Part 6
Guided writing short communicative message (10 marks)
• 30-50 words
• At least 5 sentences.
Email Format
Message Format
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Example
You are going shopping with your friend to buy a gift for Mother’s Day. Write an email to your friends.
Write on email in about 30 to 50 words using the notes given.
• Where you want to meet
• What time you want to meet
• What you want to buy
Purpose
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Part 7
Notes Expansive-Longer communicative (15 marks)
• 50-80 words
• At least 8 sentences.
Email Format
Diary Format
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Greeting
Hi there! I hope this email finds you well.
How are you getting on recently?
Hi there!I hope you are in the pinks. Hi there! I hope this email adds a spark to
your day.
Ending
Closing with Positivity
Wishing you a wonderful day!
Have a fantastic day ahead!
Looking forward to hearing from you!
Encourage Responses
Can’t wait to hear your thoughts!
I love hearing from you. Write back soon!
I hope you have some cool stories too!
Best Wishes
Best wishes for a super day!
Take care and talk to you soon!
Signing off
Signing off with a big smile!
I have to sign off now, write soon.
Till we meet again, my friend!
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Content
Make a request
Could you…?
Would you mind…?
Can you…?
Give information
Just to let you know…
For your information…
I wanted to tell you that……
Apologize
I’m sorry…
Sorry for the delay…
My apologies…
Thanks
I am grateful for your…….
I appreciate your help.
Thanks.
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Price
That is quite reasonable.
The price is quite wallet friendly.
It is one of the most budget-friendly option.
Food
It is like a party in my mouth.
It is quite finger licking.
I am love with this mouthwatering dish.
Event
Let’s not miss the boat.
Since you are into art /music….
It looks like a fantastic opportunity!
Feeling
I feel on the cloud nine.
I am sad as the rainy day.
I am nervous as a squirrel in traffic.
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Started Unit
Part 6
Practice 1
Your friend, Emma wants to get a mobile phone. Write an email to her. Write about 30 to 50 words.
In your email
• Suggest a brand.
• Give reasons why she should get one.
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Part 7
Practice 1
You read a message from a foreign penfriend, Richard Parker, on a school website. Write a message to tell
him about your school, hobbies, favourite food and pets (if any). Write you message in about 60 to 80 words.
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Unit 1 Towns and Cities
Part 6
Practice 1
Your school is holding a cooking competition during the school funfair. You want your friend to join you as
a partner in the competition. Write a message to him /her about the competition. Write your message
between 30 and 50 words.
• Say that you have decided to take part in the competition.
• Say that you have chosen him/her to be your partner.
• State the type of dish you plan to cook.
• Explain what he /she has to do as your partner.
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Practice 2
Your friend, Aaron, wants to visit your home town. Write an email to him about your home town.
In your email. Write about 30 to 50 words.
• Decribe how to get there.
• The builidings and surroundings.
• What he can do there.
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Practice 3
You have a new penfriend, Roberto, from Italy. He stays in Venice. Write an email to Roberto. Write
your email between 30 and 50 words.
• Ask him what the weather is like in Venice now.
• Ask him does he play any games and what his favourite game is.
• Ask him what the attractions in Venice are.
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Part 7
Pratice 1
You are on a holiday with your family. Write an email to your friend to tell him/her about your holiday
experiences. You may use the tour details below as guide. Write your email between 60 and 80 words.
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Prastice 2
Your friend, Sumaya, wants to know your favourite city. Write a letter to reply. In your letter, state your
choice and give reasons for it. Write your email between 60 and 80 words.
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Unit 2 Days
Part 6
Prastice 1
Your school is organising a cornival. Write an email to tell your friend, Scarlett, about it. Write about 30 to
50 words.
In your email,
• Invite her to the carnival.
• Give reasons why she should go.
Write reasons why she should go.
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Practice 2
You want to invite your cousin to your grandmother’s birthday celebration. Write message to your cousin.
Write your message between 30 and 50 words.
• State the date and place of the celebration.
• Explain what he/she needs to do for the celebration.
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Part 7
Practice 1
You are in charge of the Teacher’s Day celebration, but you will be absent from school. You want your
friend, Lisa, to help with the preparations. Write an email to her. Write your email between 60 and 80 words.
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Practice 2
You held a birthday party at home. Write a dairy entry about your birthday party and how you feel about it.
Write your diary entry in about 60 to 80 words. Write your email between 60 and 80 words.
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Practice 3
You saw a poster about a school holiday package trip to Pulau Rendang. Write an email to your best
friend, Danial, to invite him to join you on the trip. Tell him that your parents are going and have asked
you to invite him. Your parents will pay for the trip. Explain why it would be fun to go to Pulau Redang.
Write your email between 60 and 80 words.
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Unit 3 Wildlife
Part 6
Practice 1
Your friend,Amira, wants to know what animals are endangered. Write an email to tell Amira about it.
In your eamil, Write about 30 to 50 words.
• Name an animal species that is endangered.
• Give reasons why they are endangered.
• Explain ways to save them.
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Practice 2
You went to the petting zoo at Lost World of Tambun with your family during the holidays. Write a diary
about holiday experiences. Write your dairy between 30 and 50 words.
• Which petting zoo you went to
• Who went with you?
• What animals you saw
• What you did and how you felt
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Part 7
Practice 1
You saw a poster about animal adoption. Write a message to tell your friend, Banda, about it.
Write you message in about 60 to 80 words.
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Practice 2
Your school is organising a trip to the National Zoo. Write may use the notes below as your guidance. Write
your blog between 60 and 80 words.
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Unit 4 Learning World
Part 6
Practice 1
Your friend, Ayesha, finds History boring and wants to know how to cope with the subject. Write an email to
Ayesha to talk about it. Write about 30 to 50 words.
In your email
• Suggest several ways to study history.
• Makes short notes.
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Practice 2
You have a new pen friend. He/she wants to know about your school. You want to tell him/her about
your school. Write an email to your friend. Write your dairy between 30 and 50 words.
• State the activities in your school.
• Say about your favourite subject.
• Say about the teachers and pupils.
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Practice 3
You have a pen friend, Ragnar, who lives in Denmark. He’s written an email to you to ask about the subjects
you study in school. Write an email to Ragnar. Write your email between 30 and 50 words.
• Tell him about the subjects you study in school.
• Ask him about the subjects he studies in school.
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Part 7
Practice 1
The Art Club of your school is having an art show. As a member of the Art Club, you are in charge of the
preparation. Write an email to your team about it. Write you email in about 60 to 80 words.
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Practice 2
You want to ask your friend to join the science club with you. Write a message to tell him/her about the
activities of the club. You may use the notice below as your guidance. Write your message between 60 and
80 words.
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Prastice 3
You saw Vice President, as his running mate. Write an email to him to accept or decline his invitation and
explain your reasons. Write your email between 60 and 80 words.
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Prastice 4
Pretend that you had an awful day at school. Write a suitable reply to your friend according to the
email below.
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Unit 5 Food and health
Part 6
Practice 1
Your friend, Geetha, has invited you for a seafood buffet at a hotel. Write an email to her.
In your email,
• Decline the invitation politely.
• Give a reason why you can’t join her.
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Practice 2
Your friend, Hui Xian, wants to make learn how to make chocolate jelly. Write an email to her. Write your
eamil between 30 and 50 words.
In your email, include:
• the ingredients: 1 packet to jelly powder, 750 ml of water, 100g of sugar, 2 cups of chocolate of Milo
• Steps to make the chocolate jelly:
o Cook – jelly powder – dissolves
o Add – sugar – chocolate milk – Milo
o Pour – jelly mould – chill – fridge
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Prastice 3
You have a penfriend, Jean, who lives in Belgium. You heard that Belgian chocolates are one of the best in
the world. Write an email to Jean between 30 to 50 words.
• Ask her to send you a box of Belgian chocolates.
• Tell her any brand will do.
• Tell her that you will pay for the chocolates as well as the postage.
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Part 7
Practice 1
You attended a talk on ‘Food and Health’. Write a message to your mother to tell her about it. You may use
the information below as your guidance. Write your message between 60 and 80 words.
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Practise 2
You attended a wedding dinner over the weekend. Write a letter to your grandfather to tell him about the
dishes you enjoyed during the dinner. Write your letter in about 60 – 80 words.
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Unit 6 Sport
Part 6
Practise 1
Your cousin, Gerard, is taking part in the 100 metres race on his school sports day. He is nervous about the
race. Write a message to him.
In your message
• Remind him to do warm-up exercises before the run.
• Give him words of encouragement.
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Practise 2
You want to invite your friend, Kim Seng, to watch a football match on TV at your house. Write an email to
him. Write your email between 30 and 50 words.
In your email
• Explain why you want him to come iver to your house
• Say the names of the teams playing the match
• Say what you and your friend can do before the match
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Part 7
Practise 1
You came across a poster about a swimming competition. Write an email to your friend, Tina, who is good at
swimming to tell her about the competition and persuade her to enter it. Write you email in about 60 -80
words.
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Prastise 2
You went cycling with your friend and had a fall. Write a diary entry about what happened,You may use the
pictures below as your guidance . Write your diary between 60 and 80 words.
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Prastice 3
You saw a poster about a badminton tournament taking place in your school. You wish to take part in the
tournament in the doubles category. Write an email to your friend, Suresh, inviting him to be your
partner in the competition and explain why you want him as a partner. Write your email between 60 and
80 words.
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Unit 7 Growing up
Part 6
Prastice 1
Your classmate, Rita, will be attending a prefect interview the next day. Write her a message.
In your message, Write about 30 – 50 words.
• Give her some tips for interview success.
• Wish her the best in the interview.
Write your message below.
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Prastice 2
Write a biography of your father/mother. Write the biography between 30 and 50 words.
• When and where he/she was born
• If he/she has any brothers or sisters
• Where he/she grew up and went to school
• When he/she got married and had children
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Part 7
Prastice 1
As an editor of his school magazine, your cousin, Damian, is going to interview a local celebrity. Write an
email to your cousin to give him some helpful information about the celebrity that you got from a magazine.
Write your email in about 60 – 80 words.
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Practice 2
Write a biography of the Malaysian badminton player, Lee Zii Jia. Write the biography between 60 and
80 words.
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Unit 8 Going away
Part 6
Prastice 1
You will be going on a school trip tomorrow. Write a messaeg to your friend, Sweet Wel, who wasn’t in
class as she was representing your school in a chess competition. Write about 30 – 50 words.
In your email,
• Remind her about the trip
• Inform her about the change of meeting time and place at school.
Write your message below.
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Prastice 2
You want to invite your friend to join you and your family on a camping trip. Write a message to your
friend. Write your message between 30 and 50 words.
In your message, say
• Where and when your family is planning to camp
• What things your friend needs to bring
• What activities you and your friend will take part in.
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Practice 3
Your friend, Malvin, borrowed your sleeping bag two months ago. You are going camping next week.
You need the sleeping bag back. Write an email to Malvin between 30 and 50 words.
• Ask him to give you back your sleeping bag.
• Tell him why you need your sleeping bag back.
• Ask him to bring the sleeping bag to your house tomorrow.
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Part 7
Prastice 1
You joined a school volunteer trip to an orphanage. Write a diary entry about your experience there based on
the itineary below.
Write your diary entry in about 60 – 80 words.
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Prastice 2
Your cousin is going to join your family on a weekend trip. Write an email to him/ her about the plans for
the trip. You may use the notes below as your guidance. Write your email between 60 and 80 words.
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Prastise 3
You received a message from your friend, Rebecca, who is coming to visit Kuala Lumpur from London.
It’s her first time in a new city and she wants your advice on the best places to visit. Write an email to
her to suggest a few attractions in Kuala Lumpur and recommend other states in Malaysia to explore.
Write an email in about 60 to 80 words using the notes given.
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