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1 Writing competence

A keypal message

Start with a
friendly greeting Remember to
use capital letters
Zuza2010
Hi there!
My name’s Zuzanna. I’m 12.
I’m from Kazimierz Dolny in Poland. It’s a small town,
but it’s very beautiful.
I live with my mom and dad and my brother, Filip.
My dad’s from Germany. I speak Polish, German
Use a separate and a little English.
paragraph for different In my free time, I like listening to music and
types of information playing basketball.
I want to meet people from different countries
and practice my English. Please write and tell me
about you and your family, your town
and your hobbies.
Posted: Wednesday

1 Read Zuzanna’s message. Are the sentences Tell the readers what
T (true) or F (false)? Correct the false sentences. you want to know
1 Zuzanna is 12.
3 Choose the correct option.
2 Kazimierz Dolny is a Polish city. 1 New York is a very quiet/noisy city.
2 I live in Paris – the capital of French/France.
3 Her brother’s name is Filip. 3 My mother’s Spain/Spanish.
4 Venice is a very ugly/beautiful city in Italy.
4 Zuzanna is German. 5 My grandparents are from Russia/Russian.
6 The center of London is normally very crowded/
5 She likes playing music. empty.

4 Complete the dialogue with the words in


6 She wants to have friends from other
parentheses and the correct form of be.
countries.
Use contractions where possible.
Karin: Hi. Where 1 (you / ?) from?
2 Add capital letters to the text. João: 2 (we / +) from
hi! Rio de Janeiro.
my name’s heiko and i’m from austria. we live in the Karin: 3 (Rio / ?) the capital of
capital, vienna. i go to an american school, so i speak Brazil?
german and english. my best friend is manuel – he’s João: No, 4 (it / –). It’s a big
from chile. city, but it isn’t the capital. The capital
Hi! 5 (Brasilia / +).
Karin: 6 (Rio / ?) on the ocean?
João: Yes, 7 (it / +). The
8 (beaches / +) fantastic!

108 Get Involved! American Edition Intro A © Macmillan Education Limited 2022
Writing competence 1

Task
Write a keypal message to introduce
yourself and find a keypal.

SKILLS BOOST

THINK WRITE
Which information do you want to include in your Write your keypal message. Use your notes and the
message? Choose five things and write notes. message on the previous page to help you.

Your name and age ​A physical description ​


Your town or city ​The weather in your town ​
Your friends/family ​Free-time activities ​
Your heroes ​Who you want to meet and
what you want to know

CHECK
Read your message. Answer the questions.
PREPARE 1 Do you use a friendly greeting?
Organize your ideas into paragraphs and write notes. 2 Do you use capital letters?
Paragraph 1: 3 Do you use a separate paragraph for
each type of information?
Paragraph 2: 4 Do you tell the readers what you want to know?
Useful language
Paragraph 3:
• Hi!/Hi there!

Paragraph 4:
• I’m/My name’s (Gemma).
• I’m from (Miami).

Paragraph 5:
• It’s a (quiet/noisy/interesting …) place.
• I live with (my mom).
• I like (sports).
• I want to meet people …

Get Involved! American Edition Intro A © Macmillan Education Limited 2022 109

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