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This document provides guidance on writing a letter describing one's character to a new pen pal. It includes exercises to choose vocabulary words to fill in blanks describing people. It also gives tips on how to structure a letter, including using 3 paragraphs: 1) thank the pen pal, 2) list 3 positive and 3 negative adjectives describing yourself and explain, 3) say you look forward to their response. Students are encouraged to think carefully about how to describe themselves honestly but positively to their new pen pal.

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Writing Booklet

This document provides guidance on writing a letter describing one's character to a new pen pal. It includes exercises to choose vocabulary words to fill in blanks describing people. It also gives tips on how to structure a letter, including using 3 paragraphs: 1) thank the pen pal, 2) list 3 positive and 3 negative adjectives describing yourself and explain, 3) say you look forward to their response. Students are encouraged to think carefully about how to describe themselves honestly but positively to their new pen pal.

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Effie Vlachou
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WRITING BOOKLET

3 GEL PET
EFFIE VLACHOU

WRITING
DESCRIBING PEOPLE'S CHARACTER
PART 1- VOCABULARY
1. Complete the text below. Drag one word or phrase from the list
below into each gap. You will not need to use all the words.

hard-working, materialistic, romantic, shy, sympathetic, vain
My friends and I often talk to each other about boyfriends. It's
interesting that we mostly agree on what kind of boy we like best. We all
like boys who are quite self-confident - not / / or nervous when
we speak to them. We also like boys who help us with our problems and
who aren't afraid to talk about them. Boys who are / /
like that are quite hard to find at our school! Girls in my class also like
their boyfriends to be good-looking, but we hate it if they're / /
and looking at themselves all the time. That's often the problem with
handsome boys, and pretty girls as well, I suppose. Most of us like boys
who are / / too. It's great to be sent a love letter or to be
given a present like a box of chocolates!
DESCRIBING HOW PEOPLE LOOK
PART 1B VOCABULARY
CHOOSE
2. Complete the text below. Drag one word or phrase from the list below
into each gap. You will not need to use all the words.
build, blonde, clean-shaven, elderly, freckled, glasses, hair, smartly-
dressed, twenties, tattoo, wearing
Two descriptions
Robbers stole a million euros from a central bank in Madrid yesterday.
Spanish police are looking for a man in his late / / . The
suspect has short brown / / and dark eyes. He's about 1 meter
80 and of average / / , weighing approximately 80 kilos. The
bank clerk noticed a / / of an eagle on the suspect's right
arm. The man was casually-dressed, / / a sports shirt and
trousers, and a pair of dark-framed / / . Police also want to
question a woman who was in the bank at the time. She's / / ,

WRITING BOOKLET
3 GEL PET
EFFIE VLACHOU

middle-aged, and was / / in a business suit. She
has a / / face, is slim, and of average height. Anyone who
thinks they can help the police with their enquiries should contact their
local police station.

PART 2 - WRITING
Write an email to a new pen friend. Think of three adjectives to
describe something positive about your character and three adjectives
to describe negative aspects of your character. Include these in your
letter. Explain why you describe yourself like this. Write about 150
words.
TIPS:
Writing to a pen friend

1. Begin by deciding which six adjectives you are going to include in
your letter and making notes about why you are like this.
2. Plan your letter.
3 Use 3-4 paragraphs to separate out ideas. Look at the following plan
and decide if you could use it:
paragraph one - thank your friend for his/her email and say something
about what was said in it
paragraph two - list your adjectives (positive and negative ones)
paragraph three - say something about your friend writing back
Use linking words like but, though, however, on the other hand. Also, use
words like very, quite, really, terribly, not at all, never etc to modify your
statements. The following sentence may help you:
I am quite artistic. I'm good at making things and at drawing, but I'm
not at all organized. My room is always a terrible mess.
4. Use the present perfect to describe your character as well as
the present simple:

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