Writing VSTEP PART 1

You have just finished a short English course in an English speaking country. You are back
home. Write a letter to the teacher. In your letter :
- express thank to your teacher
- give reasons why you want to thank him / her.
- tell him/ her what you plan next.
Write at least 120 words.

Dear Mrs Smith,

I am writing this letter to thank you for teaching me English this summer. When I first came to
Australia, I was worried that I would not be able to speak English well. But your patience and
enthusiasm these two months have greatly improved my speaking ability in such a short period
of time.
In the beginning, I was very nervous speaking English in class. But I soon realized many of my
classmates were in the same position as me. Your encouragement was also very helpful and I
become less scared of speaking in class.
When I came back to my country, I told my friends about the wonderful English teacher I had this
summer. They were all jealous that my English speaking ability improved so much.
School is starting again in two weeks, I am getting my school supplies and uniform ready now. I
hope my summer in Sydney will help me do well in English this school year.
Thank you again for your kindness and for teaching me English.
Your sincerely,

Write a letter to your friend to describe your house.

Dear Peter,
I am very happy to receive your letter. How are you ? I hope that everything is fine with you.
Today, I am writing to tell you about my house.
I live in a single house in Hanoi city. My house is small but very comfortable. There are 2 floors.
The first floor is the living room. It is the biggest room in my house. The living room has 2
comfortable sofas and a big screen television for watching films. there is a big window for the
sun to shine in during the day. There is a coffee table in the middle of the room and many
beautiful pictures on the walls. My kitchen is next to the living room. There is a big fridge next to
the gas oven. The second floor is our bedrooms and bathroom. I love the balcony most because
it is large enough for me to plant my favourite flowers. There is a lovely garden in front of my
house. I plant many kinds of vegetables on it.
If you have free time, welcome to my house. I will make a big meal and we will enjoy many
interesting things together. I am looking forward to seeing you.
Lots of love,
 Write a letter of complaint to a restaurant/hotel manager to complain about poor service or
food.

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing to express my dissatisfaction with the bad meal and service that my friends and I
had at your restaurant last Sunday night.
First of all, although we had booked an outdoor table, a waiter gave us an indoor table by the
toilets because there was none available at that time. He even asked us to leave early as the
table had been reserved by another customer. Secondly, the service was very slow as we had to
wait for nearly 30 minutes to be served. When the meal finally arrived, the chicken soup and the
fried fish were already cold. Thus, I asked for those dishes to be taken back and reheated, but
the waiter shouted at me. He rudely told us that we should have ordered something else. Finally,
when the bill came, we found a mistake on it. We were overcharged for soft drinks.
Unacceptable treatment at your restaurant made us extremely disappointed.
I would like to receive your explanation and apology for these matters. I would also suggest that
you spend more time training your customer care staffs to prevent these unfortunate incidents
from occurring to other customers.
If you think this is typical of your usual standard of service, and no positive actions are taken, I
will never recommend your restaurant to my family and friends.
I look forward to receiving your reply.
Yours faithfully,

You received an email from your English friend, Peter. He asked you for some advice about how
to study English well. Read part of her email below .
" I am very sad now because I got bad mark of English yesterday. English seems to be the
hardest in all of my subjects. In next letter, could you give me some advice? Tell me how to be
good at English ?"
Write an email responding to Peter. You should write at least 120 words

Dear Peter,
Lovely to hear from you ! How are you ?I am so sorry to know that you got bad English mark.
Today I’m writing to tell you some methods to study English well.
First, You should surround yourself in English. Put yourself in an all English speaking
environment where you can learn passively. Second, Don’t forget to practise every day. You had
better make yourself a study plan , then decide how much time a week you are going to spend
studying. Third, Practise the 4 core skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening. They all need
to be worked on for you to improve. Remember to keep a notebook of new words you learn and
use them in sentences and try to say them at least 3 times when you speak.
I hope that your English will be better. If you have any problem in English, ask me freely. I am
looking forward to hearing from you.
Love,
Nhung