WRITING A POSTCARD – A1 English Writing Test

1  Do you sometimes write postcards when you are on holiday? Who do you send them to?

2  Read Jozef’s postcard. What is he doing at the moment?

Postcard

Hi Grandma,

I’m having a great time here in Greece. We’re staying in a big hotel and it isn’t expensive. All the people here are very nice. There’s a beautiful beach and also a swimming pool. You can swim every day because the water is always warm. There are lots of good cafés and restaurants here. You can get very nice food, and it’s cheap, too. It’s hot and sunny today. I’m sitting on the beach at the moment and I’m eating an ice cream!

Love,
Jozef

3  Look at the Key Language box. Find words in Jozef’s postcard to complete it.

KEY LANGUAGE FOR A POSTCARD

Present continuous verbs

1…………………. a great time. I’m sitting on the beach at the moment. We’re staying (in a small hotel).

Talking about a place

There’s a …, There 2…………………. lots of good cafés.,

You 3…………………. swim every day.

Adjectives to describe places and people

great, big, expensive, beautiful, good, 4…………………., cheap

Talking about the weather

It’s hot and 5…………………., It’s lovely and warm, It’s cold

4  Complete the sentences with the correct words.

1   We …………………. in a small hotel near the beach.

2   …………………. a really big swimming pool at the hotel.

3   …………………. lots of interesting shops in the village.

4   …………………. walk along the beach to the next village.

5   …………………. lovely and hot today.

6   …………………., I’m sitting by the swimming pool.

5  Get ready to write a postcard. Plan your ideas.

Where are you staying? ………………….………………….

How can you describe the place? ………………….………………….

What things are there? ………………….………………….

What can you do there? ………………….………………….

What’s the weather like? ………………….………………….

What are you doing at the moment? ………………….………………….

6  Write your postcard. Use your ideas in Exercise 5.

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