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А message
/ сап write а message in response to ап advertisement.
SPfAКINC. Work ln palrs. What is а penfrlend ?
Think of three rea sons why somebody might want а
penfriend in а different cou11try.
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нI I Му nilme Is l\dam l'm slxteen
yea rs old and I llve in Ne~'\/castle ln
the UK 1'111 lookl11g for а penfrl e11d
from any country ln the world. Send
me а message and tel 1me about
yourself and your faml ly. Also, could
you please tel 1me why you а ге
looking for а penfr iend? Thank s -
and I hope to hear from you soonl
Cltck hcrc to repjy to Adam
2 Read the advertisement from а website for international
penfriends above. What informatlon does Adam ask for?
З Read the task and the message below. Does Domlnlk
provide all ofthe information that Adam asks for? What
does Dom lnik ask for more information aЬout?
You have seen this advertisement оп а webs,te for
,nternat,onal penfriends Write а messэge in reply and
prov1de the н1fo rm alion Adam ёJ~ks{or lnclude а гequesl
fо г 1nforrТ1ation ,n уоuг message.
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HII Му name·s Dominlk and l'm from the Czech Re puЫ lc .
/'m ftfteen years old and llve ln Prague wltl1my pa гe n t s
' and my younger s/ster. l'm into footЬall , and my sls ter's
mad about horses
l'd llke to have а п Engllsh penfrlend because l'm studyl11g
English at school and would like to vIs1t Englund о п е
day. Would you mlnd telllng me mоге abour Ne\/'JCastle7
1know it's got а famou~ foottJilll tl! ilПI, IJut thdt 's а/1 I Оо
you enjoy /lv/ng there?
4 КЕУ PHRASES Look at the polite requests below. Wh lch
one does Adam use in hls advertisem ent? Wh fch one does
Dom inik use in his message?
Polite rcqucs1 >
Woulcl it Ье poss1Ыe fог you to .
Co L1id you please ... ? Wou ld you m1nd 1f . ?
Would you m111d (+ -,ng form)? 1wonder ,f .
S SPEAКING Work in pairs. Request the following
lr1formation from yo ur partner. Use different phrases from
exercise 4 and verbs like te/1, explain, describe , etc.
• l1is / l1e r с/ а tc of birth
• l1is / l1er earl ,est m em ory
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t1is / hе г ttJeal day ou L
l1is / hcr tastc In mus te
1 wondcr lf you cou ld tcll me your datc of blrth~
Yes, of course lt's ..
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Writ ing Strategy
M ake sure that you а) include all of t he po,nts in the
task ancJЬ) develop ea ch poin t. that is. add some extra
information or deta il. Try not to write Just one sentence
fo r each poiп t.
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6 Read the Writing Str·ategy. Then look at the message in
exercise 3 again. Does Dominik develop the po ints or does
he just write а single sentence for each one?
7 Match sentences 1-5 with sentences а-е . Тh i nk of other
ways that extra detail or information could Ье added to
sentences 1-5.
1 go to Harford Commш1ity College _
2 l've got two broth ers. _
3 We moved to а hou se out side t own last moпth.
4 Му name·s Jack and l 'т seventeen years old
5 Would yoLI mind lf I visited you ,n Augllst~ _
а I live in Brigblon w itl1 my pare nts an cJ ту .,,.,ter
Ь / 'т doir,g ту A· level s.
с We needed more space.
d l'd rea lly like to rneet you and уоuг fam1ly
е One ,s older tl 1a п те ап d 011е ,s y0Lir1~er
8 You are golng to do the ta sk ir1 exercise 3. Plan your
message, using th e prompt s be low to hel p you. Thin k
abo ut how you сап add extrt1 ci et alls.
• Drю il1t> уо ш st> lf an1i y("l1Ir f.:i r111ly
• Expl:11 11 у ош re<1s011 For want1r1g J penfпend
• R e4L1 б l iпro г matio11 fro,п AJ.:iп1
9 Wrlte уош message щiпg your plan from exercise 8.
СНЕСК VOUR WORK
Ф Have you
• rcfcrred to a11J developcd cach po,nt In tt,e task?
• 11 srd а phrast> f,0111 E'xe,cisP 4 lo t'f'ЧLJf'St lnfor mэtion1
• r hN kerJ·the spe lllng af\d gr.irпrn iJr?
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