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Correspondence

• Email: Recent news (There have been a lot of changes in the neighbourhood recently...) Tutored task
• Letter to the editor: A complaint (I am writing to complain about...) Sample
• Business letter: Making a complaint (I understood from your publicity that...)
• Letter to the editor: Responding to an article (I was shocked by the report in last Sunday’s Post...)
• Business letter: Asking for a loan (Dear Mrs. Tilde, I am writing to you... )

Descriptive texts

• Biography: Description of a career path (After I graduated I immediately applied for lots of jobs...) Tutored task
• Film synopsis: "Nikki and the Dolphins" (The film tells the true story of a young girl...)
• Description: A symbol from your country (The coat of arms of Mexico...)
• Letter to the editor: Describing an invention (I have designed an implement which...)
• Description: A photo (This photo was taken when I was...)
• Report: Advantages and disadvantages (Moreover, online learning suits certain learner types...)
• Advertising brochure: A product description (It comes in a range of attractive colours...) Tutored task
• Discursive text: Describing phenomena (There are two theories on the purpose of yawning...)

Articles, opinion and creative writing

• Blog: Danger in sport (I think taking part in extreme sports...)
• Written advice: A parenting problem (It’s not unusual for children to go through a clingy phase...)
• Creative writing: A fictional character (My first impression was that the stranger's eyes were of an unusually light blue...)
• Music review: An album (Their new CD is a disappointment for someone who was a big fan of the first album...)
• Creative writing: A short dramatic dialogue ("Are we going up to visit Bob and Jean next weekend or not?") Tutored task
• Article: Social groups and fashions (A decade ago Britain was overrun by Yuppies...)
• Summary: A magazine article (Research shows that laughter functions as...) Tutored task
• Article: Theorising (Many theories have been proposed...)
• Newspaper report: Missing person (Betty Ross disappeared in a thunderstorm...)

Narratives and anecdotes

• Personal anecdote: "The story of my name" (My first Christian name is Christopher, though people I know often just call me...) Sample
• Personal anecdote: Getting lost (It all happened when I set our for Torquay...)
• Blog: My experience in a reality show (Day six, and relations are deteriorating fast...)
• Personal anecdote: A children’s game (At school we used to play a game called...)
• Personal anecdote: A disastrous holiday (If I'd known how bad the flight was going to be...) Tutored task