GREETING CARD

GREETING CARD

Have you ever sent a greeting card? Or got a greeting card? How do you feel?

What is Greeting Card?

Greeting Card is. . .

a card that we write to a person in a certain occasion

What is the purpose of a greeting card?

The purposes are. . .

to congratulate someone

to express our hope or wish

to express sympathy

Generic Structures

• Receiver / addressee

• Body / content

• Sender / writer

Kinds of Greeting Card

• Birthday card, Wedding anniversary card

• Get-well card

• Congratulation card

• Sympathy card

• Condolences card

• New year's card

• Graduation card

Language Features

SImple present tense or Simple past tense

Birthday card

Wedding anniversary card

New born baby card

Condolences card

EXERCISES

Choose the best answer!

Multiple Choice

What is it?

• A wedding anniversary card

• A greeting card

• A birthday card

• A condolences card

Multiple Choice

To whom do you send the card?

To someone who . . .

• Celebrates his birthday

• is sick

• is special

• has won the competition

Multiple Choice

Why do you send the card?

• To hope your friend will get well soon

• To show your sympathy

• To wish your friend a happy birthday

• To make the reader happy

Multiple Choice

The text is intended to?

• encourage someone to take an exam

• to congratulate someone on his new job

• to congratulate someone on his new life

• wish someone luck in the next exam

Multiple Choice

From the text, we know that the reader . . .

• just moves to a new company

• just got a new job

• is a new student

• has a new office

Multiple Choice

What is it?

• Greeting card

• New housewarming card

• Birthday card

• New home gift card

Multiple Choice

Who sends the card?

• Kristine

• Kristine's mom

• Idaho

• Kristine's friend

Multiple Choice

How old is Kristine?

• Sixteen

• Seventeen

• Nineteen

• Fifteen

Multiple Choice

Congratulations, Lily & James for your new baby boy. The underlined word is refer to. . .

• The sender

• The baby

• The receiver

• The writer

Multiple Choice

From the text above, we know that Lily and James have . . .

• a new toy

• a new baby boy

• a new family

• a new brother