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Letter/Email Writing Cambridge B2 guidelines

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Writing reference hat to expect in the exam ‘Check you have written at least 129 words and correct any mistakes you find. Writing paper is Paper 2 IU lasts 1 hour and 20 minutes, o two tasks. Jn Part |, there is one task which you must do, In Pert 2, you choose one of four tasks. Exercise 1 Look at the following Part 1 task. 1 What are the four points you must deal with? 2 Should you use'a formal or an informal style? Why? 3. Some of the notes tell you what to say. For others you rt have to think of information yourself, What information, are given a letter, email or another short text with four So.yourhave sonnet 8 09 It “> You must write @ letter or emal to include the four poinis ‘You must answer this question. Write your answer in ‘Your letter or email must be between 120-150 words. 20-0 wont icin apprgisate se. ‘You help to orgenise meetings at your colloge and You are expect pociati fecently you have invited people with interesting jobs to > include the four points speek to siudents about their work, You have received ‘= orgenise your answer in 3 logical way {his email from e policewoman, Barbara Winslow, who fe rmake requests, gine information, suggest, waite, you invited to speak on 2nd November, Read Barbara ‘Winslow's email and the notes you have made, Then ‘complain, apologise, explain, etc ea ‘write an emai to her using all your notes: "= use a formal or informal style, depending who your readers are | would be delighted to speak "= write grammatically correct sentences to students at your cellege. either "+ Use accurate spelling and punctuation. However leannot manage 2nd Sti, or 74h ‘You have approximately 40 minutes to do this part (the Navembae Conyousugiest Writing Paper lasts 1 hour 29 minutes, so Hf you spend mare apothen sty whieh wands aut ‘sme on this part, you will have less time for the other part). Yous ‘You studied end practised writing Part 1 in Units 1,5,7 and ‘Also what aspects of my work 5 do you think students would find mostinteresting? Give bar How to do Part 1 vO player 2 ‘sane + Read the instructions, the text (eg. letter) and notes better | | san also show short film ‘about police work in this area but can you tell me if you \| have a DVD player ora cinema \ projector available? carefully. 2 Find and underline the four points you must deal with, Youll lose marks if you don't deal with them all. 3 Read ihe instructions to find out who will read the letter or email, Then decide whether you should write in|a formal or informat sty, age 4 Make notes and organise your notes into a plan. When \writing your plen, decide how many paragraphs you need Many thanks, ‘and what you'll say in each paragraph. Before writing your final letter, check that your plan covers the four points. Write your letter or email following your plan. eve Finally, could you please tell ontimber and | me a little bit about the sort —}- of audience | can expect? Barbara Winslow Write your email, You must use grammatically correct sentences with accurate spelling and punctuation in 2 When you have finished, read your answer carefully style appropriate for the situation. Writing seerence Exercise 2 Read this answer to the task in Exercise 1 + What information has the writer invented for his/her answer? 2. Is the style formal or informal? (For differences between formal and informal styles, see page 73.) ali Te: Borbarba Winslow Subject Your tk Dear Barbara, Thank you for your emai and] amvery gadthat youhave kindly agreed to speck at our college Jom sorry te hearthat you cannot comeon 2né Noveinber.Can !euggest that youcomeoneither the Sthor 7th November instead? ‘know we willl be very interested in yourtalk and tspeciallyif you cantak about the police's work in fighting crime and howyou goabourit, We would also like to hear about career opportunities in he police force. Yourshort film sourdsan excellent idea ard! the easiest wayto show itwould be on the DVD player. As forthe audience, you can expect about 4100 people aged between 16and 18. There wil prebably tsa be a ew teachers think / Please le me krowwhichdate sults you best. | nok forward to meetingyou then. Kind regard ee Ways of starting and finishing emails To someone you don't knovr well: ‘estart with: Dear+ first name: Dear Barbara (it yo Each paragraph: contains several | sentences deals with @ different aspect of | the task. The answer contains sentences which make @ natural- sounding, required i (24 email, rot just the points inthe task. Ju would use their first name ‘when you speak to them), or Dear+ surname: Dear Mr Hatton (i fee| comfortable using their first name) «finish with: Best wishes or Kind regards. ‘To someone you know well: ‘e start with: Deer / Hello/ Hi-+ name: Hi Magdo, Hello Francesco finish with: Best wishes or All the best. Ways of starting and finishing letters If you know the person's name: start with: Dear Barbara, Dear Mr Hatton © finish with: @ Best wishes (it you'te writing toa friend) ® ccomplae Fe Contcate you don't ———————

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