Exercise 1: A description of a festival

1WRITING! Write an email about a festival or celebration.

Task: Choose one of these festivals and write a description of it.

  • Christmas
  • New Year's Day
  • An important Saint’s Day in your country
  • An important national holiday

Ideas: Answer the following questions.

  • Why do you celebrate this festival?
  • What do you do on this day?
  • Do you wear any special clothes? Do you eat any special food?
  • Do you enjoy this day? Why / Why not?

Plan: Organize your email into paragraphs.

  • Begin with Hello, Hi or Dear and your friend’s name.
  • Introduce the festival.
  • Write a short description of it.
  • End your email with Take care, Lots of love or Best wishes and your name.

Write: Write your email.

Check: Check your spelling, grammar and punctuation.