General Training.docx

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GeneralTraining

DearMr.Smith,

Iamwritingtoaskforsometimeoffworknextmonth.

Thereasonforthis__request___isthatmybrotherisgettingmarried.HisfuturewifeisAustralian,andtheweddingwilltake___place___inherhomecity,Melbourne.Asthebrotherofthegroom,Icannotmisssuchaspecialoccasion.

Toattendtheceremonyandmakethe__round____tripfromtheUK,Iwouldneedatleastfivedaysoffwork.However,IwouldliketotaketheopportunitytodosomesightseeinginAustralia,andsoIamhopingthatyouwillallowmetotakeafulltwoweeks’_leave（noun）_____,fromthe1sttothe15thofMay.

Ihavespokentomyco-workers,anditseemsthatPeterJoneswouldbebest_placed_____tocovermyprojectcommitmentswhileIamaway.Iwill_leave_____detailedinstructionsforhimonmydesk.

Ihopethatmyrequestdoesnotcauseyouanyinconvenience.

Yourssincerely,

MichaelHall

Fillthegapswiththewordsbelow:

-round

-leave（verb）

-leave（noun）

-placed

-place

-request

request

place

round

leave（n）

placed

leave（v）

IELTSGeneralWriting:

lettertoatutor

ThefollowingquestioncomesfromCambridgeIELTSbook5.

Youhaveafull-timejobandarealsodoingapart-timeeveningcourse.Younowfindthatyoucannotcontinuethecourse.Writealettertothecoursetutor.Inyourletter

∙describethesituation

∙explainwhyyoucannotcontinueatthistime

∙saywhatactionyouwouldliketotake

Therearethreemainthingstoconsiderbeforewritingyouressay:

1.Tone（formalorinformal）

Sometimesstudentsarefriendlywiththeirtutors,butIthinkitwouldbebettertowriteaformalletter.Startwithyourtutor’ssurname（e.g.DearMr.Smith,）andendwith“Yourssincerely,”.Avoidcontractions（write“Iam”insteadof“I’m”）,andavoidusinginformalidiomsorexpressions.Bepoliteratherthanfriendly.

2.Purpose

Themainpurposeofthisletteristoinformyourtutorthatyouareleavingthecourse.Makethisclearstraightaway（e.g.Iamwritingtoinformyouthat...）.Thencoverthethreepoints,writingashortparagraphforeach.

3.Ideas

Irecommendspendingafewminutesplanningideasforeachofthetaskpointsbeforeyoustartwriting.Youneedtodecidewhattheeveningcourseisabout,whatyourfull-timejobis,areasonwhyyouaretoobusywithworktocontinuewiththecourse,andwhetheryouwanttoleavecompletelyorperhapscontinueatalaterdate.