V Fill in the missing words in the letter below.

1)_________ 12, 2008

2) __________Pat,

3) __________for your letter. It was very nice 4)__________.

I hope that you and your family 5) ___________.

6) ____________ for advice about travelling around my country. 7)____________, you can go to Moscow or St.Petersburg and do some sightseeing and shopping there. You can go on a guided tour as you haven’t got much time. After that, you can choose between the mountains, the lakes, the coast or 8) ___________. As for meI like spending my vacation somewhere in the south near the sea, here I can swim, walk or just relax. I hope you’ll visit me too when you come.

I look forward to 9)____________.

10) __________,

Sami

APPENDIX

I Special features of informal writing

Contractions

e.g. There’s something else I’ve got to tell you.

Informal set phrases

e.g. Thanks for your letter.

Informal greetings in letter

e.g. Dear Sam,

Incomplete sentences

e.g. Great news about your brother.

Informal vocabulary, including phrasal verbs

e.g. ‘go on’ instead of ‘continue’

Direct questions

e.g. How was your holiday last month?

More use of the active voice

e.g. They’ve built a new cinema near our house.

Informal connecting words and phrases

e.g. Well, I think that’s about all I wanted to say

Simpler sentences structures

e.g. I’ll be late for the party. It’s because of my French exam.

Punctuation using exclamation marks

e.g. If you’d been at the wedding, you’d have loved the food!

II Types of streets in USA

Type of street	Abbreviation	Example
Street	St	250 Malin St, Kew
Road	Rd	50 Naylors Rd, Clematis
Crescent	Cr	72 Derna Cr, Franston
Avenue	Av	124 Western Av, Sunshine
Drive	Dr	83 Cook Dr, Pakenham
Place	Pl	36 Peter Pl, Melton
Court	Ct	44 Queens Ct, Berwick
Parade	Pde	225 Rowena Pde, Richmond
Terrace	Tce	383 Brisbane Tce, Mordial
Close	Cl	15 York Cl, Altona Meadows
Grove	Gr	97 Milliara Gr, Brighton East

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