WE’RE BACK! Write an email about a travel experience 3.6
W ordering events
D Complete the sentences with the words in the box. Use the information in the box to help you. Ordering events When you write about an experience, use sequencing words like ‘first’, ‘then’ and ‘finally’ to help readers follow the order of events. after finally first hours morning next then 1 First , we missed the coach, so we had to take a taxi. 2 The following , I got the correct visa and crossed the border on foot. 3 The day, we woke up early. 4 We drove for four hours, and stopped for some lunch. After that, we got back in the car. Five later, we arrived! 5 It was a long journey. First, we took a bus to the airport. Then we took a three-hour flight. , we took a taxi to our hotel. 6 a quick lunch, we set off walking again in the rain. E SPEAK Work in pairs. Tell your partner about your day/week so far. Use sequencing words. WRITING TASK A PLAN You are going to write an email to a friend about a good or bad travel experience. Think about the following: 1 Was it a good experience or a bad experience? 2 Where were you and who were you with? 3 What happened? 4 How did it end? B WRITE Write an email to a friend. When you finish, complete the checklist.
WRITING A SPEAK What kind of problems do people have on holiday? B SKIM Read Amal’s email. How many things went wrong? How many good things happened? To: Cleo Subject: We’re back! Hi Cleo, How are you? Thanks for feeding the cat. We’re home, but we had some problems on our holiday. First, bad weather delayed our flight. We arrived at the chalet in the middle of the night, so the next morning we were really tired. After breakfast, we went to the ski lifts, but they were closed because it was too windy. The following day, it wasn’t so windy and we had a great time on the slopes in the morning. Then, we stopped for some lunch, but when I wanted to pay I couldn’t find my wallet! Luckily, a kind person found it on the ski slope that evening and handed it in. Two days later, the real disaster happened. We were skiing down a busy slope when Scott fell over and broke his leg. In the end, we had to fly to the local hospital in a helicopter. At least we enjoyed the amazing views from the helicopter! But poor Scott’s leg is in plaster for the next six weeks. I’ll call you tomorrow. Amal C READ FOR DETAIL Read again and number the events in the order they happened (1–6). Scott had an accident. The family took a flight from the mountain. The flight left the airport late. It wasn’t possible to ride up the mountain. Amal realised something was missing. The weather was better. 1
I started with an informal greeting and finished with an informal sign-off
I used sequencing words and phrases to order the events
I checked my spelling, vocabulary and grammar
C REVIEW Work in pairs. Read your partner’s email and ask questions about his/her experience.
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