ENGLISH ESSAY WRITING WRITING EMAIL

You are advised to write between 250 and 350 words for this section.

You should look at the printout of a page from a brochure on the following page, study the information
carefully and plan your answer before beginning to write.

Your family will be vacationing in Australia with your cousin's family who lives in Malaysia. In planning
the itinerary of the trip, the adults have narrowed the activity for one of the days to two options and have
given you and your cousin the privilege of deciding which to include.

Write an email to your cousin:

•stating your choice of activity

•giving reasons for your choice
•providing relevant details
•explaining why the other activity should not be included in the itinerary

Write your email in clear, accurate English and in a persuasive tone to sway your cousin to your preferred
activity.

You should use your own words as much as possible.

Dear Wendy, Jess and Richard

FORMAT FACTS + ELABORATION VOCABS

How are you? I am really looking forward to our - looking forward to

holiday in Australia and to see - parents
you again. I think it is wonderful how our parents have - have allowed
STATING -final decision
allowed us to make the final decision for the activity
YOUR CHOICE -Day 3 of the trip
OF ACTIVITY on Day 3 of the trip . As you -as you know
know, they have shortlisted it to -have shortlisted
two activities: the Jumping Crocodile Cruise -two activities
and the Koala Sanctuary . I think that -Jumping Crocodile
Cruise
we should go on the Jumping Crocodile Cruise .

- something
I feel that when we are holiday , we different
should do something different and also something that we - not able to
elsewhere
are not able to elsewhere-watching -
- new experience
- crocodiles jump is not only a new experience for all of
- unique one
us but also a unique one . - see at zoos
The crocodiles that we see at zoos are often motionless - often motionless
GIVING
and not in their natural habitat . - not in
REASONS FOR
- natural habitat
YOUR CHOICE Having crocodiles torpedo out of the water up the side
- torpedo out of
of the boat and at such close water
range would be unforgettable and exhilarating . - up the side of the
In addition to watching the crocodiles in action , boat
we would learn about them from the expert - close range
- unforgettable
guides . As a bonus on this wildlife
- exhilarating
adventure , we will have the opportunity to - in action
interact with snakes that the - expert guides
company owns. - as a bonus on
- interact with

- takes place
The cruise takes place on the Adelaide River not too
- not too far from
far from Darwin. The hour-long drive
- hour-long drive
will be manageable for the elders on our trip - manageable for
ROVIDING
RELEVANT
and the boat is child-friendly so the safety of - child-friendly
DETAILS
- safety
the younger ones will be less of a concern .
- younger ones
With our group as large as it is , we would take up - less of a concern
- as large as it is

more than half the places on the twenty-person cruise , - half the places on

so it could end up as a private tour . Refreshments -private tour

are also provided on board. -refreshments

 Visiting the Koala Sanctuary would be
- Visiting another
like visiting another zoo . The animals are in zoo
EXPLAINING
WHY THE OTHER enclosures and a distance away . Besides, - in enclosures
ACTIVITY
there are koalas and kangaroos , which you can also - a distance away
SHOULD NOT BE
INCLUDED IN feed, in the zoo in our city. Watching sheep being -sheep being shorn
THE INTINERARY and corralled
shorn and corralled is not as thrilling as watching
- as thrilling as
wild crocodiles hurl themselves out of the water .
- hurl … out of
The Jumping Crocodile Cruise will add excitement to the - add excitement to
trip .

Cheers

Justin