Writing Formal and Informal Letters. Part 1. Домбровская И.В - 23 стр.

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Country of origin          Japanese, Greek, ...
Shape                      oval, rectangular,...
Material                   cast-iron, wooden, ...
Size/weight                large, heavy,...
B Use the table above to put the adjectives into the correct order.
Example: a hair-dryer German blue small→ a small blue German hair-dryer .
1 a leather flat black small wallet
2 a Japanese fountain-pen beautiful red
3 a Pakistani writing-desk mahogany old
4 a china white round table-lamp
C What do you think it is?
Example: It's small and round, made of china and you drink out of it. → a cup
In pairs, without naming the item, describe as fully as you can
1. an article of clothing someone is wearing
2.an object in the room
See if your partner can guess what it is.
D Which adjectives would you use to describe these things? Use at least
  three and no more than four.
E Complete the following letter by filling in the spaces with adjectives. De-
  scribe EITHER a very enjoyable holiday OR a terrible holiday.
This is just a quick note to tell you how the holiday is going. We're staying in a
___ ___ hotel in a ___ ___ part of town, so you can imagine how we feel. As you
know, this is a ____ ___ city, and the people are very ___ and ____. We have had
some ____ weather since we got here, so we are feeling very____. We have seen
some of the ___ sights and a few museums, and we thought they were very ___.
Yesterday we decided to go for a swim, and we went to a beach where the water
was ___ and ___.
   Last night we had a ___ meal in a ___ ___ ___ restaurant. It was quite an ex-
perience. We were served by a ___ ___ ___ waiter, and the food and the service
were ___. When the bill came, we could hardly believe it, as it was so ___.
   Anyway, I'd better stop and catch the post, but I'll write again soon.
   Lots of love,
   Marianne

Exercise 9
You are about to return home after three months abroad at a language school.
Write a letter to an English-speaking friend describing some of the presents
you have bought for your friends and family.
Use the following notes to help you.
1. Introduction - say why you are writing and say that you have been shopping.
2. Give details of what you have bought, e.g. clothes, food, souvenirs, books, etc.
3. Finish the letter in a suitable way, saying you hope to see your friend before you
leave. Include some adjectives describing the things you have bought. Do not use
more than three adjectives in front of any noun.