An email

I can write an email to a friend about a new home.

Preparation

1. Read the task and the model email. In what order does Lisa cover the four points? Number them.

(Đọc nhiệm vụ và email mẫu. Lisa trình bày bốn điểm theo thứ tự nào? Đánh số chúng.)

You are moving in with relatives next week. Write an email to a friend. Include the following:

• Explain the reasons for the arrangement. ¨

• Describe your relatives' house. ¨

• Describe the relatives. ¨

• Ask permission to borrow something from your friend. ¨

To madison@email.com

Hi Madison,

I hope all is well with you. Did I tell you I'm moving house soon? We need to move out of our flat because the landlord is selling it, so we're going to live with my cousins for a few months.

They don't live far away - in a small village about twenty miles from here. My cousin Joe is a really nice guy. He's the same age as me and he's got dark hair and brown eyes. My cousin Samantha looks a bit like you. She is tall, with curly hair and green eyes. She's great fun. You'd like them.

My cousins' house is quite large and includes a new extension, but it will still be a big crowded. There are four bedrooms in the house and two in the extension, I think, but I'm going to sleep in the conservatory!

Better get back to my homework. Would it be OK if I borrowed your tennis racket this weekend? I've got one, but I can't find it. I think Mum might have already packed it!

Bye for now.

Lisa

2. Read the Writing Strategy. Circle eight different contractions in the model email. Then underline one sentence with a word omitted at the start.

(Đọc Chiến lược viết. Khoanh tròn tám cách viết tắt khác nhau trong email mẫu. Sau đó gạch chân một câu có từ bị lược bỏ ở đầu câu.)

3. Rewrite the sentences using would rather with the base form or past simple.

(Viết lại các câu sử dụng Rather với dạng cơ bản hoặc quá khứ đơn.)

1 I want you to help me.

I'd rather you helped me

(Tôi muốn bạn giúp tôi)

2 I don't want my sister to find out.

___________________________

3 I want to be outside.

___________________________

4 I don't want to go to bed yet.

___________________________

5 I want us to spend more time together.

___________________________

4. Complete the second sentence in each pair with had better (not) and the verb in brackets.

(Hoàn thành câu thứ hai trong mỗi cặp với had better (not) và động từ trong ngoặc.)

1 This milk smells bad. We had better not drink (drink) it.

(Sữa này có mùi hôi. Tốt nhất là chúng ta không nên uống)

2 The roads are icy You ____________ (drive) too fast.

3 This is my dad's laptop. We ____________ (ask) before we use it.

4 It isn't safe to walk home at night. You ____________ (get) a taxi.

5 That dog doesn't look friendly. We ____________ (go) near it.

Writing Guide

(Hướng dẫn viết)

5. Read the task. Then make notes under headings 1-4 below.

(Đọc nhiệm vụ. Sau đó ghi chú theo tiêu đề 1-4 dưới đây.)

Imagine that you are moving house next week. Write an email to a friend. Include the following:

• Describe your new home.

• Give information about your plans for moving.

• Describe someone you will miss after you move.

• Ask permission to leave something at your friend's house.

(Hãy tưởng tượng rằng bạn sẽ chuyển nhà vào tuần tới. Viết một email cho một người bạn. Bao gồm những điều sau đây:

• Miêu tả ngôi nhà mới của bạn.

• Cung cấp thông tin về kế hoạch chuyển nhà của bạn.

• Miêu tả một người mà bạn sẽ nhớ sau khi chuyển đi.

• Xin phép để lại đồ đạc ở nhà bạn bè.)

1 What is your new home like?

_____________________________

2 What are the arrangements for moving?

_____________________________

3 Who will you miss?

_____________________________

4 What do you want to leave with your friend?

_____________________________

6. Now do the task. Write your email using your notes from exercise 5.

(Bây giờ hãy thực hiện nhiệm vụ. Viết email của bạn bằng cách sử dụng ghi chú của bạn từ bài tập 5.)