6086 a letter to a penfriend

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A
Letter
To A

Dear Françoise,

I’m so glad that you would like to be my pen friend. I will write my first letter to you in English
because I want to tell you something about myself. However, next time I will write some of my
letter in French and I would be grateful if you tell me what mistakes I make.
Find in the text words having
Answer the following questions:
the same meaning as:
I am fifteen years old, but I will be sixteen soon (March 12 th). I’m quite tall for my age and I
have1.short
I’m enclosing
a photograph
myself so that you can see what I look like.
Howblond
manyhair.
brothers
and sisters
does Ruth of
have?
•
My
appearance=_____
I have a ……………………………………………………………………………
little brother, not really little, he is 11, and an older sister aged 18.
• Its name =_________

She 2.
is at
college
now,
I have
exams
How many
petsstudying
does
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family have?
What
are this year called 0-level and I’m doing
• Thankful
=_________
eight subjects
French. I’m not very good at French as you will soon find out! My
they?• including
Pleased = __________
parents………………………………………………………………………………
are both teachers and we live in Oxford. I hope you will be able to come and visit us one
day. 3. Which school subject does Ruth say she is not
What do the underlined
good at?
pronouns refer to?
……………………………………………………………………………….
I have a ginger cat called “Schweppes” and my brother has a rabbit called “Daisy”. We also
4. Why doesn’t she give more details about her
have two other cats but no dogs because we live in a town.
personal

appearance?
• You
→ _____________
………………………………………………………………………………
• Us → ______________
That’s all for
soon and tell me everything about yourself.
• now.
We Write
→ ______________
• Me
→____________
I look forward
to your
letter.
Yours,
Ruth
Decide whether these statements are true or false. Find evidence for the true
statements and correct the false ones.
1.Françoise and Ruth are childhood friends. ( T / F )
______________________________________________
2. Ruth’s sister and brother are both teenagers. ( T / F )
______________________________________________
3. Françoise’s parents are both teachers. ( T / F )
______________________________________________
4. Françoise is excellent at French. ( T / F )
______________________________________________