Formal letters
Use formal language
Use formal language
To complain:
To request and give information:
To suggest:
Dear Sir or Madam,I am writing to apply for the holiday job in your restaurant, which I saw advertised in the Evening News last week.I am seventeen years old, a student at Newton’s College, and have lots of experience working in restaurants and cafes. Last summer I worked as a waiter in Mario’s Café and recently I have been working at the Bay Loaf in High Street. I am hard-working, honest and have good customer service skills.I would be grateful if you could send me some more details about the job and I would be happy to discuss my application with you. I am enclosing my CV.I look forward to hearing from you.Yours faithfully,Tina WhiteDear Sir or Madam,I am writing to you about a recent visit I made to your Museum on 9th July. I was particularly interested to come to the Museum as I am studying science in school and I know you have some special exhibitions.The “recycling plastics” exhibition was very interesting because it showed what happens to plastic after we throw it away and how it is turned into other products.However, I was very disappointed with the show on travelling in space. It contained very little information and was boring because it had too many technical details in it and not enough on what it is like to travel in space.Furthermore, I found the restaurant very expensive. I think you should have cheaper café or a small shop selling snacks.I hope you will consider my points seriously and improve the Museum for the visitors.Yours faithfully,Daniel BrownDear Sir or Madam,I am writing to enquire about the holiday apartments on Costa Bravo advertised in Beach Holidays magazine this month.In your advertisement you mention that all the apartments are self catering. Would you mind telling me what cooking facilities are available in the kitchen? Could you also tell me if cooking utensils are provided?I noticed from your advertisement that the beach is very near. However, I would also like to know if the apartments have a swimming pool as we will be travelling with small children.I would be very grateful if you could send me a list of apartments and prices with a view to making a reservation in August.I look forward to hearing from you.Yours faithfully,Catherine ArcherDear Editor,I am writing to protest about the proposal for a new airport. : people have been against the idea from the start. Nevertheless, the government is planning to go ahead with the building next year.First, the government says that the airport will bring us industw jobs. However, in my opinion, it will ruin the character of Tamforl historic, country town. Although the airport would bring tourists I am not sure they would want to stay in a dirty, industrial town.Despite what the government says, it is clear that the airport will also affect our health. Problems will increase in spite of the new hospital the government has promised us. Air pollution will get and this will affect people, for example, asthma sufferers. Noise pollution will also have an effect on the houses and schools near airport.I think other residents should write to the government about this issue. This Saturday I will be outside the Town Hall to collect signatures for a petition. I think we should do everything we can stop this airport.I look forward to reading more letters about this issue in your newspaper.Yours faithfully,Steve Morgan
Rewrite the following sentences into the Passive Voice.
1. We sent for the police.
2. They speak much about this book.
3. They often laugh at him.
4. They listened to our conversation very attentively.
5. I think they will wait for us only in a week.
6. Nobody took notice of his late arrival.
7. We looked through all the advertisements very attentively.
8. He was a brilliant speaker, and whenever he spoke, the audience listened to him with great attention.
9. They will look after him in hospital much better.
10. Everybody looked at her new dress with interest.
11. You have repaired our house lately.
12. When the fire brigade came, the fire had destroyed the building.
13. The athlete has shown much better results since this coach trains him.
14. I will have answered all the business letters by noon.
15. The president of the board has signed the document.
16. Is she washing the floor? — No, she has already washed it.
17. By his arrival they had repaired his car.
18. He has booked the tickets and the clerk will have brought them by 2 o'clock.
19. They had painted the house by his arrival.
20. The police haven't found the reason for the accident yet.
1. Read the text and choose a, b, c or d.
It seems that most people today (1) it for granted that computer games have negative effects on teenagers, but this is just not the case. Teens who play computer games every day are just as likely to be as sociable as teens who don’t. Research has shown that only a small number of teenagers play computer games alone. And many teens hook (2) with games from all over the globe in online gaming communities. In fact, it (3) proved that online games are usually more aware of international issues and are more likely to raise money for charity. Also, the themes of some computer games help teens to learn. For example, many games (4) actual historical events which teens learn about in a truly interactive way. Often, the story is (5) interesting that teens do research after playing (6) to find out more about the subject. (7) all this, many parents believe that their children should be prevented (8) playing computer games. They only see the negative side of computer games and (9) the positive one. There is no (10) that parents should look closer at this issue as it’s their children’s favourite pastime.
1. a . pass b. believe c. take d. test2. a . on b. up c. in d. into3. a . has b. has to c. has been d. has being5. a . so b. such c. that d. so much6. a . despite b. so that c. so d. in order7. a . Although b. Even though c. In spite of d. Though8. a . for b. from c. with d. on9. a . overlook b. overhear c. overtake d. overcome
10. a . way b. doubt c. option d. time
2. Write a letter to your pen - friend.
1. You have received a letter from your pen-friend in which he/she writes that he/she has been playing basketball for years. Now he/she has decided to start judo. Write him/ her a letter in which you explain
• whether you support his/her decision to take up one more kind of sport and why
• what kinds of sport are popular with your friends
• whether you do any sports or watch sports competitions on TV
Write a letter of at least 100 words. Do not use any personal information
Choose the right variant.
b) was waiting d) had been waiting
9. I _____John's mobile phone because I left mine at
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing to apply for the holiday job in your restaurant, which I saw advertised in the Evening News last week.
I am seventeen years old, a student at Newton’s College, and have lots of experience working in restaurants and cafes. Last summer I worked as a waiter in Mario’s Café and recently I have been working at the Bay Loaf in High Street. I am hard-working, honest and have good customer service skills.
I would be grateful if you could send me some more details about the job and I would be happy to discuss my application with you. I am enclosing my CV.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully,
Tina White
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing to you about a recent visit I made to your Museum on 9th July. I was particularly interested to come to the Museum as I am studying science in school and I know you have some special exhibitions.
The “recycling plastics” exhibition was very interesting because it showed what happens to plastic after we throw it away and how it is turned into other products.
However, I was very disappointed with the show on travelling in space. It contained very little information and was boring because it had too many technical details in it and not enough on what it is like to travel in space.
Furthermore, I found the restaurant very expensive. I think you should have cheaper café or a small shop selling snacks.
I hope you will consider my points seriously and improve the Museum for the visitors.
Yours faithfully,
Daniel Brown
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing to enquire about the holiday apartments on Costa Bravo advertised in Beach Holidays magazine this month.
In your advertisement you mention that all the apartments are self catering. Would you mind telling me what cooking facilities are available in the kitchen? Could you also tell me if cooking utensils are provided?
I noticed from your advertisement that the beach is very near. However, I would also like to know if the apartments have a swimming pool as we will be travelling with small children.
I would be very grateful if you could send me a list of apartments and prices with a view to making a reservation in August.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully,
Catherine Archer
Dear Editor,
I am writing to protest about the proposal for a new airport. : people have been against the idea from the start. Nevertheless, the government is planning to go ahead with the building next year.
First, the government says that the airport will bring us industw jobs. However, in my opinion, it will ruin the character of Tamforl historic, country town. Although the airport would bring tourists I am not sure they would want to stay in a dirty, industrial town.
Despite what the government says, it is clear that the airport will also affect our health. Problems will increase in spite of the new hospital the government has promised us. Air pollution will get and this will affect people, for example, asthma sufferers. Noise pollution will also have an effect on the houses and schools near airport.
I think other residents should write to the government about this issue. This Saturday I will be outside the Town Hall to collect signatures for a petition. I think we should do everything we can stop this airport.
I look forward to reading more letters about this issue in your newspaper.
Yours faithfully,
Steve Morgan
Rewrite the following sentences into the Passive Voice.
1. We sent for the police.
2. They speak much about this book.
3. They often laugh at him.
4. They listened to our conversation very attentively.
5. I think they will wait for us only in a week.
6. Nobody took notice of his late arrival.
7. We looked through all the advertisements very attentively.
8. He was a brilliant speaker, and whenever he spoke, the audience listened to him with great attention.
9. They will look after him in hospital much better.
10. Everybody looked at her new dress with interest.
11. You have repaired our house lately.
12. When the fire brigade came, the fire had destroyed the building.
13. The athlete has shown much better results since this coach trains him.
14. I will have answered all the business letters by noon.
15. The president of the board has signed the document.
16. Is she washing the floor? — No, she has already washed it.
17. By his arrival they had repaired his car.
18. He has booked the tickets and the clerk will have brought them by 2 o'clock.
19. They had painted the house by his arrival.
20. The police haven't found the reason for the accident yet.
2. They speak much about this book.
3. They often laugh at him.
4. They listened to our conversation very attentively.
5. I think they will wait for us only in a week.
6. Nobody took notice of his late arrival.
7. We looked through all the advertisements very attentively.
8. He was a brilliant speaker, and whenever he spoke, the audience listened to him with great attention.
9. They will look after him in hospital much better.
10. Everybody looked at her new dress with interest.
11. You have repaired our house lately.
12. When the fire brigade came, the fire had destroyed the building.
13. The athlete has shown much better results since this coach trains him.
14. I will have answered all the business letters by noon.
15. The president of the board has signed the document.
16. Is she washing the floor? — No, she has already washed it.
17. By his arrival they had repaired his car.
18. He has booked the tickets and the clerk will have brought them by 2 o'clock.
19. They had painted the house by his arrival.
20. The police haven't found the reason for the accident yet.
1. Read the text and choose a, b, c or d.
It seems that most people today (1) it for granted that computer games have negative effects on teenagers, but this is just not the case. Teens who play computer games every day are just as likely to be as sociable as teens who don’t. Research has shown that only a small number of teenagers play computer games alone. And many teens hook (2) with games from all over the globe in online gaming communities. In fact, it (3) proved that online games are usually more aware of international issues and are more likely to raise money for charity. Also, the themes of some computer games help teens to learn. For example, many games (4) actual historical events which teens learn about in a truly interactive way. Often, the story is (5) interesting that teens do research after playing (6) to find out more about the subject. (7) all this, many parents believe that their children should be prevented (8) playing computer games. They only see the negative side of computer games and (9) the positive one. There is no (10) that parents should look closer at this issue as it’s their children’s favourite pastime.
4. a. impress b. show off c. direct d. feature
2. Write a letter to your pen - friend.
1. You have received a letter from your pen-friend in which he/she writes that he/she has been playing basketball for years. Now he/she has decided to start judo. Write him/ her a letter in which you explain
• whether you support his/her decision to take up one more kind of sport and why
• what kinds of sport are popular with your friends
• whether you do any sports or watch sports competitions on TV
Write a letter of at least 100 words. Do not use any personal information
Write a letter of at least 100 words. Do not use any personal information
Choose the right variant.
1. Water______at 100 degrees.
a) boils с) will boil
b) is boiling d) will have been boiling
2. The weather _____ hotter and hotter.
a) gets c) is getting
b) has been getting d) get
3. The first modern Olympics______in Athens more than a
hundred years ago.
a) were taking place c) have taken
b) took d) had taken
4. We______20 new buildings this year.
a) built c) had built
b) were building d) have built
5. I_____always_____if the service is bad in restaurants.
a) complain c) will be complaining
b) am complaining d) will complain
6. I______to the news on television at nine o'clock last
night.
a) was listening c) have been listening
b) listened d) had been listening
7. After they_____they cleared the table.
a) ate c) have eaten
b) had eaten d) were eating
8. I _____for a whole hour!
a) am waiting c) have been waiting
b) was waiting d) had been waiting
9. I _____John's mobile phone because I left mine at
home.
a) use c) used
b) was using d) have been using
10. This juice______good.
a) is tasting c) has been tasting
b) tastes d) is being tasted
11. Long ago they______most houses out of wood.
a) built c) were building
b) have built d) had built
12. We still______life on other planets.
a) didn't discover c) won't discover
Електронні підручники
Англійська мова 10-й клас
- «Англійська мова (10-й рік навчання, профільний рівень)» підручник для 10 класу закладів загальної середньої освіти Морська, Л. І. (2018)
- «Англійська мова (10-й рік навчання, рівень стандарту)» підручник для 10 класу закладів загальної середньої освіти Карпюк, О. Д. (2018)
- «Англійська мова (6-й рік навчання, рівень стандарту)» підручник для 10 класу закладів загальної середньої освіти Кучма, М. О.; Задорожна, І. П. (2018)
- «Англійська мова (10-й рік навчання, рівень стандарту)» підручник для 10 класу закладів загальної середньої освіти Нерсисян, М. А.; Піроженко, А. О. (2018)
- «Англійська мова (10-й рік навчання, профільний рівень)» підручник для 10 класу закладів загальної середньої освіти Калініна, Л. В.; Самойлюкевич, І. В. (2018)
- «Англійська мова (10-й рік навчання, рівень стандарту)» підручник для 10 класу закладів загальної середньої освіти Буренко, В. М. (2018)
Express your point of view on your
career opportunities orally.
What are you going to do when you
leave the secondary school?
What are you going to choose as a career? Why?
Start like this:
After leaving
my school I would like to study at one of the universities. I simply can’t tell
you what I am going to study yet. Well, I have thought of becoming… (a teacher
of). My parents share/ do not share this idea, they want me to become… (a
doctor). They may be right, because a… (doctor’s) work is more respected and
acknowledged in a society. But I am not really persuaded by them saying that I
would earn more money and I would have a better life as… (a doctor). This job
is simply not for me. I would rather choose… (teaching) than… (medicine) as a
career. I have no doubts about the poor financial prospects, but, you know,
money is not everything. It is much more important for me to do something I
really love.
Reading
Be ready to discuss it.
FACING THE REAL WORLD
– Have you
already begun developing your plans for the future?
– It is very
difficult to give a definite answer right now. But every time I am asked the
question “What do you want to be?” I feel nervous. I usually never tell the
truth and say “ I haven’t the slightest idea” and try to sound mysteriously.
– But why?
– That makes
other people feel more nervous than me.
– Have you
ever turned to your parents for advice?
– Oh. My
mother is convinced that I should follow in the footsteps of my father and
become a lawyer. My granny thinks that I should find a nice wealthy man to
marry. And my father says “Just do what makes you happy”. My uncle encourages
me by promising a job in his company. Being child I wanted to be like a cashier
in the supermarket with long hair, blue eye shadows and long fingernail moving
the cash. But my mother would say “You are not suitable for the job like that.
You are too smart”. It is a very difficult to face the real world after being
spooned with knowledge at school. And the question “What do you want to be?”
never used to be threatening like now.
What if I
choose the wrong thing and feel regret a mistake in future? Of course like
everyone I have some skills and interests and inclinations. But they seem to be
undeveloped and may seem outstanding.
I realize
that I should plan out the rest of my life and explore my choice from every
angle, but I have never thought more than six months ahead.
There is one
thing I know I wouldn’t like to be “a square in a round hole”.
Questions
for discussion:
1. What
problems are involved in this interview?
2. Why is the
girl afraid to enter the real world after being spoonfed with knowledge at
school.
3. What does
the real world mean for her? And for you?
4. Why does
her mother say that she is too smart to be a cashier?
5. Does it
mean that a man doing a less prestigious work is a loser?
6. The girl
doesn’t want to be a square peg in a round hole. Do you know someone who is a
square peg in a round hole?
7. What would
you do if you were in the same situation? Give your piece of advice.
Мотивація для вивчення англійської
Вивчення англійської мови - це важкий і тривалий процес, що вимагає терпіння, значної концентрації та твердої впевненості в успішності його завершення. Для того щоб домогтися серйозних результатів у навчанні, будь-яка людина має потребу в мотивації, адже без неї первісний ентузіазм проходить дуже швидко і процес вивчення мови перетворюється на рутину.
Тому, перш ніж приступити до освоєння мови, необхідно чітко уявляти, для чого це потрібно та які можливості можуть відкритися. Знання мови сприяє розвитку розумового потенціалу, розширенню світогляду, професійному зростанню, повазі й визнанню серед друзів і колег. До найбільш же сильних мотивуючих факторів, які спонукають людину приступити до вивчення англійської мови, можна віднести:
1. Успішне просування по кар'єрних сходах. Адже працівник, який володіє іноземною мовою, цінується набагато вище. Відповідно, шанси отримати більш високу посаду значно зростають. До того ж є можливість улаштуватись на роботу в іноземну компанію або сміливо вирушати працювати за кордон.
Володіння англійською дозволяє вести листування та переговори з іноземними партнерами, писати наукові праці, статті та публікуватися у закордонних виданнях, що також істотно підвищує кар'єрні перспективи.
2. Можливість навчатися за кордоном. Знаючи мову, можна спробувати свої сили і вступити до іноземного університету або ж пройти стажування за своєю спеціальністю за кордоном.
3. Необмежений доступ до інформації. Англійська мова - це міжнародний засіб спілкування, тому що саме нею проходить більшість міжнаціональних конференцій, форумів, семінарів, видається величезна кількість технічної та наукової літератури. За даними «Вікіпедії», більше 50 % усієї інформації, розміщеної в Інтернеті, опубліковано саме англійською, що відкриває величезні можливості з вивчення будь цікавить тематики.
4. Задоволення власних амбіцій і прагнення до саморозвитку. Успішне освоєння англійської мови - це відмінна можливість продемонструвати наполегливість у досягненні поставленої мети, а також власні інтелектуальні здібності. Вивчення будь-якої мови є й чудовою тренуванням пам'яті, що в подальшому дозволяє легше засвоювати будь-який матеріал.
5. Відсутність мовного бар'єра під час подорожей, адже англійську в якості рідної використовують понад 400 млн осіб, ще близько 1 млрд вільно нею розмовляють. Англійська мова використовується в усіх готелях світу, аеропортах, на вокзалах, у великих музеях, тому її знання автоматично вирішує численні проблеми, з якими може зіткнутись турист під час подорожі. Знання англійської призводить до стирання культурних і національних кордонів, бо людина починає відчувати себе громадянином світу й може легко вступати в контакт із представниками інших народів.
6. Наявність родичів або друзів за кордоном є чудовою мотивацією для вивчення англійської, адже це дозволяє не втрачати родинні та дружні зв'язки, а також не відчувати проблем у спілкуванні з новим членом сім'ї. Крім того, наявність у сім'ї іноземця, яки володіє англійською, сприяє вивченню культури та традицій його країни, а зробити це без знання мови практично неможливо.
7. Можливість насолоджуватися творами мистецтва в оригіналі (книги, пісні, фільми, вистави тощо), адже відомо, що при перекладі з іноземної мови перекладач інтерпретує твір по-своєму. А перегляд фільмів англійською дозволяє не тільки оцінити видовищність картини та її сюжет, а й отримати задоволення від гри акторів, яка повністю втрачається при дубляжі.
8. Допомога своїм дітям при вивченні англійської мови. Знання мови та її постійне вживання в домашніх умовах значно полегшує процес її вивчення дітьми, оскільки навчання буде проходити у природних умовах і без будь-якого примусу. У перспективі ж удасться заощадити значні фінансові кошти, які в подальшому довелось б витратити на репетиторів чи курси вивчення англійської.
Однією з найбільш сильних мотивацій для продовження вивчення мови є отримання першого результату. Адже ніщо так відмінно не мотивує, як наявність позитивного результату при виконанні якої-небудь справи. Поступово прогрес буде ставати все помітнішим, а подальше навчання буде проходити тільки в задоволення. Адже з кожним новим заняттям процес засвоєння матеріалу здійснюється швидше, а значить, і вивчення мови буде просуватись набагато ефективніше.
І головне, пам'ятати, що мотивація - це потужний психологічний інструмент, бо саме вона допомагає не припиняти рух уперед, а наполегливо просуватись до своєї мети й долати всі труднощі у вивченні англійської мови.
