EXERCISES FOR B1 WRITING
Exercise 1: This is part of a letter you receive from an English friend.
I know you are doing the Master course. Could you tell me about a book or article that you enjoyed reading for your studies? What was it about? Why did you read it? How long did it take you to read? And why you enjoyed reading it? Now write a letter, answering your friend’s questions. Write your answer in about 100 words on your answer sheet. Dear Nhung! Thank you very much for your letter! I am learning the master course. I often read many books for my study. One of the books which I liked reading best is “ handbook of the cement”. It was written by H.F.W Taylor. It has 450 pages. It gives me better understanding about cement technology. It took me two weeks to read it. Untill I read it , I could understand about the hydration of cement, the hardening process of cement, concrete. So it make my job better because I can use its knowledge in my job. I share this book for my library that all of the people can read it. It has a lot of pictures so I could understand everything easily. That is why I like this book very much. I look forward to hearing from you. Best regard. Exercise 2: This is part of a letter you receive from an English friend.
I usually listen to classical music in my free time. What about you? When do you often listen to music? What kinds of music do you like? And tell me about your favourite
singers and songs Now write a letter, answering your friend’s questions. Write your answer in about 100 words on your answer sheet.
Dear Nhung ! Thank you very much for your letter. I have many hobbies which is swimming, playing football, shopping, and listening music. I often listen music in my freetime, One of the music which I liked best is Enghlish music. It could help me relax when I am tired. I often listen it everyday. It help me a lot of vocabulary and skill about listening Enghlish. It has many singers who is Celin deon, Westlife… And one of singers who I like best is Westlife. Many songs of westlife are my love, seasons in the sun, I have a dream…. And “My love “ is the song which I like best. Because that is the song which my husband sang for me when he said love me. So I like listen it very much. And you? Can you tell me about Classical song which you like best. I look forward to hearing from you. Best regard. Exercise 3: This is part of a letter you receive from an English friend.
I’ve just bought a new computer game. Do you like playing games on the computer? What else do you use the computer for? Now write a letter, answering your friend’s questions. Write your answer in about 100 words on your answer sheet. Dear Hoi! Thank you for your letter! I have a labtop which I bought 1 years ago. I only use desktop
computer in my company. My laptop is installed many programs except game. I don’t like playing games on my laptop. I liked using it for my study and relax. Nowaday, laptop is the tool which can help us to have many information. I can use internet to look for docoments, read news, surf web, and listen music…. I also use many software in my laptop for my study. Microsoft office is the programme which are word, excel, powerpoint, onenote… It’s very helpful for me. Finally I’m congratulation on your new game. I think you should play game a little. Please contact me if you have any programme about computer. Best regard. Exercise 4: This is part of a letter you receive from an English friend.
Describe a famous entertainment center in your city. When was it built? What activities can you find in the center? What activity do you like the best? Now write a letter, answering your friend’s questions. Write your answer in about 100 words on your answer sheet. Dear Hoi! Thank you for your letter! Where do you go on your weekend? For me, I like going to Diamond Plaza which is a famous entertainment center in my city. Diamond Plaza is the high building which is located in the center of HCM city. It includes 22 floors and was built in 1999. You can go here for shopping, relax or take care of your health. When you go Diamond Plaza, you can relax by playing bowling, watching film. You can buy clothes, cosmetic, good toys in here. It has a food center with many rich choices. It also has the family medicare center. For me, I like going Diamond Plaza to watching film and shopping.
General it is the complex building most widely in the center of HCM city. I hope you will visit Diamond plaza in recent day. Best regard. Exercise 5: This is part of a letter you receive from an English friend.
I often go to work by bus. What about you? How do you go to work everyday? What is the public transport like in your city? Tell me about it. Now write a letter, answering your friend’s questions. Write your answer in about 100 words on your answer sheet.
Dear Hoi! Thank you very much for your letter! How are you? I’m fine. In my town, it has many transport which you can use to work. One of them are motorbike, car, bus, taxi. I often go to work by my motorbike. Sometimes , I also use public transport to work. Bus is the public transport which is the most popular in my town. Everybody like using bus because of its useful. If you use bus, you don’t have to pay much money for petroleum, repair costs. So you can safe your money. Using bus can reduce traffic jam. You can relax by listen music, checking your messages when you transport by bus. Moreover, you don’t have to worry about rain, sunshine and you can talk comfortable with friends when you use bus. There are many useful to using the bus. I look forward to hearing from you. Best regard. Exercise 6: This is part of a letter you receive from an English friend.
Like many people, I like Andy Murray, No 1 tennis player in
my country. Could you tell about a sportsperson that you admire. What is his sport? How do you know about him? And what you admire about him. Now write a letter, answering your friend’s questions. Write your answer in about 100 words on your answer sheet. Dear Hoi! I like playing many sports which are football, tennis, swimming. I admire many sportsperson and “ Ánh Viên” is the sportsperson whom I admire best in my country. She is No 1 swimmer in my country. She plays swimming vey well. She was born on the November 9, 1996 in Phong Điền distric, Cần Thơ city. She is the female athlete of national swimming. She achieved a lot of swimming madals. She also was the youngest Army captain in VietNam and was awarded second class labour madal. I admire her very much because she was very powerful in competition, She also was a gentle girl, kind and friendly. I learned many things in her. And you? Do you think like me? I look forward to hearing from you. Best regard.
Exercise 7: This is part of a letter you receive from an English friend.
I really like this website and often download the newest games from it. What about you? Could you describe your favourite website? What does it offer? How often do you visit it? And tell me why you like it so much Now write a letter, answering your friend’s questions. Write your answer in about 100 words on your answer sheet. Dear Hoi! Thank you for your letter!
There are many websites which you can search information such as google, bing, yahoo, ask… But I like using google.
Google is the
biggest website which has amout of visitors everyday. You can search many informations from google because of its access speed is very fast and helpful. I often visit google everyday. I like it because it has many features which can help me very much in work. It’s very easy to install and use. It’s very security for your data. And it has many application for my work. General using google is for free and useful. Do you think for me? I look forward to hearing from you. Best regard, Exercise 8: This is part of a letter you receive from an English friend.
I’ve just bought some new trousers. They are black and I really like them. Do you enjoy shopping for clothes? Where do you often buy your clothes? Tell me about the clothes you like wearing. Now write a letter, answering your friend’s questions. Write your answer in about 100 words on your answer sheet. Dear Hoi! Thank you for your letter! It was good to hear from your recently. I like shopping clothes very much. When I go shopping for for clothes, I often go An Đong Plaza. It’s the most popular shopping malls in the HCM city. It has many stores which you can shopping such as clothes, footwear, souvenirs, furniture…It sell many clothes which you can choose such as jean, pool, skirt, trouser… For me, I like choosing the suitable clothes to go out. When I go to work, I like wearing casual clothes such as shirt with skirt, suit. When I go to party, I like wearing the classic style such dress. However, I’m waiting to congratulate your new trousers. Please
contact me if you have any information about shopping. Best regard. Exercise 9: This is part of a letter you receive from an English friend.
I had a good evening out last weekend. I went to the cinema with my friends and the film was fantastic. When did you last have a really good evening out? Tell me about it. Now write a letter, answering your friend’s questions. Write your answer in about 100 words on your answer sheet. Dear Hoi! Thank you for your letter! It was nice to hear from your recently. I rarely go out in week. I often go out on the weekend. I remembered the last time I had a really good evening out two week ago. That’s a birthday party of my friend. That’s one great party with beautiful decor . I was very happy when I saw many old friends again. We talked each other very much and reviewed memories. We played guitar and sang “ happy birthday” with my friends, gave a gift with her. We stayed at the party up to the midnight. Finally we went out and gave together phone numbers to communication. I’m writing to share my memories with you.I
wish you happy at
the weekend. Best regard. Exercise 10: This is part of a letter you receive from an English friend.
I know you often watch TV in your free time. What else do you often do to relax? Tell me about it.
Now write a letter, answering your friend’s questions. Write your answer in about 100 words on your answer sheet. Dear Hoi! Thank you very much for your letter! I works during week, I have only Sunday. Sometime i was study even on Sunday. I’m very busy with my schedule. When i have freetime, I often watch TV . However I also have many hobbies when I relax such as swimming, listen music, read book, go shopping. There are many kinds of music which i usually listen are : classical music, English music. Sometime i go shopping with my friends and my relative. I often go to supermaket such as big c, metro, vincom... Sometime i go swimming . I swam 1 years ago. And i like this sport when i have free time. Sometime i read book. I often read “ handbook of cement” for my study. And you? Do you think like me? Please give me any information about you. Best ragard. I know you often watch TV in your free time. What else do you often do to relax? Tell me about it.