Now read this model answer.
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
You have a new pen pal and you are writing your first letter to them.
Write a letter to your pen pal. In your letter
• give some background information about you and your life
• talk about what foods you like/dislike
• talk about what you like doing in your spare time
You should write at least 150 words.
You do NOT need to write any addresses. Begin your letter as follows:
Dear…,
Dear Patricia,
I’m so happy that we are going to be writing to each other and I thought I’d drop you a line to give you some details about me and my life!
As you probably know, I’m 17 years old and I’m in my final year at school. I’m planning to go to university next year to study computing. In fact, my whole family – my Mum, Dad and older brother – are all into computers, in one way or another.
Well what else can I say about myself? Well, I love being outside in the fresh air; summer is my favourite season as I spend most of the time camping, walking and going to the beach. I really hate being closed up indoors.
Summers are also great as we have lots of barbecues – my favourite type of meal actually. To be honest, I’m happy eating anything with meat in it, but I’m not too keen on vegetarian food.
Well, please write soon and tell me more about you!
Best wishes
Dave