Lesson 1: A writing competition

1. Read, say and answer.

Dear Nina,
I read this information on the internet last night. Fred and you may be interested in it.
It’s about a writing competition for The Bookworm Book Club.
The winners will get very good prizes. One of them is an iPad.
Best wishes,
Reema

a) Ask and answer.

1 Who is the e-mail to?

Nina.

2 Who is the e-mail from?

Reema.

3 What is the e-mail about?

It is about writing competition.

b) Who or what do the words in bold in the e-mail refer to?

1. I Reema

2. you Nina

3. it information

4. them prizes

C) Read about the writing competition.

Write the letter of the paragraph with information on:

1. What the winners will get. C
2. The rules for the competition. D
3. What to write. B
4. Who we are. A

d) Find and underline the verbs with will in the e-mail and in the information about the competition.

Say them to your partner.

A The Bookworm Book Club is a club for people who read and write poems, stories and information in books, newspapers and on the Internet.
B The Bookworm Book Club is ten years old this year so we are inviting you to write an essay with the title ‘In the next ten years’. Winners will get fantastic prizes.
C First prize: For the writer of the best essay you will receive an iPad. Other prizes: We will give an e-book reader to ten other writers of good essays.
D Write an essay of 100 to 150 words. Write in English. You can only write one essay. You must be between 13 and 16 years old. You must ask your parents’ permission.

3. Listen, say and match. Tracks 16 and 17

b) Match the sentences from exercise 3a to the pictures. Write the number in the box.

4. Say.

Say sentences for each picture.

A- Will you buy an ice cream, please?

B- Will you give me a cake, please?

C- Will you help me with this Maths, please?

D- Will you help me to cross the road, please?

E- Will you get the shopping from the car, please?

F- Will you open the door for me, please?