LSP101 – PROGRESSIVE ENGLISH

WRITING PRACTICE (25%)

TASK 1 (INFORMAL EMAIL WRITING) – 15%

SAMPLE 1
Read the email from your friend, Mona. In about 100 – 150 words, write an email to
Mona using all the notes given in the boxes.

To: (Your name)

From: Mona
Subject: Birthday party!

Hi, I’m so excited to receive your birthday party

Me too!
invitation! My parents will drive me from Kulim to
Yes, the theme
Penang for your birthday party. Does your birthday
is…
party have a theme? What’s the theme of your
birthday party?

I am going to shop for your birthday present this I would like to

weekend but I have no idea what to buy for you. What have…
would you like to have as your birthday present? Can
It is because…
you tell me why?

By the way, who else will be coming to your birthday Tell Mona
party?

See you in two weeks!

Mona

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SAMPLE 2
Read the email from your friend, Sandy. In about 100 – 150 words, write an email to
Sandy using all the notes given in the boxes.

To: (Your name)

From: Sandy
Subject: Anthro Club trip to the museum!

Hi, I’m so excited to go for a club trip to the museum with

Me too!
my course mates and lecturers next Friday! You must
I felt…
have felt the same way last week for your trip to the
museum.

How did I get

We will be going to the museum by bus. The bus will there and when?
leave campus at 8.30 a.m.

I am not going to miss my favourite section, the Egyptian My favourite section

mummies. We learnt about Egyptian mummies in Year of the museum is …
One and I really love reading about Egyptian mummies. because …
My favourite course in Year One is Egyptian History.

Let me know more about your club trip to the museum. I enjoyed the trip to
the museum

Regards, because…

Sandy

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TASK 1 (FORMAL EMAIL WRITING) – 15%
SAMPLE 1

Write an email to your hostel officer about problems in your hostel.

Use the notes provided in about 100 – 150 words.

• Dirty toilets and common areas

• Non-functioning washing machines
• Too much litter around the hostel
• Wild monkeys around the hostel

SAMPLE 2

Write an email to your university newspaper about the problems faced by university
students.
Use the notes provided in about 100 - 150 words.

• Expensive food at hostel cafeterias

• Lack of scholarships and graduate assistant funds
• Expensive textbooks
• Poor quality drinking water

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