New Headway Elementary

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New Headway Elementary

WRITING
UNIT 4

INFORMAL LETTERS
TO A PENFRIEND

Becky - Brighton

Tiago - Brazil

20 Holland street Brighton BN2 2WB 5 April Dear Tiago, Thank you for your address in Brazil! My names Becky and Im nineteen years old. Im a language student at Brighton University. I live in a house near the centre of Brighton with my mother and father, my brother James and my Polish friend Danka. I speak French, Spanish and a little German, but I dont speak Portuguese. Sorry! My favourite subject at university is Spanish, but I dont like German. I like listening to music and swimming. At weekends I go out with my friends. Sometimes we go to the cinema and sometimes we go to a cafe or a nightclub. What about you? What do you do in Brazil? Please write to me. Best wishes, Becky

20 Holland street Brighton BN2 2WB 5 April Dear Tiago, Thank you for your address in Brazil! My names Becky and Im nineteen years old. Im a language student at Brighton University. I live in a house near the centre of Brighton with my mother and father, my brother James and my Polish friend Danka. I speak French, Spanish and a little German, but I dont speak Portuguese. Sorry! My favourite subject at university is Spanish, but I dont like German. I like listening to music and swimming. At weekends I go out with my friends. Sometimes we go to the cinema and sometimes we go to a cafe or a nightclub. What about you? What do you do in Brazil? Please write to me. Best wishes, Becky

Activity 1:

Filling information

Senders address Date Greeting Body Ending

20 Holland street Brighton BN2 2WB 5 April Dear Tiago, Thank you for your address in Brazil! My names Becky and Im nineteen years old. Im a language student at Brighton University. I live in a house near the centre of Brighton with my mother and father, my brother James and my Polish friend Danka. I speak French, Spanish and a little German, but I dont speak Portuguese. Sorry! My favourite subject at university is Spanish, but I dont like German. I like listening to music and swimming. At weekends I go out with my friends. Sometimes we go to the cinema and sometimes we go to a cafe or a nightclub. What about you? What do you do in Brazil? Please write to me. Best wishes, Becky Senders address Date Greeting
20 Holland street Brighton BN2 2 WB 5 April Dear Tiago,

Body

From thank you to Please write to me

Ending

Best wishes, Becky

20 Holland street Brighton BN2 2WB 5 April Greeting Dear Tiago, Thank you for your address in Brazil! My names Becky and Im nineteen years old. Im a language student at Brighton University. I live in a house near the centre of Brighton with my mother and father, my brother James and my Polish friend Danka. I speak French, Spanish and a little German, but I dont speak Portuguese. Sorry! My favourite subject at university is Spanish, but I dont like German. I like listening to music and swimming. At weekends I go out with my friends. Sometimes we go to the cinema and sometimes we go to a cafe or a nightclub. What about you? What do you do in Brazil? Please write to me. Best wishes, Becky

Senders address Date Part 1: Personal information

Body

Part 2: Languages Part 3: Leisure activities/ free time Part 4: Questions to Tiago

Ending

WHAT IS AN INFORMAL LETTER?

Friends

An informal letter

Family members

People you know well

Senders Address Date

An informal letter

Greeting (Dear+name,) Body: (to a penfriend) -Part 1: Personal information (name, age, job) -Part 2 Languages Leisure activities -Part 3

To a penfriend

-Part 4: Questions to penfriend. Ending (Best wishes,/ Love,) Your name

Unit 4: Informal letters * to a pen friend*

Activity 2:

Ordering the letter

Activity 2:

ordering

(a) Best wishes, Tiago (b) Dear Becky, (c) Please tell me some information about your country because I really want to know about it. I hope to receive your letter soon! (d) Thank you so much for your letter that Ive received this morning. Im very happy to make friend with you. (e) Rue Bellavista 118 Fortaleza Brazil (f) Now let me introduce myself. My full name is Tiago Costa. Im 21 and Im studying at Frotaleza University of Technology. I live with two classmates in a small flat near our university. (g) 23 April (h) I can speak French but only a little. My favourite subjects at university are Maths and History. (i) I like reading and playing computer games. In my free time, I often go biking with my classmates or visit my aunts.

(a) Best wishes, Tiago (b) Dear Becky, (c) Please tell me some information about your country because I really want to know about it. I hope to receive your letter soon! (d) Thank you so much for your letter that Ive received this morning. Im very happy to make friend with you. (e) Rue Bellavista 118 Fortaleza Brazil (f) Now let me introduce myself. My full name is Tiago Costa. Im 21 and Im studying at Frotaleza University of Technology. I live with two classmates in a small flat near our university. (g) 23 April (h) I can speak French but only a little. My favourite subjects at university are Maths and History. (i) I like reading and playing computer games. In my free time, I often go biking with my classmates or visit my aunts.

Senders Address Date

An informal letter

Greeting (Dear+name,) Body: -Part 1: Personal information (name, age, job) -Part 2 Languages Leisure activities -Part 3

To a penfriend

-Part 4: Questions to penfriend. Ending (Best wishes,/ Love,) Your name

Unit 4: Informal letters * to a pen friend*

Activity 3:

Writing your letter

Activity 3: Writing your letter

Write a similar letter to your penfriend John

Senders Address Date

Remember

Greeting (Dear+name,) Body: -Part 1: Personal information (name, age, job) -Part 2 Languages Leisure activities -Part 3

An informal letter

-Part 4: Questions to penfriend. Ending (Best wishes,/ Love,) Your name

What is this?

It is very small and you can buy it in the post office.

It has 5 letters.

What is this?

You cant write without it.

It has 3 letters.

Who are they?

People of the same age and study or play with you.

It has 7 letters.