Informal Letter Writing - 33% Friday 1st April

In preparation for your informal letter writing assessment on Friday, study the following:

1) FCE Phrasal verbs FCE-Level Verb Phrases

2) Informal connectives Formal vs Informal Connectives

3) Idioms Idioms 1 Idioms 2 Idioms 3

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

1)Why does Christopher go back to Swindon?

2)Is Christopher’s mum a bad mother? Use a quote to justify your opinion.

3)What do you think of Mr Shears? Use a quote to justify your opinion.

4)What is your opinion of Christopher’s father? Use a quote to justify your opinion.

5)In what ways might it be difficult to be Christopher’s parent?

6)In what ways is Christopher’s experience of the world different to yours? What challenges and difficulties does he face?
7) Do you think that this is a sad book? In what ways is it, in what ways isn’t it?

•In my opinion/ As far as I’m concerned/ In my view …

•I think/ I believe

•This is shown in the quote “…”/ This is clear with the quote “…”

•This quote suggests … / I think this shows …