AN EMAIL TO A FRIEND

READING
1. Read the email and say if the answers are true (T) or false (F).
1. Sheena asks Helen about her family. .........
2. Sheena asks Helen about her new house. ..........
3. Sheena tells Helen about her holiday. ..........
4. Sheena asks Helen about her new job. ..........
5. Sheena tells Helen about Robert. ..........
6. Sheena asks Helen to go out with her. ..........
7. Sheenas parents live in London.
8. Sheena tells Helen wheres shes staying. ..........
LANGUAGE FOCUS
2 Find and correct two spelling mistakes with ing forms in the email.
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From: sheena@sheenahome.net
To: helenw@freenet.org
Dear Helen
How are you? Hows the new house? Are you enjoying the new job?
The office isnt the same without you! Theres nobody to laugh with any more.
Ana, the new accountant, started last week. She seems nice, but shes very quiet.
Shes having a difficult time because Judys on holiday and nobody else can
explain the computer system.
Judys in love! She went to a conference in Milan in January and she met a young
doctor there, Giorgio. Shes completely crazy about him! She flies to Italy every
weekend to see him. Shes visitting his family in Sardinia at the moment. Its all
very romantic.
Im staying at my parents house this month because my mothers not feeling
well and Im helping Dad look after her. They live in Bristol so I spend a lot of
time on trains to and from London these days. (Im writeing this on my laptop.)
How about going out some time soon? Give me a call. Ill be back home next
month.
Take care,
Sheena

3 Correct one mistake in each sentence.

1 Were haveing a brilliant time here in New York.
2. Were staing in a fantastic hotel near Times Square.
3 Im enjoing my English classes. Theyre great.
4 Guess what! Im comeing to see you next month.
5 This summer, Jim and I are runing a snack bar on the beach.
6 Im really lookking forward to seeing you again!
4 Read the information in the box.
We use because in a sentence before we give the reason for sth.
Shes having a difficult time because Judys on holiday and
nobody else can explain the computer system.
We use so before we show the result of sth.
My life isnt very exciting at the moment so I wont write a long
letter.

5 Put so or because in the correct place in the sentences.

1 They live in Bristol so I spend a lot of time on trains to and from London these
days.
2 Im staying at my parents house this month my mothers not feeling well.
3 Im very tired at the moment I didnt sleep last night.
4 My computer broke last week Im writing a letter by hand for the first time
in years!
5 I dont like driving Im travelling by train.
6 Dadd thinking about moving house he doesnt like living in the city any more.
WRITING
6 Youre going to write an email to a friend you havent seen for some time.
Write a similar email.