Page 84 - Grasp English B1+ (Workbook)

8 Expectations

Writing

A. Discuss with a partner.

1. Which festival does each photo show?
a) Chinese New Year
b) Holi
c) Up Helly Aa
d) Venice Carnival 1.
2. What do you know about these festivals?
3. Which would you most like to go to? Why?
2.
B. Write true (T) or false (F).

1. You shouldn’t ask questions in your email.
2. An email to a friend should be written in
formal language.
3. You can use contractions.

4. You should close your email with a phrase
like “Warm regards” or “Yours sincerely”.

3.

Dear Magdalena,

How are you? I hope you and your family are
all well. I’m writing to ask a 1 .
I have to do a project about a festival in
another country, and I was wondering if you
could give me some 2 about
the carnival in Venice. 4.

In the project, I have to write about the
3 of the festival, and although C. Complete the letter with the following words.
I can probably find that 4 , it’d
be interesting to know if they teach you about dress up favour information
the history of it at school. masks online origins

It would be great if you could send me any
photos you have as well. I remember you saying
your mum used to decorate 5 D. Write a letter to a friend (120–180 words).
Choose from one of the following reasons for
for you and your sisters to wear when you were
writing.
younger.
• You borrowed something from a friend and
What did you do in carnival this year? Did you
want to apologise for not giving it back yet.
6 ? I’d love to hear all about it.
• You need help with a project for school about
Looking forward to hearing from you, a hobby your friend has.

Martin • You stayed with your friend in the summer
holidays and want to say thank you.

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