Your city is among the final candidates for hosting an important
event. A group of authorities will be visiting your city to decide
whether it should host it.
You have been asked to write a report for them. Your report should:
. include information about your city´s facilities, accommodation
and transportation.
. recommend how visitors may spend their leisure time.
The school where you attend English classes has decided to buy new books in English.
You have been asked to write a report for the Principal, suggesting what kind of
books your school should buy. In your report, you should also state why students may
find these books useful to improve their English.
Write your report.
The company where you work offers a lunch service for its employees. Recently,
there have been many complaints about the canteen, especially regarding long
queues, limited choices and too much unhealthy food.
You have decided to write a report for your manager, suggesting how the canteen
service may be improved. In your report you should address the main complaints.
Write your report.
Our university has just released the new version of its official website. Write a report
in response to your classmates´ opinion of the site. Talk about the usage of the site,
the information provided and the news section. Also make suggestions about how it
could be improved.
Write your report.
You have recently completed a master’s degree in a local university. The master’s
organiser has asked you to write a report about your experience.
In your report, you should evaluate the master, asses which part or parts were more
educational and suggest changes for those parts that were not as informative as you
had expected.
Write your report.
Your city is among the final candidates for hosting a national conference on climate
change. You have been asked to write a report aimed at attracting the event to your
city.
In your report, you should evaluate your city’s accommodation facilites and transport,
explaining why your city would be suitable for hosting the event. You must also
suggest how to increase your city’s possibilities of success.
Write your report.
Your company is experiencing a labour shortage and it is becoming quite difficult to
attract new employees. You have been asked to write a report on how to entice new
talent.
In your report, you should asses the current situation, explaining why potential
employees are not choosing your company, and suggest changes that may help to
revert this situation.
Write your report.
You belong to a local youth club whose main goal is to help local young people lead a
healthy lifestyle and practice sports. You have been asked by the club’s leader to
write a report for the mayor.
In your report, you should evaluate the current situation of the club, stating and
clarifying which programmes are more useful. You should also suggest some changes
for those programmes which are not so successful.
Write your report.
You work at the local tourist board. Your manager has asked you to write a report
aimed at luring more visitors.
In your report, you should evaluate the current status of tourism in your area,
explaining which measures or programmes have been undertaken. You also should
suggest how to increase the number of tourists and their spending.
Write your report.
The college where you study wants to make some improvements to the facilities
available to students. You have been requested to write a report on the library.
Your report should asses the current state of the library building as well as its
catalogue, explaining whether it as adequate or not. In your report, you should also
include some suggestions on how to improve the library.
Write your report.
You belong to a social club that organises study abroad programmes for young
students. A group of them is planning to stay with host families in your country during
the summer. Their teacher has asked you to write a report on your country’s eating
customs.
In your report, you should comment on mealtimes, explaining how they are organised
throughout the day and suggest which dishes could be potentially liked by the
students.
Write your report.
Your local library has experienced a decrease in the number of readers in recent
months. They have hired you to write a report on how to make the library more
appealing for locals.
In your report, you should evaluate the current situation, explaining the main reasons
for said decrease and suggest how the library can entice locals to visit the library and
read more often.
Write your report.
The different parts of a report
Introduction
A report is always based on facts (even though you will normally have to invent those ‘facts’) so it is
not so much about making it sensational, but to be very clear and to the point. In your introduction,
therefore, you should clearly state why you are writing the report and what is going to be
included. Also, try not to repeat the words as you find them in the task, but instead paraphrase
and use your own words. You can also say where you got the information from, but this point is
optional.
Useful phrases to start your report with include:
1. The purpose/aim of this report is to …
2. The report is intended to show/discuss/suggest/outline …
3. In this report I will …
Topic paragraphs
The topic paragraphs are where you give most of the information of your report. Again, it shouldn’t
sound like a great story.
Of course, there are always things to be careful with:
1. Only write about things related to the task.
2. Support your points with reasons and examples.
3. Don’t write from your personal perspective, but rather from the group’s point of view.
4. Use some language to generalise your arguments:
o In general, …
o Generally speaking, …
o Most (members) seem to …
o It appears that …
o According to …
o Passive voice (be + past participle)
Your suggestion/recommendation
You should always base your recommendations on the things you wrote in the previous
paragraphs to make sure that your report as a whole makes sense.
You can do this by using some specific language:
1. Based on the findings of this report I recommend/suggest +ing
2. I (would) recommend/suggest that …
3. The following (improvements) are recommended: …
4. The best ideas/solutions seem to be …
5. It would be (highly) advisable to …
6. If it is decided to follow my recommendations, …
