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MUET My Way Part 4 - Writing
           Email

           You are advised to spend about 25 minutes on this task.

           Your classmate, Prada, was absent from school because she was sick.
           Read the email from her asking about the school Science camp which
           she missed.

            From:      Prada
            Subject:   Oh I missed the Science camp!

            Hi!                                                                Notes

            How have you been? I feel very sad that I could not join the camp.   Great!
            How was it?

            I heard that there were lots of fun things to do at the camp! What was   Describe.
            your favourite activity during the camp?
            I also heard campers had to cook their own food. Did you like it?  No, because..
            I heard too that the school is planning another camp soon and I want   Tell Prada.
            to join it. Would you like to join me?

            Write soon!                                                       Tips
            Prada                                                               In this sample email, you will
                                                                                need to respond using the
                                                                                notes given on the righthand
           Using  all the notes given, write a reply of  at  least  100  words in an   side. Also, it would seem that
           appropriate style.                                                   you do not need to write out   WRITING
                                                                                the actual email address but
                                                                                you should have a subject
           Now let’s take a look at a sample question for an informal letter format.  line. Your responses can be
                                                                                in informal language but
                                                                                do avoid slang (e.g. gonna,
           Letter                                                               wanna etc.) and short forms
                                                                                popular in SMS chat (e.g. LOL,
                                                                                rcvd, gtg etc.) You should keep
           You are advised to spend about 25 minutes on this task.              to the 100 word count as it
                                                                                is unclear whether students
           Your friend, Aina, was not able to attend her friend’s sister’s wedding   will be penalised for going
           because she was busy. Read the letter from her asking about the wedding   over the limit, but even if
           which she missed.                                                    you do exceed, do ensure
                                                                                that you do not overdo it
                                                                                because the more you write,
                                                            Unit 8-8            the more likely it is for you to
                                                                                make grammatical mistakes
                                                            Gardens Condo       that are self-penalising. To
                                                            89600 Papar         add pizzazz to your response,
                                                            Sabah               do use expressions, sayings,
                                                                                idioms or proverbs where
                                                            2 February 202_     appropriate but again, keep
                                                                                to the word count and do not
            Dear Mahani,                                                        be too unnecessarily verbose.

            I hope you’re doing well. I’m so disappointed that I could not attend   Notes
            your eldest sister’s wedding. How was it?                          It was great!



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