Professional Documents
Culture Documents
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Writing Questions
Summarising
Letter (Friendly or Formal)
Essay (Newspaper Article)
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Friendly Letters
The Basics
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Sample Questions
Write to a relative who missed a family
celebration, telling him/her all about it.
A cousin you have never met before has
written saying she/he is coming to stay.
Write and tell him/her about your family,
your home and the area you live in.
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Most Important
Forget you are in an exam
Always imagine the situation is real.
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Also, consider
Who you are writing to.
Greeting
Paragraph 1: Introduction
Paragraph 2: Transition and Body
Paragraph 3: Body
Paragraph 4: Conclusion
Ending and signature
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Body
Body has different features depending on question
type
1. Narrative
Telling a story
Describing an event
2. Descriptive
1.
3. Advice
Well do this later.
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Introduction WHY?
TO SHOW THE
LOVE
As such, dont answer the main
question here.
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Introduction HOW?
1. Apology
1.
2. Not an apology
1.
3. Personal Reference
1.
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Transition Sentence
Second paragraph first sentence
Links introduction to main part of
letter.
So, should inform reader of reason for
writing, i.e. the question.
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Transition Sentence
1. Using Anyway; or Anyhow,
1.
2.
Shows respect.
That the information may not be
important to the reader.
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