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Real Writing 4
with answers

Simon Haines

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Contents
Map of the book 4
Acknowledgements 6
Introduction 7

Social and Travel

Unit1 Somewhere to stay 10
Unit2 Let’s keep in touch 14
Unit3 Forms and more forms 18
Unit4 Dear Sir, 22
Unit5 It’s not good enough 26
Review1 30

Work and Study

Unit6 This is my life 32
Unit7 Private and confidential 36
Unit8 According to our survey 40
Unit9 The product for you 44
Unit10 I’ll email you 48
Unit11 This is the course for me 52
Unit12 Listen and take note! 56
Unit13 Today’s seminar 60
Unit14 To sum up 64
Unit15 In my view 68
Unit16 According to statistics 72
Review2 76

Appendices
Appendix1 Useful language 82
Appendix2 Text types and styles 85
Appendix3 Style 86
Appendix4 Spelling 88
Appendix5 Punctuation 90
Appendix6 Editing your writing 91

Audioscript 92
Answer key 96

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Map of the book

Unit
number Title Topic How to …

Somewhere to Holiday • write an email in concise, polite, businesslike English,

1 accommodation stating your accommodation requirements and asking for
stay
further information
• complete a booking form stating your requirements and
asking about the availability of accommodation
• understand and use a range of accommodation
vocabulary and expressions

Let’s keep in Contacting friends • distinguish between letters and emails in terms of style
2 and structure
Social and Travel

touch
• plan and write personal letters and emails
• write emails using features of informal English typically
associated with email writing

Forms and more Dealing with • understand language commonly used on forms
3 bureaucracy • complete forms using appropriate language
forms
• identify and correct inappropriate language on a form

Dear Sir, Letters to • write a structured letter to a serious newspaper, using

4 newspapers formal English
• use a range of words to qualify your opinions

It’s not good Letters of • write a formal letter of complaint

5 complaint about • avoid repetition when using formal language
enough
goods and services • use a range of expressions appropriate to formal letters
of different kinds

This is my life Writing a CV / • write a CV

6 résumé • write a covering letter to accompany a CV
• reduce full sentences to notes

Private and Writing job • recognize the differences between different types of job
7
Work and Study

confidential references references

• write job references in two different formats
• use relative clauses in formal writing

According to our Customer surveys • write a report in clear sections and include appropriate
8 sub-headings
survey
• incorporate reduced relative clauses into your writing

The product for Taking notes • write a note-taking framework

9 from a product • take notes from a product presentation
you
presentation • reduce complete sentences to noun phrases

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Unit
number Title Topic How to …

I’ll email you Workplace • understand the main differences between traditional
10 correspondence letters and emails in work-related contexts
• write work-related emails using clear, simple language
• incorporate abbreviations and acronyms in emails when
appropriate

This is the course Writing a personal • write a personal statement in formal, accurate language
11 statement • express interest and enthusiasm without sounding over-
for me
confident
• edit and correct inappropriate or incorrect language
• write complex sentences incorporating a number of
clauses

Listen and take Taking notes in a • listen to a talk or lecture and select key points of
12 talk or lecture information
note!
• write notes quickly and economically, omitting words,
using symbols, abbreviations and other visual devices
Work and Study

• organize notes clearly using numbers, letters and bullets

• select key points from written notes

Today’s seminar Preparing a • write prompt cards to refer to during a presentation

13 classroom • write a handout to accompany a presentation
presentation • use various devices to highlight key features of a
presentation

To sum up Summaries of • distinguish between key information and unnecessary

14 written texts detail in written texts
• write a summary in your own words by paraphrasing
original text language
• use pronouns and other reference words to ensure that
a summary coheres

In my view Arguing a point of • plan, structure and write a discursive essay

15 view • express ideas and opinions formally in writing
• use commas appropriately in formal English

According to Interpreting • write a structured report based on information presented

16 statistics in tables and graphic form
statistics
• use a range of expressions to refer to statistical trends
and movements

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Acknowledgements
The author would like to thank all the Cambridge University News section, 6 October 2006; p. 66: text ‘Jurassic “beaver”
Press team involved in the development of Real Writing 4 is largest early mammal yet’ by David Biello from www.sciam.
for their commitment, enthusiasm and outstanding support; com, News Section, 24 February 2006. Copyright © 2006 by
especially Nóirín Burke, Roslyn Henderson, Caroline Thiriau, Linda Scientific American, Inc. All rights reserved; p. 71: adapted article
Matthews and Martine Walsh. Very special thanks also to Nicholas ‘Florida’s rangers battle invasion of the giant pythons’ by Paul
Murgatroyd for his excellent, sensitive editing. Finally, I would like Harris, The Guardian, 29 July 2007. Copyright © Guardian News
to thank Val, Laura and Jo for their continuous support. & Media Ltd, 2007; p. 72: ‘Unemployment rates by country and
year graph’ and p. 75: ‘United States –Active labour force chart’
The author and publishers are grateful to the following Copyright © United Nations. United Nations is the author of
reviewers for their valuable insights and suggestions: the original material; p. 72: ‘Employment rates in Europe 2005’
Copyright © European Communities; p. 73: extract from ‘A report
Vanessa Boutefeu, Portugal
on unemployment’, p. 73: ‘Consumer Durables’ graph, p. 80:
Ian Chisholm, UK
extract ‘Sensory development’ from Post Report 140, Early Years
Helen Cocking, UK
Learning, June 2000. Crown Copyright © 2007; p. 80: extract
Stephanie Dimond-Bayir, UK
from The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language by David
Philip Dover, UK
Crystal. Copyright © 1987 David Crystal. Used by permission of
Rosie Ganne, UK
Cambridge University Press; p. 81: ‘Table of top five languages
Jean Greenwood, UK
used on the web’ from the website www.internetworldstats.
Sharon Hartle, Italy
com/stats7.htm; pp. 93–94: adapted recording script and audio
Rania Khalil Jabr, Egypt
recording ‘Reasons to be cheerful’ by Bob Holmes, Kurt Kleiner,
Hanna Kijowska, Poland
Kate Douglas and Michael Bond. NewScientist, 4 October 2003.
Jessica Mackay, Spain
Used by permission of NewScientist Magazine.
Marc Sheffner, Japan
Wayne Trotman, Turkey
The publishers are grateful to the following for permission to
Tadeusz Z. Wolanski, Poland
reproduce copyright photographs and material:

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sources of copyright material and are grateful for the Advertising Archives for p. 60; Alamy/©Christophe Testi for
permissions granted. While every effort has been made, it p. 11 (r) /©Helene Rogers for p. 11 (c) /©David Pearson for
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p. 92: adapted recording script and audio recording ‘Powerizers’. pp. 44 (tl), 47 (l), 47 (r).
Reproduced by kind permission of Elron Enterprises; p. 52: The
University of Manchester Careers Service ‘Writing a personal Illustrations:
statement – ten tips’. Used by kind permission of The University Kathy Baxendale pp. 54, 66; Mark Duffin pp. 10, 17, 63; Kamae
of Manchester Careers Service; p. 53: Organisation for Economic Design pp. 72, 73; Katie Mac pp. 36, 74; Julian Mosedale pp. 28,
Co-operation and Development (OECD) ‘did you know’ statistics, 31, 56
from an OECD Report for the year 2001. Copyright © OECD;
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To the student
Who is Real Writing 4 for? • Answer key: gives correct answers and possible answers
You can use this book if you are a student at advanced level for exercises that have more than one answer. It also gives
and you want to improve and practise your English writing. sample answers for some exercises.
You can use the book alone without a teacher or you can use
it in a classroom with a teacher. How can I use Real Writing 4?
The units in the second section of the book are generally
How will Real Writing 4 help me with my writing? more difficult than the units in the first section. However, you
Real Writing 4 contains everyday writing tasks. These include do not need to do the units in a particular order. It is better to
writing emails and letters, filling in forms, writing reports and choose the units that are most relevant, useful or interesting
summaries. It is designed to help you with writing you may for you and to do them in the order you prefer.
need to do when communicating with people in English at There are many different ways you can use this book. We
home or in other countries. suggest you work in this way:
The exercises in each unit help you develop useful skills such • Identify which areas you want to focus on by using the
as planning, thinking about the reader and checking your Contents list and find a unit that interests you or go to
work. It is designed to help you with writing you will need to Appendix 2: Text types and look for a unit that you might
do when communicating in English at home or when visiting find useful.
another country. • Use the Get ready to write section at the start of each unit
to help you understand the context.
How is Real Writing 4 organized? • Complete the other sections of the unit. At the end of
each section check your answers in the Answer key or with
The book has 16 units and is divided into two sections:
your teacher.
• Units 1–5 – social and travel situations
• Try to do listening exercises without looking at the
• Units 6–16 – work and study situations
Audioscript. You can read the Audioscript after you finish
Every unit has: the exercises.
• Get ready to write: to introduce you to the topic of the unit • If your answers are not correct, study the section again to
• Learning tip: to help you improve your learning see where you made mistakes.
• Did you know?: extra information about vocabulary, • When you have completed the Write exercise, use the
different cultures or the topic of the unit. Check questions to correct your writing. You can also use
• Focus on: to help you study useful grammar or vocabulary Appendix 6: Editing your writing to check what you have
• Class bonus: an exercise you can do with other students written.
or friends • If you want to do more work on this topic, do the Extra
• Extra practice: an extra exercise for more practice practice activity.
• Can-do checklist: to help you think about what you learnt • At the end of the unit, think about what you learnt and
in the unit complete the Can-do checklist.
• Go to Appendix 1 and look at the Useful language for the
After each main section, there is a review unit. The reviews
unit again.
help you practise the language and skills you have learnt in
each section.
At the back of the book you can find:
• Appendices: contain lists of Useful language for every unit,
useful information about style and register, spelling tips,
punctuation and a checklist to use when re-reading a text
you have written.
• Audioscript: includes everything that you can hear on the
audio CD and gives information about the nationalities of
the speakers.

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What is Cambridge English Skills?
Real Writing 4 is one of twelve books in the Cambridge English Skills series. The series
also contains Real Reading and Real Listening & Speaking books and offers skills
training to students from elementary to advanced level. All the books are available in
with-answers and without-answers editions.

Level Book Author

Real Reading 1 with answers Liz Driscoll

Real Reading 1 without answers Liz Driscoll

Elementary
CEF: A2 Real Writing 1 with answers and audio CD Graham Palmer
Cambridge ESOL: KET Real Writing 1 without answers Graham Palmer
NQF Skills for life: Entry 2
Real Listening & Speaking 1 with answers and audio CDs (2) Miles Craven

Real Listening & Speaking 1 without answers Miles Craven

Real Reading 2 with answers Liz Driscoll

Real Reading 2 without answers Liz Driscoll

Pre-intermediate
CEF: B1 Real Writing 2 with answers and audio CD Graham Palmer
Cambridge ESOL: PET Real Writing 2 without answers Graham Palmer
NQF Skills for life: Entry 3
Real Listening & Speaking 2 with answers and audio CDs (2) Sally Logan & Craig Thaine

Real Listening & Speaking 2 without answers Sally Logan & Craig Thaine

Real Reading 3 with answers Liz Driscoll

Real Reading 3 without answers Liz Driscoll

Intermediate to
upper-intermediate Real Writing 3 with answers and audio CD Roger Gower
CEF: B2
Cambridge ESOL: FCE Real Writing 3 without answers Roger Gower
NQF Skills for life: Level 1
Real Listening & Speaking 3 with answers and audio CDs (2) Miles Craven

Real Listening & Speaking 3 without answers Miles Craven

Real Reading 4 with answers Liz Driscoll

Real Reading 4 without answers Liz Driscoll

Advanced
CEF: C1 Real Writing 4 with answers and audio CD Simon Haines
Cambridge ESOL: CAE
Real Writing 4 without answers Simon Haines
NQF Skills for life: Level 2
Real Listening & Speaking 4 with answers and audio CDs (2) Miles Craven

Real Listening & Speaking 4 without answers Miles Craven

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Where are the teacher’s notes? What is the best way to use Real Writing 4 in the
The series is accompanied by a dedicated website containing classroom?
detailed teaching notes and extension ideas for every unit of The book is designed so that the units may be used in any
every book. Please visit www.cambridge.org/englishskills to order, although the more difficult units naturally appear
access the Cambridge English Skills teacher’s notes. towards the end of the book, in the Work and Study section.
You can consult the unit-by-unit teacher’s notes at
What are the main aims of Real Writing 4?
www.cambridge.org/englishskills for teaching ideas. However,
• To help students develop writing skills in accordance with broadly speaking, different parts of the book can be
the ALTE (Association of Language Testers in Europe) approached in the following ways:
Can-do statements. These statements describe what • Useful language: You can use the Useful language lists
language users can typically do at different levels and in in Appendix 1 to preteach or revise vocabulary and other
different contexts. Visit www.alte.org for further information. language from the unit you are working on.
• To encourage autonomous learning by focusing on learner • Get ready to write: It is a good idea to use this section as
training. an introduction to the topic. Students can work on these
exercises in pairs or groups. Many of these exercises
What are the key features of Real Writing 4? require students to answer questions about their personal
• It is aimed at advanced learners of English at level C1 experience. These questions can be used as prompts for
of the Council of Europe’s CEFR (Common European discussion. Some exercises contain a problem-solving
Framework of Reference for Languages). element that students can work on together. Other
• It contains 16 four-page units, divided into two sections: exercises aim to clarify key vocabulary in the unit. You can
Social and Travel, and Work and Study. present these vocabulary items directly to students.
• Real Writing 4 units contain: • Learning tips: You can ask students to read and discuss
• Get ready to write warm-up exercises to get students these in an open class situation. An alternative approach
thinking about the topic is for you to create a series of discussion questions
• Focus on exercises which provide contextualized associated with the Learning tip. Students can discuss
practice in particular grammar or vocabulary areas their ideas in pairs or small groups followed by open class
• Learning tips which give students advice on how to feedback. The Learning tip acts as a reflective learning tool
improve their writing and their learning to help promote learner autonomy.
• Did you know? boxes which provide notes on cultural • Class bonuses: The material in these activities aims to
or linguistic differences between English-speaking provide freer practice. You can set these up carefully,
countries, or factual information on the topic of the unit then take the role of observer during the activity so that
• Class bonus communication activities for pairwork and students carry out the task freely.
group work so you can adapt the material to suit your • Extra practice: These can be set as homework or out-of-
class class projects for your students. Alternatively, students can
• Extra practice activities which give students a chance to do Extra practice tasks in pairs during class time
put into practice the skills learnt • Can-do checklists: Refer to these at the beginning of a
• Can-do checklists at the end of every unit to encourage lesson to explain to students what the lesson will cover,
students to think about what they have learnt and again at the end so that students can evaluate their
• There are two review units to practise skills that have been learning for themselves.
introduced in the preceding units. • Appendices: You may find it useful to refer your students
• It can be used as self-study material, in class, or as to the Appendices for information on style, spelling and
supplementary homework material. punctuation. Students can use Appendix 6 as a useful
• Real Writing 4 has an international feel and contains a checklist for editing their written work.
range of native and non-native English accents.

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