Writing part 3

Writing an informal letter

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You must choose between two tasks: Story or informal letter. You must write about 100 words. Its the most important part of the writing.

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Organise your text well. Variety of grammatical structures and vocabulary. Link sentences. ( Connectors) Suitable style. Informal if its a letter to a friend. Avoid long sentences that make difficult to understand the text.

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Read the questions carefully and choose the task your can do better. Underline the following: who will read your text. The key words. Think about the topic and note down your ideas. Choose your best ideas and organise them.

Decide what style you need to write in: formal or informal. Write your text using your ideas. Make your handwriting clear. Use as many different kinds of grammatical structures and as much vocabulary as you can. Check your answer, remember if you have written fewer than 80 you will lose marks. Correct your mistakes.

Expressions used at the beginning of an informal letter

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Dear , Hello, Hi Thanks very much for your letter. It was great to hear from you. Sorry Ive taken so long to write back, but . Sorry I havent written for so long, but . Ive got so much to tell you. Im writing to say. This is just a quick note to say

Expressions used at the end of an informal letter

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Well, thats all for now. Id better finish now because Say hello to your family from me. Dont forget to write soon. Im looking forward to hearing from you soon. Best wishes, Lots of love, All the best, Love, Bye for now (before the signature.)