1 Friends

Target Writing
An email

1 Study the email and answer the questions. 2 Rewrite the email to make it informal. Use
1 Is the email formal or informal? paragraphs, contractions and a suitable ending.
2 Does the writer use paragraphs effectively?
3 Does the writer end the email correctly?

Dear Felix, My name is Ruth. I am 16 years

old and come from England. I would like
to visit Germany to improve my German.
I am including a photograph of myself. As
you can see, I am short and slim. I have
got short, dark hair and green eyes. I am
friendly, but a bit shy. I like listening to
music and surfing the internet. My hobbies
are playing chess and reading. I spend my
free time playing chess with the Chess
Club and watching TV. I also like cycling. I
cycle with a cycling club at the weekends.
Please write back to me and tell me about
you and your hobbies. I look forward to
hearing from you.
Yours faithfully, Ruth Adams

3 Read an extract from Felixs reply. Classify the mistakes he makes using the correction code.
Correction code
Grammar (Gr)
I 1am liking chess 2to. Who is your favourite 3player. I am playing
Spelling (Sp) football for my school team this year. I love 4do sport. I think
Punctuation (P)
Word order (Wo) cycling 5are really cool! I 6really like also 7lisening to music.

1 _____ 2 _____ 3 _____ 4 _____ 5 _____ 6 _____ 7 _____

4 Rewrite Felixs reply.

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