WRITING Postcards

Writing a postcard

TASK 1a Before you read: Have you ever written a postcard? What did you write about?
1b Now read the texts on the three postcards. Match the texts and the pictures on the next page.

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Pictures:

A. By User: Bbb auf wikivoyage shared, CC BY-SA B. By Ximonic, Simo Räsänen - Own work, CC BY 2.5 C. By Editor5807 - Own work, CC BY-
3.0 SA 3.0

TASK 2 Now read the texts again. Who answers these questions?
Write + or - and mark the text passages in the postcards. Sarah Jeffrey Christine
a) Where are they? + + +
b) Who is on holiday with them?
c) What have they done already?
d) What are they going to do next?
e) What’s the weather like?
f) What’s the food like?
g) What’s in the picture on the postcard?

3a Now write your own postcard. First, decide on a holiday destination - for example, a place you have
visited before. Then find a nice picture for your postcard on the internet.
b Make a mindmap with information about your destination. You can also use the internet to look for
information. Your mindmap can look like this:

3c Now write your postcard. You can use the writing ideas aond useful phrases on the next page. Also, don’t
forget to add the recipient’s name and address!

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Some writing ideas… … and some useful phrases

1. Say hi and write the date. June 15, 2018

Dear Tom, / Hi Tom!

2. Say where you are. Sarah and I are having a great time in Scotland at the moment.
3. Say who is with you. It’s our second day in London.
My parents and I are staying at a nice hotel / camp side in ...

4. Say where you have already been. Yesterday we went to … / visited …

5. Say what you did there. We looked at / tried / learned a lot about … there.
After that, we went sightseeing / swimming / hiking and ...

6. Say how you liked it. It was lots of fun / fantastic / kind of boring / OK / terrible.
I really liked / loved / enjoyed the ...
However, the hotel / food / weather wasn’t great.

7. Say what’s in the picture. In the photo, you can see / there is …

8. Say if something surprising happened. You’re not going to believe this: When we were there, we
suddenly saw / found a …

9. Say what the weather is like. The weather is (not) great. It’s very sunny / rainy / windy / warm
/ cold…

10. Say what the food is like. I absolutely love / hate the food.
Today we had lunch at a nice little restaurant. I tried ...

11. Say what you’re going to do soon. Tomorrow we’re going to take a boat ride / a bus tour …
We want to visit ... next. I’m really looking forward to that!

12. Say goodbye and write your name. Miss you! / I wish you were here, too!
Bye, … / Love, … / See you soon, …
Robert

Answer key

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EXERCISE 1a Individual solution

EXERCISE 1b 1st postcard - picture C, 2nd postcard - picture A, 3rd postcard - picture B

EXERCISE 2

h) Where are they? + + +

i) Who is on holiday with them? + - +
j) What have they done already? + + +
k) What are they going to do next? - + -
l) What’s the weather like? - + -
m) What’s the food like? + + -
n) What’s in the picture on the postcard? - + +

EXERCISE 3 Individual solution

Pictures:

General Post Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [Public domain].
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Penny_black.jpg, accessed on 23 March 2019.

Timbre Baviere armoiries relief 1867-1904. Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?

curid=103256

Timbre français pour l'île de la Réunion (océan Indien), émis en 1907 et représentant une carte de l'île.
Dessiné et gravé par MM. Chauvet et Puyplat. Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?
curid=82750

Camden Market, Camden (borough), London. By Editor5807 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28399279

Berchtesgaden: Zentrum vorne Schloss, Schlossplatz mit Stiftskirche und direkt links davon kath. Kirche
St.Andreas. Hintergrund: Berchtesgadener Alpen, Blickrichtung Königssee. By User: Bbb auf wikivoyage
shared, CC BY-SA 3.0, , https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22656891

A beach in southern Marseille in 2009 July. By Ximonic, Simo Räsänen - Own work, CC BY 2.5,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7939971

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