Writing skill of the 11th form (002)

05. Complete the letter, using the words given
Dear Long,
1. thank / your letter / arrive / yesterday /
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2. I / please / hear / you / win / first prize / Poetry Reading Contest/ congratulations/
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3. I / myself / just / join / final English Speaking Competition/ my school/
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4. competition/ organize/ our English teachers/ take place/ school hall/ last Sunday/
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5. representatives/ three classes/ my school/ take/ the contest/
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6. contest/ we/ work/ groups/ three/ compete/ five activities/ ten minutes/
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7. my team/ pass/ four activities/ perfectly/ but/ last one/ we/ a spelling mistake/ lose the game/
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8. it / be / big disappointment / us / however / we / all / enjoy / contest / immensely / Find / it / very useful /
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9. we / hope / win / contest / next year /
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10. I / like / congratulate / you / your winning/ again /
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Yours truly, Hung Cuong
Suggested Writing
 Dear Long,
1. thank / your letter / arrive / yesterday
--> Thank you for your letter that arrived yesterday.
2. I / please / hear / you / win / first prize / Poetry Reading Contest/ congratulations.
--> I`m very pleased to hear that you won the first prize in the Poetry Reading Contest. Congratulations!
3. I / myself / just / join / final English Speaking Competition/ my school.
--> I myself have just joined in the final English Speaking Competition of my school.
4. competition/ organize/ our English teachers/ take place/ school hall/ last Sunday.
--> The competition organized by our English teachers took place in the school hall last Sunday.
5. representatives/ three classes/ my school/ take/ the contest.
--> The representatives of three classes of my school took part in the contest.
6. contest/ we/ work/ groups/ three/ compete/ five activities/ ten minutes.
--> In the contest, we worked in groups of three and competed in five activities within ten minutes.
7. my team/ pass/ four activities/ perfectly/ but/ last one/ we/ a spelling mistake/ lose the game.
--> My team passed four activities perfectly, but in the last one, we had a spelling mistake and lost the game.
8. it / be / big disappointment / us / however / we / all / enjoy / contest / immensely / find / it / very useful.
--> It was a big disappointment to us. However, we all enjoyed the contest immensely and found it very useful.
9. we / hope / win / contest / next year.
--> We hope to win the contest next year.
10. I / like / congratulate / you / your winning/ again.
--> I`d like to congratulate you of your winning again.
Yours truly, Hung Cuong

06. Write sentences with the cues given
1. Christmas Day/ celebrate/ Christians/ as/ day/ Jesus Christ/ bear.
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2. midnight/ New Year`s Eve/ it/ traditional/ people/ sing/ `Auld Lang Syne`/ wish/ `Happy New Year.
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3. Children/ look/ Easter Sunday/ because/ they/ give/ chocolate Easter eggs.
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4. Halloween/ children/ dress/ witches/ ghosts/ monsters/ go/ house/ house/ ask/ sweets or candy. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
5. Thanksgiving/ celebrate/ US/ fourth Thursday/ November/ originally/ give thanks/ God/ harvest/ health.
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6. Valentine`s Day/ day/ people/ give/cards/ flowers/ small gifts/ person/ they/ love//
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7. Tet/ time/ Vietnamese people/ celebrate/ beginning/ spring.
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8. Children! especially/ happy/ Moon cake Festival/ as/ they/ have/ lots/ fun/ their lit lanterns/ night.
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Suggested Writing
1. Christmas Day/ celebrate/ Christians/ as/ day/ Jesus Christ/ bear.
--> Christmas Day is celebrated by Christians as the day on which Jesus Christ was born.
2. midnight/ New Year`s Eve/ it/ traditional/ people/ sing/ `Auld Lang Syne`/ wish/ `Happy New Year.
--> At midnight on New Year`s Eve, it`s traditional for people to sing `Auld Lang Syne` and wish each other `Happy New Year`.
3. Children/ look/ Easter Sunday/ because/ they/ give/ chocolate Easter eggs.
--> Children look forward to Easter Sunday because they are given chocolate Easter eggs.
4. Halloween/ children/ dress/ witches/ ghosts/ monsters/ go/ house/ house/ ask/ sweets or candy.