Email (Part 1 Question 1)

TASK EXAMPLE

You have received this email from your English friend Alex.

Hi!

I heard it’s your birthday next month! Are you planning to do anything special?

Tell me:

• where you’re going to celebrate

• who you’re going with

• what activities you’re planning

Hope you have a great time!

Alex

Write an email to Alex and answer the questions.

PLANNING

Keywords:

• beach

• celebrate

• close friends

• planning

• watch the sunset

• Restaurant

• have dinner

• play beach volleyall

• birthday

Good Grammar and Use of English Structures :

• Future plans - I’m going to celebrate.../ We’re planning to have dinner

• Present perfect - We haven’t met for a long time.

• First conditional - If the weather is good, we’ll...

• Modal verb of possibility - We might watch...

Cohesive Devices and Connectors:

• (First of all,)

• (Another thing is that)

• (Finally,)

• because

• later

EMAIL

Hi Alex,

Thanks for your email*. I’m really excited about* my birthday this year!

(First of all,) I’m going to celebrate it at a beach restaurant near my town. I’m going with some close friends and my cousins because* we haven’t met for a long time.

(Another thing is that) we’re planning to have dinner and play beach volleyball. (Later,) we might watch the sunset together. If the weather is good, we’ll stay there until late at night.

(Finally,) I hope* you can visit Spain one day!

Best wishes,
Marco