May 11th -13th, Diego's class

May 11th, Diego's class

Session 20

May 11th

Warm up

The expert

The Expert

For this game, you will need to talk about random subjects, the purpose is to activate your memory and to express certain ideas in English, you have 30 seconds to do so.

For example

Fashion

This month's objective

Writting B2

A letter of complaint

Learn how to write a letter of complaint.

Before reading

Then read the text and tips and do the exercises. 

Open Ended

Preparation task

Tips

• 1. Focus on the most important facts. Don’t give unnecessary background information.

• 2. Make sure you include: • the reason for writing (e.g. I am writing to ...) • what went wrong • what you would like to happen now.

• 3. Complaint letters are usually written in a formal style.

• 4. Use passives to be less direct and more formal, e.g. I was served quickly.

• 5. Use Yours faithfully to sign off if you don’t know the name of the person you’re writing to.

Task 1

Match the sentences (1–6) with the parts of the email (a–f).

Open Ended

task 1

Session 21

May 14th

Warm up

Writting a short story

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Write here your story

A letter of complaint

Learn how to write a letter of complaint.

Task 2

Write the sentences in the correct group.

Open Ended

Task 2

Passive voice

Functions of the passive voice:

The passive voice is used to show interest in the person or object that experiences an action rather than the person or object that performs the action. In other words, the most important thing or person becomes the subject of the sentence.

Examples

The passive voice is used frequently. (= we are interested in the passive voice, not in who uses it.) The house was built in 1654. (= we are interested in the house, not in who built it.) The road is being repaired. (= we are interested in the road, not in the people who are doing the repairs.)

Formal and Informal

The passive voice is often used in formal texts. Switching to the active voice will make your writing clearer and easier to read.

Forming the passive voice

The passive voice in English is composed of two elements:

the appropriate form of the verb 'to be' + past participle

To clean

Passive voice

Task 3

Rewrite these sentences using the passive to avoid saying the pharmacist

Open Ended

Task 3

Discussion

Have you ever made a complaint? What happened?

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