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Read the emai[. Why is Archie writing to Carl? Complete the sentences using the verbs in bracl<ets and a
clause or an infinitive.
Find four different activities that Archie is planning to do 1 l'm not planning (go) to university next year.
during the Easter holiday. What tenses does he use in his 2 I don't reckon (pass) att my exams.
email? 3 We're hoping (spend) a few days abroad.
4 I think- (took) for a iob in a restaurant.
5 I don't think _ (visit) any relatives this hotiday.
6 We want (stay) in a hotel by the sea.
Read the writing strategy. Find and underline an example of
al[ six conjunctions in Archie's email.
I ln sentences referring to the future, we use the present
: simpte after: when, as soon as, until, after, before and
while, but NOT witt.
Choose the correct conjunction in these sentences.
1 We can't go to the beach until / white it stops raining.
2 I'm going to buy a car after / as soon as I can afford to.
3 l'tt betieve it before / when I see it.
Dear Carl, 4 You must visit the EiffelTower until i white you're in Paris.
Thanks for your email. It's great that you're planning to 5 I need to get to the bank as soon as / before it closes.
visit us next month. 6 They won't let us into the cinema after / while the
As soon as term finishes, I'm going camping in the film starts.
New Forest with my dad and my brother, Kieran. We're
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planning to be away for three or four days. I really want to
go fishing a few times, and while we're there, I'm hoping to
catch some fish to eat in the evenings. After we get back I'll Read'the exam tasl< below. Which parts of Archie's emaiI
include the information required in the task?
be working in my uncle's caf6 for a few days over Easter.
You could visit any time during the last week of the A British friend wants to stay with you for a few days over
holiday. I'll be re-taking a couple of exams next term, so I the hotiday. Write an emait (120-150 words) to him / her.
need to do some revision before I go back to school. But I . Say how you feel about his / her plans to visit and why.
reckon I'll be able to work when you're here. . Give some information about what you witt be doing in
I'd be grateful if you could confirm the dates of your the hotidays and when.
visit as soon as possible. I won't make any more plans until . Exptain when the best time for his / hervisit would be,
I hear from you! and why.
All the best . Askwhen he / she ptansto arrive and how [ongthevisit
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Archie wittbe.
Make notes for the exam tasl(. Write down one or two ideas
Find one sentence that is too formal. How could you rewrite
for each piece of information required in the tasl<. lnvent a
it in a more informaI style?
name for the person you are writing to.
Read the Leorn this! box. Underline examples of want,
Write your email using your notes from exercise 9.
hope, plan and reckon in Archie's email.
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t We can use an infinitive after the verbs want, hope can use an infinitive after the verbs want, hope
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and plan.ptan.
lli:.':il and
ti:lt,:tt l'm hoping to visit some friends.
hoping to visit some friends.
;:llli We cannot use an infinitive.
---1 I think l'll stay at home.
: I don't reckon I'll enioy this film.
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