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Seсtion 8

ln this paгt of thе tеst, you nееd to wгitе an еmail, an infoгmal lеttег oг a foгmal Iettеr: Тhе question wilI teIl you whiсh typе
of tеxt you nееd to wгitе, Youг еmaiI or lеtteг is based on information fгom Sесtion 7. You should wгitе bеtweеn 70 and
90 woгds.

Starting еmails
Hi/HеIlo!
Sample answer How,aгe you? ]
Havе l told you about ., '?
- Did l tеll you ...?
Тhis is on informol woу to
I was thinking ,,.
stort on emoil or informol
letter Dеar ..
"> Hi Jo,
Starting informal letters
Ihis is obout the frst ..> Have I tol{ you аbout my new swimming сlub? We
J'
рoint, describing the '"'а;;'t'й;;i Thanks foг youг еmail.
oсtivity' : at a pool though - we swim in the oсean! lt was good to seе you on
! la * u, sсary at first, Ьeсause thе waves сan get Very Wеdnеsdayilast wееk,
Tok direсtlу to уour friend
to moke the emoil or ..,P,lg.-::.9.]P:y:::.:_:.:c.Y:::.-::]9:..?:.l ::9 IoVe it ! ltЪ ] It was niсе to hеaг from you|
Ietter informol.
an amazing feeling and has made me more сonfident lnviting
Тhis is сbout the sесond aЬout being in the sea. The lеader told us that dolphins What/How about . ..ing ...t.
point, soуing how the yo u сo m e to'' (How) Would you likе to сomе
...: l-:
oсtivitу mokes you feel, y.l9' -::.:.:']:. ::.:. Р:.::L.:::l.т:::Llf with mе nеxt timе? (
visit, we сan 9o swimming together with them.
This is obout the third What do you think about сoming
:'> What do you think? with mе?
point, inviting уour friend
to try the oсtivitу'
Мal< ing a suggestion
Аskyour friend o direсt :') Sam Shall wе go togethеr nеxt timе
question to moke thе you сomе?
emoil more personol. I
Why don't wе go thеrе
nеxt wееkеnd?
ln on informol emoil, уou
con fnish with justуour lf you . . ,, wе сouId go togеthеn
nome if уou prefer.
Еxplaining or giving rеasons
Wе go еaгly in thе moгning so
thе watег's always сold.
l lovе it bесause ...
My fгiеnd invitеd mе as shе knows
l likе swimming.
' sесt'ions whiсh might bе usefuI foг your еmail or lеtten Еnding an informal emЬil
, e,/l Rеad thе question сarеfully and look at aIl thе points. Undеrlinе any or lettеr
impoгtant woгds. You nееd to answeг aII of thе points givеn. Sее you soon!
Thanks vегy muсh!
d S1art your email oг lеttег with a fгiеndly gгееting. End it with youг name and
Тhank you!
maybe a phrase to say goodbyе.
Thanks,
и/ Usе somе intегеsting voсaЬulaгy but tгy not to сopy language fгom thе tеxt l hopе to hеaг fгom you soon,
in Sесtion 7. You сan use stгong adjесtivеs in infoгmal еmails and lеttегs, likе What do you think?
fontostiс or terrible' Do you likе my idеa?
Lеt mе know.
u/ Whеn you'vе finishеd, сhесk youг еmail or Iеttег сaгеfully foг spеlling and
Writе soon.
grammaг mistakеs.
l сan't wait to seе you nеxt month.

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