Unit 9
Writing: Page 65, exercise 7
Writing skills: An informal letter
When you write an informal letter,
- Use language that is similar to spoken English.
- Use abbreviations instead of full forms.
I wish I hadn’t given up the piano. Last year, we always played basketball after
school, but I’d rather have played tennis.
- Informal letters usually have idioms and phrasal verbs.
- Use active rather than passive verbs.
Please let me know if ...;
someone told me that ...
I wasn’t put off by ...
Writing skills: Writing informally
- We always begin a letter with Dear [name], whether it is formal or informal.
- In emails, we are less formal and tend to use Hello [name], or Hi!
- In open letters, we use a group noun to address all the people that we want to include, such as Dear fellow students.
- In all of the above, it is fine to use abbreviations such as I’m, and don’t.
- We can end emails and letters (not open letters) with Best wishes/See you soon/Looking forward to hearing from you.
- We end an open letter repeating what we want to say.
7 Write an informal letter to a friend about some of your wishes and regrets. Write about 100 words.
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Students’ own answers
Writing: Page 67, exercise 8
8 Choose or invent a product. Note down its good and bad qualities. Write a paragraph of 100 words about it, ending with your opinion.
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Quotation Read the quotation. Do you agree with it? Why/Why not?
| Unless the exchange be in love and kindly justice, it will but lead some to greed and others to hunger. Gibran Khalil Gibran (1883 CE–1931 CE) |
مالم تتعاملوا بينكم بالمحبة والعدل فان الجشع سيسيطر على بعضكم بينما الاخرون يتضورون جوعا.
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It is likely that Gibran is talking about trade here since he references ‘some’ and ‘others’, which could mean the general population of a country. He is talking about mutual respect, and this could be applied to any exchange, as well as trade.
Sample review
Writing: Page 69, exercise 11
Reviews include:
1 Introduction (say what you are reviewing/some background)
2 General overview
3 Conclusion and recommendation (state your overall opinion)
Introduction: Give a general report.
Body: Cover both positive and negative aspects.
Conclusion: Summarise and recommend.