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6 WRITING EXTRA

INTERMEDIATE UNIT 6 5 A How do you feel about the following statements? Use the
words/phrases from the response to qualify them.
a letter of advice
1 If I won the lottery, I wouldn’t work.
2 We will run out of oil in the near future.
WRITING TIP
3 In ten years time, our relationships with computers will
When you write a letter of advice you need to be more important than our relationships with people.
include a short summary of the situation, as well 4 I wouldn’t ask my family if I needed to borrow money.
as some ideas about what the other person should
do to solve the problem. Think about what you B The phrase in all probability has the same meaning as one
would do in the same situation and why you would of the words/phrases from the response. Which one?
do it. It’s also a good idea to try to define the
cause of the problem and give some background 6 Read the problems below. Think of what you would do in
information to explain your ideas. You can also these situations. Then write a response for each.
include questions for the reader to think about.
❝ My neighbours are very noisy. They often play loud music and have
parties, even during the week! I have to get up early to go to work
1 Read the problem below. What do you think
but sometimes I don’t get to sleep until the middle of the night.
They also have their television on loud all the time, so I can
the person should do?

❞
never really relax.

Q My brothers are always fighting. They disagree


about everything and it’s driving my parents
and me crazy. They started years ago and
they haven’t stopped since. And they’re not children
anymore! One is 18 and the other is 20. Please can
you help?

2 Now read the response. Do you agree or ❝ I have my first interview for a big company next week and don’t
feel prepared. I really want the job and it will be really good for my
career but just the idea of it makes me feel really nervous. I don’t
disagree with the advice? Why?
know what to do.
❞
A I think that it will probably be better to
talk to your brothers separately about
their fighting.
It’s possible that they don’t realise that their
behaviour is really affecting the rest of the family.
Have you considered that? You say they have
done this for years, so perhaps this is just a game
for them. In all likelihood, it will take them a long
❝ I need a holiday but don’t have enough money. I’ve been working
really hard and now really need to get away and relax. The only
problem is that I don’t have enough money to go abroad but want
time to change their habits. For your own good,
maybe you should limit the occasions that you
see them together until they stop fighting. Is
to go somewhere new. This seems to happen to me every year.
❞
that possible?

3 Read the response again and find:


1 a question for the reader to think about.
2 ideas about what the person should do. Plan your writing
3 a description of the possible cause of the • Think about the possible causes of each problem and make
problem. notes about what the person should do.
4 A Read the sentence below. What purpose does • Remember to include some questions for the reader to think
about in your response.
the word ‘probably’ serve?
I think that it will probably be better to talk to Check your writing
your brothers separately about their fighting. • Have you qualified what you have said? Is your advice realistic?
• Have you checked your grammar and spelling?
B Find four other words/phrases that qualify in • Did you find any mistakes?
the response. Which three have basically the
same meaning?

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