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Read the letter. Answer the questions. Underline the expressions in the letter that Helen uses to:
1 Who is Heten writing to? a express a Iil<e and distil<e.
2 What has she invited her to do? b make an invitation.
3 What has Heten lust finished doing? c decline an invitation.
d give advice.
e express sympathy.
Match the expressions below with functions a-e in exercise
2. Compare them with the expressions that Helen uses.
1 Are you free to ... ?
2 I heard about ... . What a shamel
3 I'm really into ... , but I'm not that l<een on ...
4 You ought to ...
5 I'd tove to, but I'm afraid I can't ...
Use expressions from exercises 2 and3 and your own
words to:
1 invite somebody to a Hattoween party.
2 express sympathy for somebody with a broken arm.
3 give advice to somebody who is starting a new schoo[.
4 decline an invitation to a barbecue.
5 express a Iike for films and a distike for sport.
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Start an informal letter with your uOar.r, and the date.
r You do not need to write the recipient's address or
,
, his/her titte. You don't need to introduce the subiect
1
A of the letter either.
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B
Read the writing strategy. Match A and B at the top of
Dear Grandma
Helen's letter with two of the functions below.
How aro I vras sorrl io hoar aboui cat. You mus't miss
1ou? lour
him. Are you going Io go| anolher pe|?
ThanKe for inviting ur all to lunch next 6a'lurda1. l'm raa\l1
You have just received a letter from your English friend. ln
mrry, but I can'I ma(e iI.lhoro't a rohoarn\ for tha school
the letter, he says that he has just failed his driving test. He
plal thal aftornoon and I roalll can't mise i1.
also invites you to visit him in England next summer. Write
a reply (120-150 words). Remember to include information
Auels wha? l'veluet finishe d reading The Lord of the Pings.
ThanKs oo much for giving it to me. l'm not mad aboui'tho on all of the points and use informal expressions.
film, but I lovo tha booK . Express sympathy about the driving test.
. Accept or decline the invitation to visit.
Havo 1ou read The Hobbit? l{ no.t, I thinK 1ou should raad it. . Say what book you've been reading and whether you'd
l't's quito eimilar to the Lord of the tzings but it's much shorterl recommend it.
I can\ond you a copy if vran't io raad it.
1ou . Invite your friend to come and visit you next year,
\rlriie bacK soonl

Love
Halan
?3 Do lanc1 comingio too ihe school ptal? lt's nsrt
1ou
waaKond. I can go| 1ou a ticKe't.

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