmo happy because ... 12. Canthelp Escaneado con CamScanner4 workin pairs. Practise writing very short informal ails to each other. Follow the flowchart below. inte your first email and swap it with your partner, wnwrite the next email and swap again. Continue i the end of the flowchart. until Give details of something you have just bought. Recommend the shop toa friend. A way Thank your friend. Suggest you meet this weekend. 0 x y Give bad news. Say sorry. Explain why you can't. wy v Offer to cook dinner instead next week. YW ‘Thank your friend. Offer to bring something to e2t- i wy Request your friend brings something. Say when. wy Confirm details. End email. 5 Read the exam question and write your emai 140-190 words in an appropriate style. Use the useful expressions from the box. You have received this em epal Sara. _ From: Sara Subject: school project Ineed your help! I'm doing a school project about life in another country and we have to write a profile of one person. First, we have to describe the kind of place they live in, Then, we have to describe one personal object that belongs to the person and say why it's important. Can you tell me about your home and one important object? ‘Thanks Sara 7 Write your email. fe the checklist to check your answer. your partner and use the checklist your partner's email. 6 Us 7 swap emails to comment on Wr audaula, Did you: use less formal language? Stort and end the email appropriately? describe the place you lve? describe a personal belonging? tse between 140-190 words? o0000 NIN Lar seta Pca - Z Escaneado con CamScannerWRITING AN EMAIL Did you: ° use less formal language? ° start and end the email appropriately? ¢ describe the place you live? ¢ describe a personal belonging? e use between 140-190 words? OO WRITING CHECKLIST WRITING GUIDE PAGE 215 Hi/Hello Just to let you know that... I'm emailing you to... I'm afraid that... Unfortunately... Can!?/Could you... ? Is it OKif... ? You should/ ought to... Can!/Could you... Would you like to... ? Why don’t we... ? How about... ? See you soon. Bye for now. All the best / best wishes. USEFUL EXPRESSIONS Escaneado con CamScannerWRITING an article (2) When you write an article, it’s important to: + plan before you write think of a title that will attract the reader’s attention have an opening sentence to interest the reader use expressions to introduce each new idea, e.g. First... / Another way is to... . 1 Work in pairs. Read this exam question and then read a candidate's answer. How well do you think the candidate answers the question? You see this advertisement in a local newspaper. We are looking for an article (120-180 words) that suggests three easy ways for our readers to produce less waste in their daily lives. Explain why this is an important issue and suggest three ways to help. The writer of the winning article will receive a brand new bicycle! ASS Write your article. Escaneado con CamScannerays tO save y hree easy Ways to save JOU Money and save the planet Have you ever stopped to consider how much ye throw away every week? Producing less waste cq.) save you money and, more importantly, save the natural resources of the planet. 4 Take, for example, plastic bags. Many people put their shopping in a bag and then throw the bag auay Why not simply take the old plastic bags back to the supermarket next time you shop and use ther again? A second way to prod uce less waste is to give your unwanted things to charity. If you have old household appliances, books, DVDs and clothes. then take them to a charity shop. They will either resell the items or give them to people in need. - Finally, start recycling products like glass bot cans and paper. Put these items into separate” and take them to your local recycling centre. hind So, next time you are about to throw So" a away ask yourself: Can | re-use this? Can? else re-use this? Can it be recycled? I's 50 easy! Escaneado con CamScanner2 The candidate planned the answer before Below is part of the plan. Read the article, iin complete the plan. “Gin, PLAN: [ Why it’s important: One way to produce less waste: A second way: A third way: Escaneado con CamScanner3H ore are three possible titles for the article. Why t do you think the candidate chose the last title? Can you think of any other possible titles? How we can save the planet Why we shouldn't throw things away Three easy ways to save you money and save the planet Itis important to have an interesting opening sentence when writing an article. These five techniques are often used. Match the techniques (a-e) to the opening sentences (1-5). a aquestion __— b ageneral introduction to the topic ___ ¢_astatistic or surprising fact __— d_ apoint for discussion or argument e apersonal anecdote 1 The typical household probably produces around six bags of rubbish a week. Have you ever stopped to consider how much you throw away every week? There are many ways we can reduce the amount of household waste we produce. ut of the city when falling behind what in fact it was the One evening | was driving o' llooked across at the sun seemed like a giant mountain; too difficult to recycle Some people still say It is products and would prefer Sa Escaneado con CamScanner5 The candidate in exercise 1 uses these three expressions (1-3) to introduce ideas. Expressions a-h have similar meanings. Match each expression a-h to the expression 1-3 that is most similar. 1 Take, for example, ... 2 Asecond way to produce less waste is to ... Finally, ... w First of all, there's __ And lastly... Alternatively you could You could also consider (-ing) For one thing, there's the problem of ... Let'sstart with Dihirdlyi ees Another easy way which takes no effort is to ... sar oan om Escaneado con CamScanner6 Read this exam question. Plan the article to answer the exam question by completing the notes below. You see this advertisement in a local paper. oo We are looking for an article (140-190 words) that suggests three easy ways to improve | the local community. Explain why this is an important issue and suggest three ideas to help. The winning article will receive a £50 book token! i Write your article. PLAN; Why it’s important: One way to improve the community: Asecond way: Athird way: Escaneado con CamScanner