Writing skill of the 8th form (01)

01. Write a paragraph about Dung, using the following information:
Name: Nguyen Manh Dung
Age: 15
Appearance: tall, fat, short curly hair
Characters: sociable, generous, kind
Address: 57 Quang Trung Street, Ha Noi City
Family: father, mother and two younger sisters
Hobbies: swimming, reading
Friends: Long, Linh, Minh


Answer:
His name is Nguyen Manh Dung and he is fiffteen years old. He lives at 57 Quang Trung street, Ha Noi City with his father, mother and two younger sisters. He is tall and fat and he has short curly hair. He is sociable, generous and very kind. He likes swimming and reading. His best friends are Long, Linh and Minh.
02. Read the conversation and then complete the following message
A: Brown`s Builders, good afternoon.
B: Good afternoon, I`d like to speak to Miss Dixon, please.
A: I`m afraid she`s not in the office at the moment.
B: Can you give her a message for me?
A: Yes, certainly. Who`s calling please?
B: My name is Peter Pike. Could you tell her that the time of the meeting has changed?
A: Is that the meeting about the new houses?
B: No, about the new factory.
A: I see. And when is it?
B: It`s on Wednesday at half past eleven. It`s in our main office. Ask her to go to room 21.
A: Right, I`ll tell her.
B: And could you tell her to bring the photographs with her?
A: Which photos do you mean?
B: She`ll know which ones. They`re very important.
A: Don`t worry. I`ll tell her.
B: Thank you very much. Goodbye.
MESSAGE
To:................................................................................................................................
From: ...........................................................................................................................
Meeting about: ...........................................................................................................
Day: .............................................................................................................................
Time: ...........................................................................................................................
Place: ...........................................................................................................................
Please take: ................................................................................................................


Answer:
MESSAGE
To: Miss Dixon
From: Peter Pike
Meeting about: (the) new factory
Day: Wednesday
Time: half past eleven/ 11.30
Place: (their/the) main office, room 21
Please take: the photographs/ photos


03. Long changed his lifestyle. He stopped doing some things and started doing other things. Write sentences about him, using "used to-infinitive", "didn`t use to-infinitive" and the prompt below:
The past
Now

- go to bed early
- didn`t study hard/ got bad marks
- didn`t help parents
- spent a lot of money
- go to bed late
- study hard/ make progress
- do a lot of house chore
- save money


Answer:
Long used to go to bed early, but now he goes to bed late. He didn`t use to study hard so he used to get bad marks, but now he studies hard and makes progress. He didn`t use to help his parents, but now he does a lot of house chore. He used to spend a lot of money, but now he saves money.
05. Read the letter that Hoa received from her Australia pen pal. Help Hoa write a letter to this friend
 30 Clever St. NSW 1234, Australia June 12, 2012
Dear Hoa, I got your letter yesterday. I`m pleased you got good grades in the exam and had excellent scores for English. It`s winter in Australia now and I`m having a break before the second term that will start next month. Do you find my photo together with this letter? It`s me with my dog in front of my house. Do I look good? What`s the weather like in Vietnam now? Are you going anywhere after a year`s hard work? Remember to take photos and send me some. Let`s keep contact and tell me more about your family and classmates. With best wishes,
Linda
Answer:
July 1, 2011
Dear Linda,
I received your letter and photo this morning. How excited I was! You look qiute pretty. And your house is, too. I love it very much.
It`s summer in Vietnam now, so it`s very hot and it rains a lot. I wish I could send some sunshine to warm up your winter in Australia. Tomorrow I`m going to Nha Trang with my parents. We`re staying there for a week. Hope I could enjoy the nice seafood there. You didn`t tell me about your first term. Did you have to work very hard? What will you study in the next term?
It`s 10 p.m. now. I have to go to bed. I`ll write again after my trip to Nha Trang. Surely you`ll see some of my photos.
Your friend,
Hoa
06. Suppose that you are going to do some volunteer activities this summer with your class in the countryside. Write a