anda Kirsten Campbell-Howes a @ POWERED BY COBUILD aCONTENTS Introduction Section 1 - Writing to share information Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 5 Short emails Longer emails Postcards Text messages Sharing news online Section 2 - Writing to get things done Unit 6 Unit 7 Unit 8 Unit 9 Unit 10 Filling in forms “To do’ lists Invitations and directions Advertising a room Giving and getting advice Section 3 - Writing for work and study Unit 11 Unit 12, Unit 13 Unit 14 Unit 15 Course applications Asking for help Job applications Taking notes Problems at work or school Section 4 - Writing for pleasure Unit 16 Unit 17 Unit 18 Unit 19 Unit 20 Personal profiles on networking sites Blogging Twitter Social media ‘Online reviews ‘Appendix 1 Useful phrases Appendix 2. Sentence structure Appendix 3 Conjunctions Appendix 4 Punctuation Appendix 5 Short forms Appendix 6 Proofreading Mini-dictionary ‘Answer key 12 16 20 24 28 32 BSS 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 88 96 97 100 102 103 109INTRODUCTION Collins English for Life: Writing will help you to develop your writing skills in everyday life. You can use Writing: + asa self-study course ‘* as supplementary material on a general English course. Writing consists of 20 units, divided into the following four sections: * Section 1 Writing to share information ‘+ Section 2 Writing to get things done * Section 3 Writing for work and study * Section 4 Writing for pleasure Unit structure To make things easy for you, each unit has a similar structure. We recommend that you do the exercises in order when working through a unit. Each unit includes a selection from: + A ‘Getting started’ section, which introduces the topic of the unit. * A'Looking closely’ section to introduce the types of writing we will be looking at. + ‘Language focus’ exercises that ask you to practise the language, grammar, styles and techniques presented in ‘Looking closely’. * ‘Writing clearly’ and ‘Get writing’ exercises that ask you to practise the language and skills you have learned. Other features * There are boxed texts highlighted in green that give you extra information on ‘Clear usage’ that will help you complete the unit. ‘+ There are also ‘Useful tips’ and ‘Useful vocabulary and phrases’ boxes to help you complete the writing exercises. At the back of the book there are these useful documents: * Useful phrases for writing formal and informal emails, invitations, reviews, etc. ‘+ Information on sentence structure, punctuation and short forms. * A checklist for proofreading your own writing, * Aglossary which gives you definitions and example sentences for some of the difficult words in the units. ‘+ An answer key which includes sample answers for all the questions in the book. How to use this book There are two ways to use this book: 1 Work through from units 1-20. 2 Choose from the Contents page the units that are most useful or interesting to you. 6 | WritingLanguage level Writing has been written to help learners at A2 level and above (Elementary to Intermediate). Other titles Also available in the Collins English for Life series at A2 level: Reading, Speaking and Listening. Available in the Collins English for Life series at B1 level: Reading, Speaking, Listening and Writing. How to improve your writing skills Many students think writing is the hardest skill to learn, but this doesn’t have to be true. Here are some simple things to do to improve your writin« 1. Read as much as you can in English. Read books, newspapers, magazines, blogs, social media - whatever you can find, Reading lots of different writing will introduce you to new vocabulary and grammar. 2. Practise by writing as much as you can in English. Try writing simple things like lists in English, then move to more complex things like blog posts. Don't expect to be a great writer straight away. Try to practise a little every day and you will soon get better. 3. Learn the rules of English grammar, sentence construction and punctuation. English is a large and complex language, but learning the rules will help you with your writing. Doing the exercises in this book is a good start! What is ‘good’ writing? Not everyone agrees what good writing is, but if you follow the list below, this should help you decide if your writing is good or not: 1. tis easy to understand. This is not the same as ‘boring’ or ‘simple’. Good writing can include lots of different vocabulary and some complex sentences but still be easy to read. 2. Itis pleasurable (fun) to read. As well as being easy to read, good writing should ‘flo This is hard to describe, but means you can follow the text easily without getting confused; there are no gaps or strange sentences that make you stop to read twice and you find yourself wanting to read more and more. Think of a time when you have read something very quickly and can’t believe you have finished it already - that is writing which flows. 3 It isn’t too long or too short. A 50-page list of instructions on how to turn on a TV is too long; a five-word sentence to say why you want to apply to a course is too short. Good writing will find the balance between being too long and too short. 4 itis communicative (it tells you something you didn’t know before). All good writing should communicate something. This might be facts, ideas, opinions or something else. Introduction 7SHORT EMAILS 1 How many emails do you send and receive each day? 2 Who do you write emails to? 3 What subjects do you read and write about? iter Looking closely @ Read the emails and answer the questions. ¢ \ Getting started A \ 1. What does Lewis want? 2 What does Julie want? 3 Does Julie ike comedy? 4 Does Julie like Thai food? | Hey Julie | ; hope things are good with you. What are you doing on Thursday night? I've got a spare ticket for a comedy show in Camden | ~ would you like to come? We could go out for dinner after the show. There's a nice Thai restaurant near the market. Let me know if you're interested. Speak soon @ : Lewis i Hi Lewis How are you doing? Thanks for the invitation ~ I'd love to see some comedy with you. I don’t | like Thai food, though. Why don't we go for Italian instead? t ‘See you Thursday! Julie : 8 | WritingUNIT 1 | Short emails Language focus Read the phrases from the emails again. Mark the phrases for making a plan ‘P’, opening an email ‘0’, or closing an email ‘C’ 1 How are you doing? © 5. I'd love to see some comedy with you 2 Speak soon 6 Why don’t we go for Italian instead? 3 Would you like to come? 7 Thope things are good with you 4 See you Thursday! Useful vocabulary and phrases: making plans Use these phrases to make plans Use these phrases to respond to a plan and arrangements or arrangement Would you like to go to the cinema? __Yes, that sounds good. How about watching a film? Yes, that sounds like fun Why don’t we play tennis? I'd love to! ‘We could visit the museum. Thanks. I'll see you there. Let’s go out on Thursday. Sorry, I'm busy then. Thanks but | have other plans. Maybe another time? Unjumble the phrases for making plans. 1. Wednesday go the Let's cinema on to Let's go te the ¢ joy 2. could football? We play 3 going How to Italian about restaurant? an 4 comedy? and some don't go Why we see 5 park? like work you to go the Would to after tomorrow Writing clearly Write a reply to each question in exercise 2, using the phrases from the box. Imagine you are the person in each sentence. Write a sentence to make or respond toa plan. 1 a Jack wants to go to the cinema on Saturday with Xiao Li and Adil. o Xiao Li is too busy to go to the cinema on Saturday. Adil doesn’t want to go to the cinema on Saturday. He wants to go on Sunday. 2 a Orla would like to go to a Chinese restaurant on Monday with Kate. Kate wants to go to a Japanese restaurant instead, o Section 1 | Writing to share information | 9Language focus @ __ Read the emails. Which email is formal? Which is informal? Hey Jo, Dear Mikael, What's up? Let’s go out this weekend ~ maybe | hope you are well see afl? I'm writing to let you know that the date of Speak soon! your next English class is now Monday Sth June, not Tuesday 6th June. Love, Please let me know if you can still come. Kind regards, Betsy @ Mark these phrases ‘F’ for formal and ‘I’ for informal. 1 Hi/Hey | 6 Love / Hugs / Kisses 2 Dear 7 Kind regards 3° What's up? 8 x(=kiss) 4 Thope you are well... 9 Cheers 5. Speak soon. / See you soon. .. 10 | look forward to hearing from you. .. Pele Cy Writing clearly @ write an opening phrase and closing phrase for an email to ... 11 your best friend 3 a friend you have met once or twice 2 your dad 4 your bank 10 | WritingUNIT 1 | Short emails @ This email has six punctuation problems. Find them and rewrite the email. Hey Janet, How are you. if you re free tomorrow would you lke to go to the cinema There's a nice new, italian place by the river. Maybe we could try it Let me know if you want to go. x Cantie Sleur Rut cg Get writing @ write an informal email to arrange an evening out with a friend. ‘Ask what he / she is doing next Thursday evening, Make a suggestion about something fun to do. Make a suggestion about somewhere to eat Choose informal phrases to open and close your email. @ Write a formal email to your new English teacher to arrange a lesson. Include the following: + Ask if your teacher is available next Saturday. * Suggest a time and place for the lesson. * Choose formal phrases to open and close your email * Be friendly and polite My review can tell the difference between formal and informal emails. I can open an informal email. Ican close an informal email. Ican write a short email to make a plan with a friend. oooo Section 1 | Writing to share information 11LONGER EMAILS Getting started 1 What is your daily routine? ‘What activities do you do most days? 2. Does your daily routine sometimes change? How? 3. Who do you write your longest emails to? Looking closely @ Read the email and answer the questions, 1 Whois sending the email? Who is receiving it? 2 What is the relationship between these two people? 3 What are some differences between Stan‘s life in Edinburgh and his life in Toronto? From —[email protected] To ‘alekscicek@!swcorp.ca Subject: Hello from Edinburgh! Hi Aleks This is my second week in Edinburgh — can you believe it? I love it here. 'm so happy | decided to go to university in Scotland, Life is very different here. | share a flat with two other students from my course. Each day | get up around 7.30 and walk to the university. On the way I buy breakfast at my local café, Everyone here eats sausages — they're nice, but not very healthy! At university | have classes all ‘morning. My classmates come from all over the world ~ there are lots of Chinese and Nigerian people, We all eat lunch together in the canteen — usually sandwiches. in the afternoon | study or go for a walk around town ~ there's so much to see. In the evenings | go out with my classmates, except on Fridays and Saturdays, when | wash dishes at an Italian restaurant. I'm even learning some Italian! | miss living at home, especially mom's cooking and your stupid jokes @ Living in ‘my own flat is great, but | don’t like cleaning and doing the dishes. Edinburgh is very small compared with Toronto, and it's cold, even in summer! | miss you, little brother — write soon! Take it easy Stan 12 | WritingUNIT 2 | Longer emails Language focus Read Stan's email again. Complete the table. ___| Stan’s daily routine in E Morning ‘Afternoon | Evening “Fri / Sat evening eas Useful vocabulary and phrases: daily activities When you describe your daily activities use verbs in their infinitive form: In the morning | get up, brush my teeth, have breakfast and go to work. In the afternoon I have lunch, study and go shopping In the evening | go out (with my friends), go to the gym and have dinner. When you describe another person's daily activities, change the form of the verb: Stan gets up ... He eats ... He goes out Change these sentences to the first person (I go/| eat / have, etc.). 1 He eats lunch at 1.00 p.m. 4. In the afternoon he goes to the gym. eat Luni at 1.00 p.m 5 Inthe evening she works at the cinema, 2 She always gets up at 8.00 a.m. 6 In the evening he studies or watches 3 She works from 9 to 5. WV. Fill the gaps in each sentence. 14 Stan : (walk) to university every morning. Stan’s friends (eat) sausages for breakfast. Ussseesesneeseee (QO OUt) with my friends on Friday nights. We always have) lunch in the school canteen. Stan (have) dinner at the Italian restaurant on Saturday evenings. 2 3 4 5 Complete the table with information about you and a friend or family member. Mornings Afternoons | Evenings Weekends Section 1| Writing to share information 13eee © Choose the best description of each paragraph from Stan’s email. 1. The first paragraph a introduces the email 2) The second paragraph b compares Toronto and Edinburgh. 3. The third paragraph ... describes Stan's daily routine @ Read the text and mark where each new paragraph should start. ti Mam. Tharks for sending me the books — they look very interesting! Lim hating @ lovely time here in Granada. The weather is beacctifed ard Spanish people are very friendly. Learring Spanish is easy, becaise no one warts to speak English! Let me tell you about a typical day here. Z get “4p at 9am ard have cofbee and pastries tor breakfast. Then Inés, ayy Spanish teacher, comes to my house and gives me a lesson. L eat lunch in acate near ory qpartment. Then Z hare a siesta — that's the time in the @hternoon when Spanish people sleep or relax. Most of the shops close for a fear heutrs. In the evering L meat oy triend Jorge ard we talk or 90 for audk. We sometimes go aut tor tapas. Spanish peaple eat vary late. Sometimes L dan't go home until tara! You and Dad should come and visit we here. You can stay with Jorge's parents. I'll even teach you some Spanish! Love Lisbeth Writing clearly @ Practise writing paragraphs. 11 Write a short paragraph (1-2 sentences) to start an email to a friend in a different country. 2 Write a paragraph (20-30 words) about your typical morning activities. 3 Write a paragraph (40-50 words) about a colleague. Describe his or her daily activities. 4 Write a short paragraph (1-2 sentences) to close an email to your friend. 14 | WritingUNIT 2 | Longer emails Pirate) Language focus @ Add punctuation to these sentences. 4 Imiss you 4 Often Peter my friend goes fishing 2 Every day | go to the gym 5 | love Paris its amazing 3 Can you believe Ive been in Rio for two months now Get writing @ write an email to someone in your family. Describe your daily activities. + Start with a short introduction. Say something nice about where you live. * In the next paragraph, describe your daily activities. Say what you do at different times of day, what you eat and who you see. * Close your email. Say something nice to your family member. Useful vocabulary and phrases: writing home Hi/ Hey How are you? | hope you're well. | Let me tell you about ... Let me describe my daily routine Every day |. Sometimes I..., |always... In the morning / afternoon / evening, |... Life is very different here. I'm having a great time. | I miss you. / Wish you were here! Love / Hugs / Kisses | My review ' | can use paragraphs to break up text. a ' | can choose the right verbs to talk about daily activites. a ' | can use punctuation correctly. a Q ' {can write an email with 2-3 paragraphs to describe my daily life. Section 1 | Writing to share information | 15POSTCARDS Getting started 1 Where was the last place you went on holiday? 2 What did you do there? Did you have a good time? 3 Have you ever sent a postcard? Who to? Looking closely @ _ Read the postcard below and answer the questions. 11 Who is the postcard from? 3 Which activities has Rosie done? 2 Whois the postcard to? 4 What will Rosie do tomorrow? @ Label the postcard with the words in the box. { address stamp PS. greeting signature message 1 4 2 3 6 Wi Ereryore! 1 Ln hating @ lovely time jere. The weather 15 amazing ~ it's so het! On Tuesday I wart to See the pyramids They were So hitge! I took lots of 2| Photos For you, Jo. Z had a ride on a Camel too — that was scary! Yesterday Ldse wilked arotind Cairo tad te Some delicious Food at a street marked. Tomorrow Lm to take a cruise dawn the Nile Sn @ smal! beat. Pn 50 Je, Philip, Kristine & Lee 5. excited —i0's going to be Fantastic! ae an Somer sby Park, Walthamstow Wish you were all here! Lets of love, Rosie xxx 3 fenton Gia sh 6| 25. Kememter to feed my goldfish! ae 16 | WritingUNIT 3 | Postcards Language focus @ __ Read the sentences from postcards. Mark each phrase ‘P’ for talking about the past, “F’ for talking about the future, or ‘T’ for typical postcard phrases. 1. Wish you were here! T 2 On Tuesday | went to see the pyramids 3 I'mhaving a lovely time! Tomorrow I'm going to go on a cruise We're going to visit the Prado Museum We saw the most beautiful sunset! The weather is great! Miss you! wearane We ate at a great restaurant last night 10 We went diving and saw an octopus @ complete the postcard text with phrases from the box. { Wish youwere here! wenttosee ate weather is goingto Seeyou great time wi Misey In heaving a in Kome ~ the Yesterday I. the Trevi Fountain. Te was really beautitit!. En the evening I found a lovely little restatrant and too much pizza! visit the Vatican. Jove, Trev PS. bought you a lovely present! Language note A postscript is a short message you can write at the very end of a postcard or letter. Write ‘PS.’ (the short form of ‘postscript’) and then your message. Section 1 | Writing to share information 718 Clear usage: simple past tense ‘We use postcards to tell our friends and family about the things we have done on holiday. We usually use the simple past tense. To form the simple past tense, use subject + main verb in the past tense. We visited the pyramids. We saw the most beautiful sunset! © Read the postcard. Underline the verbs in the simple past tense. Dear Gety Jackie and Mia We are having a wonderfull time in Hong ros Yesterday we took the Star Farry to Taio Sha Tati and went shopping. E bought a jale necklace and Papa a silk shire. Last night we ate ina tiny restaurant — the food was delicious! Tomorrow we're to visit Waray Valley to wateh the heonse raaing Pr saehe gaing to eal dey Setm Seat, Techie & Mig ___ Be eees teal Wd Portland Place, Lslington Pees jece London, Ni 2XT Mama and Papa xx ak © Match the sentence halves. 1 Yesterday we ate a some lions and tigers in the zoo, 2 Wesaw b British Museum. 3. Lisa bought a beautiful some delicious seafood. 4 I visited the scarf in the market. 5 We took e. the ferry to Hong Kong Island. @ Fill the gaps in these sentences. 1 We ate (eat) noodles at a Japanese restaurant. 2 Patrick (climb) the mountain and (see) a snake. 3 We (visit) the British Museum and ssssee (See) the exhibition. ai (take) a bus to (visit) the Tower of London. 5 Yesterday | (go) to the market and (buy) a silk scart. WritingUNIT 3 | Postcards Clear usage: going to’ for future When you want to write about plans in the future, use ‘going to’. 1'm going to visit the Louvre tomorrow. We're going to fly to Laos on Monday. You can change ‘going to go’ to ‘going’. I'm going to the market tomorrow. She's going to Kowloon to buy a scarf. Correct the mistakes in these sentences. 1 We're go to eat at a French restaurant. 2. I'm go to go to the cinema this evening 3 I think I going to like Cairo. 4 We're going to visited the museum tomorrow. Get writing Read your holiday plan. Today is Day 3 of your holiday. Follow the instructions and write sentences for a postcard home. Woliday to London’ Day Bus to Buckingham Palace Day 2: (yesterdas) French restaurant Day 3: CLoday) shepping Day 4 Lomorrow) British Museum 1. Write a sentence about Day 1 3. Write a sentence about Day 3 2) Write a sentence about Day 2. 4 Write a sentence about Day 4. Use the sentences you wrote in exercise 1 to write a postcard to a friend. * Start with a greeting and a sentence about where you are and what the weather is like. * Write about three things you have already done. Use the simple past tense. * Write a sentence about something you are going to do. * Write a sentence to close your postcard. * Write the address. © Write a postscript (PS.) My review | can identify the main parts of a postcard. | can write about activities in the simple past tense. | can write about plans using ‘going to’. | can write a postcard describing a holiday or trip. oooo Section 1 | Writing to share information | 19TEXT MESSAGES Getting started 1 How many text messages do you send and receive each day? 2 Who do you send text messages to? 3 What do you text about? - - 0 Looking closely @ Read the text messages and answer the questions. 1 Where is Joanne? Joanne: 2. Whatis the problem? At the restaurant, Where ru? 3. What does Dee suggest to solve the problem? canteen ee) were meting a 7? © Match these parts of the text messages to eee or their meaning ine ‘Check ur calendar! Ss a Tae tru a seven o'clock cme Ohno! | got the time wron ang: b_ I'm sad disappointed Soin @ ean ices et 3 our ¢ laughing out loud Ill be there in 15 mins. Why don't order now? Hi have the chicken! a4 your Joanne: LOL Thanks Dee! Cu soon! su eee Ciype message here 6 cu f you 7 LoL gare you Language note A text / text message (or SMS) is a short message sent from one mobile phone to another. Use these phrases to talk about texting: Send me a text / SMS. Text me later. //'l text you later. Isent you a text / an SMS. Did you get it? 20 WritingUNIT 4 | Text messages Language focus @ Read the text messages on page 20 again. Underline the phrase that Dee uses to make a suggestion. Useful vocabulary and phrases: changing your plans Use these phrases to make a suggestion Why don’t we go to another restaurant? Shall we try another restaurant? How about meeting on Wednesday? Perhaps we could stay at home? Let's go to the park. Maybe we should go out? If you are changing from one plan to another, you can use the word ‘instead’ Why don’t we watch TV instead? Let's go to an indian restaurant instead © __Unjumble the sentences for making suggestions. 1 instead? Why we cinema to go don't the 2 another watch film? we Shall 3 to.go Japanese a instead. restaurant Lets 4 about Wednesday? How tennis playing on © write a sentence to make a suggestion for each situation. 1 You and a friend want to eat at a restaurant. You suggest Indian food, but he does not like Indian food. Your friend wants to watch some comedy, but you prefer watching films Your friend takes you to the swimming pool, but itis closed today You and your flatmate made a plan to go the the park, but its raining now. wewn Your friend wants to see a film at the local cinema. When you get there, all the tickets for that film are gone. To save time when you are texting, use text speak to shorten words: Cu soon = See you soon. Where r u? = Where are you? 15 mins = 15 minutes 2nite = tonight Gr8 = great Thx = Thanks NP= No problem h8 = hate BTW = by the way Sometimes we leave out all the vowels (and some consonants) to shorten words: cd = could Use emoticons to show how you are feeling: :) = smiling / happy :( = sad / disappointed ;) = funny / joking Section 1 | Writing to share information | 21Looking closely @ _ Read the texts. Underline the text speak and write down what it means. Hi Matt ts raining. U stil Want 2 play tennis? G > yout still want to plas tennis? ‘1 want 2 play tennis, but not inthe rain! What shd we do. Instead? How about the gym? ‘No. h@ the ay! Maybe we ed stay in and ‘watch football instead? G81 order pizza.) Thx Cu later! TYpe massage hare Language note In texts, you can miss out some of the words in a sentence to save ti At the restaurant. = lam at the restaurant. Sorry. = 1am sorry. You can miss out verbs like ‘do’ and ‘have’ from the start of a question. Ustill want 2 play tennis? = Do you still want to play tennis? U gota ticket 4 the concert? = Have you got a ticket for the concert? @ Practise making these sentences shorter. Use text speak and miss out words. 1. Have you got any food for dinner? 4 Do you want to go to the gym tonight? 2. I can’t come out tonight. I'm too busy. 5. That's great! I'll bring something to drink. 3 I'msorry. | thought we were meeting at 9 o'clock. Useful vocabulary and phrases: making suggestions Let's ... Maybe we could / should How about Maybe we could ... instead. Why don't we ...? Ifyou like, we could ... WritingUNIT 4 | Text messages Language focus Circle the correct answer (note: sometimes both answers are correct). 1. I'll be there at / in ten minutes. 4 I'mat/in the party 2 Ate you at /in the cinema? 5. Are we meeting at /in 7.30? 3° See you at//in the café at/in 30 minutes Clear usage: prepositions of time and place Use ‘at’ to talk about time and place. Let's meet at 7. See you at 10.30. Are we meeting at the restaurant? Use ‘in’ to talk about places you can go inside. I'm in the car park / restaurant | swimming pool. Use ‘in + time’ to talk about how long you will take to do something. 1'll be ready in 15 minutes. We'll be there in an hour. Get writing Write text messages to suggest plans for each situation. 1 You want to take a friend to the cinema tonight. 2 Your friend wants to go out this weekend. You know she likes Italian food. 3. It. beautiful day. You and your friend both like playing tennis. Write text messages to answer each text below. Suggest a change in plans. 1. There are no tickets for the cinema 2nite! ( 2. Italian food sounds good, but I'm on a diet * 3° Ohno! it’s raining. We can’t play tennis now. What shd we do? My review | can understand simple text messages. I can use text speak and emoticons. | can make a suggestion for changing a plan. I can write text messages to make and change arrangements. oooo Section 1 | Writing to share information | 2324 SHARING NEWS ONLINE , Getting started 1. Who do you like to chat with online? 2 What messaging service do you use? 3 What's the longest conversation you've ever had online? Looking closely @ __ Read the conversation and answer the questions. What does Elodie want Pete to do? 3 What does Pete agree to do? Why can’t Pete come out? feoe Of O89 OB Topic profile Call Send Fle Elodie: Hey Pete. Got 5 mins? ss csp] ‘Sure. What's up? esr Ee oo ____ GD Hawed lsremciareal eierwork Wantholeinat — 5 where ri going ‘Crs Probably the George for drinks, Maybe we could go to Ps for food tntr? You shoals ore fi be unl oo ao Crem) : alas a | ae acy aks Ror gil - a ee ee _ CaERED nuded omen nd toxeorein paseo hart —__Cria) Well... I suppose I could come out for dinner. Why don’t | meet you at P's at 8? Elodie: Gr8! :) See u there! Pete: Cool, cu later! i © Read the sentences from the conversation. Mark them ‘S' for making a suggestion, ‘0! for expressing an obligation (something it is a good idea for you to do), or ‘SO’ for expressing a strong obligation (something it is very important for you to do). 11 Maybe we could go to PJ's for food 4 You should come out and have some later? ss fun. 2. You should come 5 Why don’t meet you at PJ's at 8? 3... [have to finish my work. WritingUNIT 5 | Sharing news online Language note When you greet people online, use the same language as for texting or writing informal emails: Hey / Hi/ Hello How’re you? How's it going? How‘ things? Don't use formal language like ‘Dear .., but it is polite to check if your friend or colleague is free to talk. Are you free right now? Have you got 5 minutes? Clear usage: expressing obligation and necessity For very strong (100%) obligation, use ‘must’ and ‘have to’. You must visit your grandma more often. | have to work late this evening. For weaker obligation (50%), use ‘should’. You should come out more often. | should stop eating so much chocolate. Language focus Complete the conversation with ‘should’, ‘must’ or ‘have to’. Kerry: Hey Phil, my boss says | 1 ......./4¥E.t2. work late today. :( | don't think I can come to the party — sorry! Phil: But you 2 ... come! It won't be any fun without you! Kerry: But everyone else in my office 3 ... if get to leave early Phil: | think you 4... Kerry: What do you think 15. se SY? Phil: Tell her it's your brother's birthday party and you 6 Kerry: You're right. 17... . work late. They'll be angry talk to your boss. Tell her this is important. go. stand up for myself. Wish me luck! Read the explanation, then complete each sentence with ‘mustn't’ or ‘don’t have to’ The negative of ‘must' is ‘must not / mustn't’. It expresses a strong negative obligation. The negative of ‘have to’ is ‘don’t have to’. It means that you don’t have to do something, but you can still do it if you want to. You be rude to your boss. You could lose your job! ' work late on Fridays, but sometimes | do anyway. We should go away this weekend. | work on Saturday. YOU sosseoesnesneeee 105 this key — it's the only one | have weuna Edis such a nice guy. He see his grandma so often, but he visits her every weekend. Section 1 | Writing to share information | 25Read the conversation. Underline the phrases for sharing news. Miriam: Hi Rasmus. Are you free to talk? Rasmus: Hey Miriam, 'm free. What's up? Miriam: You won't believe this, but Keira and Jack are having a baby! Rasmus: OMG!!! Wow! That's amazing news :) Who told you? Miriam: Keira told me last night. She also said that its going to be a gir! Rasmus: How exciting! I'l send them a card. Oh, I've got some news too. Miriam: Really? What is it? Rasmus: Ie got a new job! Miriam: Wow! That's amazing! Congratulations! Let's go out tonight to celebrate Useful vocabulary and phrases: sharing news Use these phrases to share news Use these phrases to react to news | Sarah said that ... OMG! (= Oh my gosh). Wow! Really? 'heard that ... That's great / amazing / shocking / Did you know that ...? terrible! Did you hear about ..? Congratulations! (if news is good) Use these phrases to share unusual or |'m so sorry to hear that. (if news is bad) exciting news You won't believe this, but I've got some (exciting) news. Writing clearly Use the phrases from the Useful vocabulary box to share some news. Follow the instructions below. 1. Tell your friend that you have a new job. Tell your friend that two people he / she knows are getting married. Tell your friend that you didn’t get the job you wanted Tell your friend that you are moving to another country. wewn Tell your friend that someone you both know has lost his / her job. Now write a response to each sentence you wrote in exercise 1. Example: You. won't believe this, t ve got a mew job! / Really? that’s great 26 | WritingUNIT 5 | Sharing news online Useful vocabulary and phrases: closing a conversation Use these phrases to pause an online chat (e. Sorry, | have to take a call. Just a second. Vl be back in a minute. / BRB (= be right back) if you need to do something else) To close (finish) a conversation politely use one of these phrases Sorry, but I've got to go now. /I'd love to talk more, but I have to go. It was nice chatting to you. Let's talk again soon. Language focus @ __ Use the phrases from the Useful vocabulary box to close the conversations. Remember to be polite. 1 | Mia: The party was fun, and everyone wanted to know about my new job. ie 2. | Simon: Work’s been really busy. | have so much to do before Friday! 5 Me: . ie 3 | Sophia: I'm having a great time in Spain. You'd love it. How are you anyway? 5 a le Get writing @ __ write responses to these sentences. 1 Hey, what's up. Are you free to talk? 2. They are going to get married! 3 Anne told me that she lost her job! 4 I'll be back in a minute. 5. I'd love to talk more, but | have to go. My review I can greet friends online and end a conversation. | can use ‘should, ‘must’ and ‘have to’ to express obligation. | can use different phrases to share and respond to news. | can chat with friends online. oooo Section 1 | Writing to share information | 27FILLING IN FORMS Getting started 1 When was the last time you filled in a form? 2. Where do you normally have to fill in forms? 3. What's the most important form you've ever had to fill in? Looking closely @ __ When you move to a new city, you often have to fill in forms to register for new services. Circle the places where you usually have to fill in forms. doctor's surgery clothes shop supermarket pizza restaurant gym bank school / college dentist work library hairdresser @ Read the form and answer the questions. 1 What is the first name of the person filling in the form? 2. Is the person filling in the form a man or a woman? 3. Whyis the person filing in the form? Fairside GP Clinic ‘New Patent Registration Form Personal information Tite:(Wis¥/MuMrs/Mir Gender: Mi) Date of Birth:_L_J O14) LL o> MM oYY FirstNeme-tAIEUZT ett Middle Name Last Name: ese Tee ede Pe os [oe De eee Le Primary language: _”g/i5/ nationality: Marital status Gaglmaried Contact information Home Address: Howserlatno: Lila 1 }streeti PII DIE) ISITE) 1 1 1s Towntity: Postcode: Email address: LL AA ITS OW I@LIEJE1 DIS) AiO 1G. Home tel:_Ol3 343 #84 Mobile a 28 | WritingUNIT 6 | Filling in forms © complete the missing information in the form using words and numbers from the box below. 4 LEEDS ANNE British WATSON 89 123sD 097865643321 Language note Most forms will ask you for your personal details first. Thes + Title (e.g. Miss, Mr, Mrs, Dr) * First name (e.g. Anna, Xue, Megumi, Cristian) + Second / Family name / Surname (e.g. Smith, Wang, Villa-Lopez) + Date of Birth / DOB (the day, month and year of your birthday) + Gender (i. male or female) Language focus @ Answer the questions with your personal details. 1 wawn What is your full name and title? What is your surname? What is your full date of birth? What is your year of birth? What is your gender? Language note Most forms will also ask you for your contact details. These include: * Your address (house / flat number, street, town / city, postcode), = Your email address + Your telephone number (mobile, home, work), often shortened to Tel. No.’ ‘= Some forms will ask for details of your ‘Emergency Contact Person or Next of Kin’. This is someone close to you (like your husband / wife, partner or parent). @ Answer the questions with your contact information 1 2 3 What is your flat / house number? 4 What is your postcode? What is the name of your street? 5 What is your email address? What town / city do you live in? 6 Who is your emergency contact person? Section 2 | Writing to get things done | 29Language note Most forms need your signature at the end. This is because the information you write in a form is very important. If you give false or incorrect information, it could cause problems. When you sign a form, you are promising that the information is true and correct. This part of the form is legal, and is called the ‘declaration’. Looking closely Read the declaration on this form. Answer the questions. | certify that the information | have given in this form is true and complete. PRINT NAME SIGNATURE DATE SAVEL Peneers 5 Phillip Doris 1. What does the signature say? What is the full name of the person signing the form? What is the date? awn What does ‘certify’ mean? Clear usage: form language Some forms ask you to ‘write in block capitals / caps’. This means write in upper case letters. MR JACEK WOZNIAK ‘Circle the answer that applies to you’ means draw a circle around the correct answer / word. @nal®/ female ‘Cross out the answer that does not apply to you’ means draw a line through the incorrect answer / word. male/female Some common abbreviations on forms are: DOB = date of birth m/=male/ female no. = number n/a = not applicable or not available tel. = telephone 30 | WritingUNIT 6 | Filling in forms Language focus Follow the instructions. 1 Write your surname in block capitals. 2. Circle the answer that applies to you. male / female 3. Cross out the answer that does not apply to you. male / female 4 Whats your tel. no.? Get writing Complete the form with Lucie’s personal details and contact details. { I'm Lucie Clarke. | was born on July 5th 1986. live in Bristol, at 27 Park Place, BR3 2XF. I'm not married. My email is [email protected] | \ Personal details: Title: Last name: First name: goes a. Dos: L L Gender: Marital status: Contact detai House number: —__________ Street: Town: Postcode: Email address: Now practise filling out your details on two different forms. * Go online and search for ‘library registration form’ and ‘new patient registration form’ Print out one example of each. © Fill in your personal and contact details. © Write your signature and the date. My review {can fillin a form with my personal details. | can understand the legal importance of a form and write my signature correctly | can answer extended questions on a form. oocou | can complete a variety of different forms. Section 2 | Writing to get things done | 31 |‘TO DO’ LISTS Getting started 1 Do you write lists? What for? 2 Doyou write lists by hand or type them? 3 How do you show you have finished something on your list? Looking closely @ __ Read the lists. Fill the gaps with words from the box. answer send read buy pick up tidy meet “To do! list Monday 17% june + Go to supermarket - washing powder - birthday card . birthday card to Mike . jacket from dry cleaner house To do items: Friday March 3 + Read and 5 °6.. Call Alan Make coffee for 11 a.m. meeting StTt Tae Jessie and Phil for lunch Write office blog Tidy desk | Sb er WritingUNIT 7 | ‘To do’ lists Answer the questions. 1 What is each list for? 2. What is different about the two lists? 3 What tasks has the writer of the first list completed? 4 What tasks has the writer of the second list not completed? Clear usage: imperatives Use imperatives to give orders and instructions, or to write tasks in alist. Imperatives are verbs in their base form. For example: give, buy, pick up, meet, read. Pick up dry cleaning. Buy flowers for Suzanne. Read emails. Language focus Circle the correct verb in each sentence. 1 Meet / See Alessandro for lunch. 6 Go to/Pick up meeting 2 Buy/ Pick up dry cleaning 7 Meet / Write report. 3 Give/ Tidy the house 8 Call / Give Andy. 4 Buy/Read emails. 9 Give / Do the washing up. 5 Make / Send coffee. 10. Buy/ Make eggs. Clear usage: content and function words Content words are the most important words in a sentence. They give us the meaning. They include nouns, verbs and adjectives. Read these emails and answer the telephone. Function words are less important. When you write a list, you can usually miss out the function words. Read these emails and answer the telephone. Read emails. Answer telephone. Read these sentences. Underline the function words. 1. Visit the supermarket and buy some eggs. 2 Please pick up the dry cleaning 3. Call Michaela, about the party. 4 Read the report and make notes on it 5. Buy Max a birthday card and send it. Section 2 | Writing to get things done | 33© Use one of the following function words in each gap. In some gaps, more than ‘one answer is possible. { on at the some to 1. Please make... coffee before 2. Buy cereal at... supermarket. 3. Pick UP... Gry cleaning when you are in town. 4 Goto the meeting... Thursday. 5 Send the email. Benne MERLING StS eee 11.30 a.m, 7 .s-notes when you afin... meeting, 8 washing up and tidy......house. Writing clearly @ __ Rewrite the sentences from exercise 2 on Page 33 as tasks on a list. @ Rewrite these long sentences as tasks on a list. Tidy house. 1. Tidy the bedrooms, the living room and the bathroom. Please take the car to the garage. Please talk to Bradley on the telephone this afternoon. At the meeting, please make some coffee and take some notes. wawn Please buy some eggs, some cereal and a pizza when you are at the supermarket, WritingUNIT 7 | 'To do’ lists Looking closely @ Read the list and answer the questions. My *o do’ list ~ Saturday, | * Goto shopping centre +e Buy new dress for party + etchoes fined ~ 6 Buy gift for Sandra VW + Buy card? + meetjoe + Alix fortuneh 1230 ¥ | + Buy wrapping paper for gift Eases 1 What is the most important task on the 4 What task is the writer not sure about? 2 et 5 What tasks has the writer completed? 2. What is the second most important task on the list? 3 What task does the writer decide isn’t important? Get writing @ imagine you are writing the list in exercise 1 on Saturday morning. Use the bullets to rewrite it in a more organised style. ‘© Put the most important tasks first. * Use sub-bullets for the tasks that involve shopping. @ write two lists. 1 Write a list of everyday tasks you need to complete this week. 2. Write a list of tasks you need to complete at work or at school this week. © Use bullet points and sub bullet points. © Put the most important tasks first. © Use imperatives. My review Ian recognise ato do ist. I can use imperatives to write tasks in alist. | can write a ‘to do’ list for everyday tasks. | can write a ‘to do’ lst for schoo! / work tasks. oooo Section 2 | Writing to get things done | 35INVITATIONS AND DIRECTIONS Getting started 1 When was the last time you organised a party? 2) Who did you invite? 3. How did you invite your guests? Looking closely @ Read both invitations. Answer the questions. 1 What is special about Marie's birthday party? 2. What instructions do the guests at Marie's party have? 3. Whois organising the party for James? 4 What do James's colleagues need to do by 31st August? You are invited to a leaving party for James Hawksby. After 5 years, James is leaving us for a new job in London. Join us at 5 p.m. on | Thursday 3rd September for tea and cake in | E birthday ity for Marie Rises the conference room, where we will wish on Monday 21st July James good luck in is new job. & Tobias’ flat Road, 0. HPT Please give your money for James's leaving gift to Christine by 31st August. High W shove ti Sse Sam Rogers Happy Birthday: General Manager Remember: this ont te Useful vocabulary and phrases: invitations You are invited to I'm having a party! Please join us at We're moving house! 36 | WritingUNIT 8 | Invitations and directions Language focus Unjumble the invitations. 1. celebration. at our join Please us wedding Please join us at our wedding celebration. 2. birthday invited to are Louise's party. You 3 an party. having engagement are We 4 leaving I'm party. a having 5. birthday 30th me Please at join my party 6 I'm on November. dinner having Please party a 29th come. @ fill the gaps with words from the box. { birthday married invitation invited housewarming 1 You are. ... 0 Grace and Alex’ flat party 2. Did you get an to his leaving party? 3. Please come to my 25th party 4 Siri and Karl are getting You're invited! 5 Please come 10 OU svnnvnenennen Patty at 28 Chester Street. Clear usage: invitation verbs Please join us at... Please come to... Please arrive at / by . Please bring... © __ Match the events to their descriptions. 1 engagement party a when a baby is named 2. christening b_ an event we hold when someone dies 3 housewarming party when two people agree to get married 4 funeral d__a celebration for when someone stops working 5 retirement party @ when someone moves into a new house. Circle the correct word in each sentence. 1. We are having a housewarming / christening for our new baby daughter. The engagement / funeral of Alice Martin will be held on 6th May. You are invited to a retirement / housewarming party for Jo Hall, who is leaving us Please join us at our engagement / christening party. Love, Matt and Rebecca wewn Join us at 25 Kirke Avenue for our funeral / housewarming party. Section 2 | Writing to get things done | 37Writing clearly @ write asentence inviting people to these events. 1 Your next birthday party. 3. Aleaving party for your colleague 2 Assurprise birthday party for your 4 A surprise retirement party for your friend. colleague. Language focus @ Read the directions to a housewarming party. Mark the party on the map. Hi Everyone We are looking forward to seeing you at our housewarming party tonight The easiest way to get to our house is by train. Come out of the train station, turn right and go straight along Acorn Road. Turn left at Roseberry Avenue. Our house is Number 7, on the right, opposite the park. See you soon! Mary and Tim con ROAD __ | |_ —_—— Trai station Useful vocabulary and phrases: giving directions Go straight along / on Cross the road / treet. Turn left at... Our house is on the right. 38 | WritingGet writing UNIT 8 | Invitations and directions Look at the map below and complete the directions with language from the Useful vocabulary box. 3 & o s N ELM ROW GEORGE ROAD. ‘ tol[s|[e][4]f2 APIs BIo PARK STREET 3 care TOF przzeria| i LONDON ROAD 5] [7] [9 1_Train station to 7 Park Street: Go conto Park Street. Number 7 is 2 Train station to 5 D: Number 5 is on the along Elm Row and turn the library. t: Cross the street and turn left. Turn right onto Dale Street. 3° Tiain station to Joe's Pizzeria: Tur left and along Elm Row. Turn onto Street, then turn left again along Road. The Pizzeria is 07 the .eseseseseeney after the bridge. Write an invit * Say when and where the party will be ion to your next birthday party. Write an email inviting your friends to a housewarming party. © Tell them when to arrive. © Tell them what to bring © Give them directions to the party. My review | can recognise invitations for different parties | can use different phrases to make an invitation. | can write a set of simple directions. | can write an invitation to a party. oooo Section 2 | Writing to get things done | 3940 ADVERTISING A ROOM Getting started 1 Have you ever rented out a room in a flat? 2 How did you find new flatmates? 3. Did you use an estate agent, the internet or another service to rent out your room? Looking closely Read the advertisement for a flat and answer the questions. 1. Whois renting out the room? 3 Whats the room like? 2. What sort of flatmate are they looking 4 ~ How much money would you need to for? start renting this flat? Ix ft rx Lovely double room in the friendliest house in Clapham! ‘Clapham Junction, London Room type: double Date available: 03/08 Property type: flat Friendly female flat share on Northcote Road. Sharing with two students (two females, one 23 and one 24), The flat is well lit and cosy, with a shared kitchen, bathroom and living room. We are looking for a friendly student or young professional to move into the biggest bedroom. The room is fully furnished, bright and comfortable. Rent includes all bills and is very cheap for Clapham. We are close to the most beautiful park in London, and some of the nicest restaurants and bars. £610 per month, Deposit of £412 and six weeks' rent in advance. If you're interested, send us (Angie and Marie) an email to [email protected] and tell us about yourself. We look forward to hearing from you! WritingUNIT 9 | Advertising a room @ Label the advertisement with the words and phrases in the box. location rent and deposit headline availability contact details flat / room description local area information An advertisement for a room should answer these questions: + Where is the flat / house? * What is the room / local area like? + Who are the other flatmates? + How much is the rent and deposit? ‘+ How do you get in contact? Language focus @ skim read the advertisement. Which questions in the Useful tips box does it not answer? The cheapest rent, and the nicest housemates in Edinburgh! Room type: single Date available: 15/06/13 Property type: 1... Cosy 2 room available in Newington area of Edinburgh. Hi, we are Rufus (25) and Steve 3 (... fun and friendly 4 : ..) and we're looking for a to share our 3-bedroomed house with. The room is smalll but bright and 5 ....scccneuee » The rent is very cheap at £350 per month. 6 is £350, If you're interested, give us a call after 6 p.m. on 0131 546 335. 4 Section 2 | Writing to get things done | 41@ __ There is some information missing from the advertisement. Fill the gaps with words from the box. { 2B house fully furnished deposit single housemate © Match the terms to their definitions. 1 srent a Aroom containing a small bed. 2. deposit b Before something is needed. 3 single © Aroom containing a large bed. 4 double d_ An amount of money you give your landlord when you move in. He / She pays it back when you move out. 5 bills @ What you have to pay for electricity, water, internet, etc. 6 in advance Money you pay your landlord each month to live in their house / flat. Language focus Read the advertisements on pages 40 and 41 again. Underline the superlatives. Change the adjectives to superlatives. 1 cosy cosiest 4 attractive 2. comfortable.......... 5 cheap... 6 pretty. 3 nice © __ Use the prompts to write complete sentences. Use a superlative each time. 1 Our flat / cheap /in London. Our flat is the cheapest im London, 2. The room / comfortable /in the house. 3. The room / good / view of the park 4 Our local area / nice / restaurants /in Birmingham. 5 The /attractive / parks /in London / near our house. 42 | WritingUNIT 9 | Advertising a room Useful vocabulary and phrases: renting a room If you have a room that you want someone to move into I'm renting out my spare room. I'm renting out a room in my flat / house. I'm looking for a new flatmate / housemate. If you are renting (paying rent each month) for a room in a house / flat I'm renting a room in a house / flat. Get writing Turn each adjective below into a superlative. Use each superlative to write a sentence to describe your house, flat or local area. 1 beautiful My local area has the most beaut 2 cheap 5 light 3. interesting 6 warm 4 pretty 7 good Read Natalie's description of her flat. Write an advert for her spare room. My flat is in the Clifton area of Bristol. It's quite expensive: £650 a month, but it’s very comfortable. It’s a fully furnished double room with a lovely view of the park. Ineed another girl to share with me: I'm a 22-year-old student - very fun and friendly! There are lots of great restaurants in Clifton — it's a very nice area. The deposit is £800 and all bills are included in the rent. You should email me if you want to know more: [email protected] Now think about the flat or house you live in now. Write an advert for one of the rooms, © Say where the flat / house is. * Say how much the rent and deposit are. © Describe what the room / local area is like. © Explain how to get in contact. © Say who the other housemates / flatmates are. My review | can understand and use vocabulary to describe flats and houses. I can use superlatives. | can identify missing information in an advert for a flat. I can write an advert for a room or a flat. ooou Section 2 | Writing to get things done | 43GIVING AND GETTING ADVICE Getting started 1 Have you ever moved to a new town or city? 2 Have you ever moved to a new country? 3 What did you do to find out about your new home? Looking closely @ __ Read the emails and answer the questions. 1 Do Duane and Lilian live in Shanghai now? 2. Is Duane happy to go to any kind of restaurant? 3 Do you think Duane can speak Mandarin? ‘Subject: Moving to Shanghai! Hey Lilian Guess what? I've got a new job and I'm moving to Shanghai in two weeks! | can’t wait — I'm so excited! I know you lived in Shanghai for a long time. I'd really like your advice. Where do you think | should live? What are some good places to eat (I'm a vegetarian)? Any other advice? Thanks and all the best, Duane ‘Subject: Re: Moving to Shanghait Hi Duane Congratulations on your new job ~ that's great news! Shanghai isan incredible city. 'm sure you will love it there! | suggest you live somewhere quite close to your jab. Pudong is nice, but Puxi has nicer places to eat. | think you'd lke living in Puxi There are ots of great vegetarian restaurants all over the city I recommend that you try ‘Vegetarian House on Wukang Road — it's great! } Let's see, what other advice can I give you ...? You have to learn some Mandarin before you go, Not everyone speaks English, Oh, and you should take the fery across the Huang Pu River at night then you can see how beautiful the city is, Good luck! Let me know how you get on! All the best, Uitian ¥ 44) WritingUNIT 10 | Giving and getting advi Complete the information from the emails. 1 Where should he live? 2 Where should he eat? 3 What else should he do? Language focus Read the emails ag . Circle the phrases that ask for advice. Useful vocabulary and phrases: asking for advice I'd really like your advice. Where / What / Which do you think I should ... What restaurants would you recommend? Where are some good places to visit? Can you recommend some nice restaurants in the area? Unjumble the sentences asking for advice. 1 live? you should do Where think | restaurants | What at? should eat 2 3. places What to are visit? some good 4 apartment? think you look should | Where for do an 5 museums you What recommend? would Useful vocabulary and phrases: I suggest (that) you ... You should visit ... iving advice | think (that) you'd like You have to eat at... I recommend (that) you .. Each sentence has one mistake. Rewrite each sentence to make it correct. I think you'd like live in Pudong, | recommend that you eating at the Happy Duck restaurant. You have to trying the food at Chinese Kitchen. awn You should to learn some Mandarin before you go to China. Section 2 | Writing to get things done 45Language focus Complete the table with the words in the box. { metro taxi museum café theatre bus restaurant ferry art gallery Food ‘Transport Culture mauseun Complete the sentences with the most suitable word from the table. 1 The Grand ....esssssssssss+++2 SHOWS some great plays. 2 You should try the coffee at the little... on Songshan Road. 3 You have to take the across the Huang Pu River. The view is amazing! 4 You never have to wait very long for a... ...in Shanghai, and the driver will take you anywhere you want to go! 5. Irecommend that you visit the Shanghai soosenee YOu can See some amazing old jewellery and objects there. 6 ThE eeseeseenesneei8 probably the quickest way to get around the city. The trains can be very crowded though. Not every ..serves vegetarian food. You should read the menu first! B I suggest you visit Your 1OCAl ......sssesseee. thas some beautiful paintings. 9 I think you'd get to work quickest by. «the Number 35 goes from your apartment to your office. Read the email and make a list of things that Jared suggests to Marcello. Hi Marcello So, you're visiting Boston? That's great — it's one of my favourite cities! ‘As you only have three days | recommend that you walk along the Freedom Trail firs. That ‘way, you will get to know the city. If you get tired you should take a bus or a taxi, oh, and you have to take a ferry to the Boston Harbor Islands ~ the view is amazing! There are ots of great seafood restaurants. I suggest you try the Crispy Crab on Louisburg Square. There's a great little café in the market on Clinton Street too ~ you should go there for coffee, | also think you'd enjoy walking along the Charles River. I's very pretty. Have a great holiday. Send me a postcard! JaredUNIT 10 | Giving and getting advice What to eat and drink How to travel What to see Get wri ing You have just got a new job and are going to move to a new city in two weeks. Write an email to a friend. Ask him/her for advice. * Greet your friend and tell him / her about your new job and new home. * Ask for advice on where to live. '* Ask for advice on what to eat and how to travel around. ‘* Ask if your friend has any other advice. ‘+ Thank your friend and close your email with a friendly phrase. Useful vocabulary and phrases: in a new city I'm moving to Sydney ...in 2 weeks. _| think youl ike living in .. Any other advice? | recommend you eat at .. | Boston is a great city. The best way to travel around is to take the ... Think of a city that you know well. Your friend is moving there soon and wants some advice. Write him / her an email. * Congratulate your friend and say winy you like the city '* Give some advice on good places to live. * Give some advice on good places to eat and to visit ‘+ List the best way(s) to travel around the city. ‘* Wish your friend good luck and close your email with a friendly phrase My review | can talk about food, travel and culture in a new place. I can ask for and give advice | can write an email asking someone for advice on a new piace. | can write an email giving someone advice on a new place. oouou Section 2 | Writing to get things done | 471 1 COURSE APPLICATIONS Getting started 1 Have you ever applied for a course at a school, college or university? 2. What questions did they ask you? 3. What did you say about yourself? Looking closely @ Read the application form and answer the questions. 1 Where has Alison studied Spanish? 2. What kind of school is Alison applying for? 3° What does Alison want to do after this course? Instituto de Espafia APPLICATION FORM Wditlawielai inieiaitiiiaigh | titi tit tii Tell us a little about yourself and your past experience. [ Zam a motivated and hardworking student. I am currently in the | | sixth Fore at Lee Bridge College. Last year E got an A in ayy French exart. In 2012 I travelled for six weeks in France, Spcin and Ztaly and practised speaking d// three languages. I hate stedied Spanish to Intermediate level using self-stidy Books and CDS ard LT have also watched mary Spanish films Why do you want to study at Instituto de Espafia in Manchester? (z Jove studying languecges ard learning about new cultures. E have | studied some Spanish by myself, bit now Z wart to study Spanish | properly, at Instituto de Espana in Manchester. My god is to study \"French and Spanish at University. One da/ Z hope to live ard work in South America. 48 | Writing