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A short note to a friend

Name:Date:

Write a short note to tell a friend where you are, ask for help or make a simple plan.

A note on the kitchen table

Hi Lena,

I'm at the shop. I need bread and some fruit for lunch. I'm back at about 12 o'clock. Do you want anything from the shop? Send me a message.

Can you give the cat some food, please? The cat food is in the cupboard, on the top shelf. Please don't open the back door. The cat must stay inside today.

Thanks,

Ravi

Choose the best words

Choose the best word or phrase for each note.

___ you water the plants, please?
- a) Are
- b) Can
- c) Have
Please ___ forget your keys!
- a) not
- b) no
- c) don't
I'm ___ work until 5 o'clock.
- a) at
- b) in
- c) on
___ meet at the café at 4 o'clock.
- a) Let
- b) Let's
- c) Please we
Which is the best ending for a note to a friend?
- a) Yours faithfully,
- b) Dear Sir,
- c) See you later,
I'm back ___ 7 o'clock.
- a) on
- b) at
- c) in

Complete the notes

Type the missing word in each note.

Hi Aiko, I'm ___ the library. See you at lunch!
Can you buy some milk, ___? Thanks!
___ forget the meeting at 3 o'clock!
Your keys ___ on the kitchen table.
Thank ___ for the cake!
Kofi is not here. ___ (he / she) is at the dentist.

Writing task

You are out. Write a note to a friend who lives with you. Say where you are and when you are back. Ask your friend to do one thing for you, and say thank you.

50–80 words

Check your writing

I started with Hi and my friend's name.
I said where I am.
I said when I am back.
I asked for help with Can you ..., please?
I said thank you and wrote my name at the end.

Answer key

Choose the best words

b) CanUse Can you ...? to ask someone to do something for you.
c) don'tTo tell someone not to do something, use don't + verb: Please don't forget.
a) atWe say at work, at home and at school.
b) Let'sUse Let's (let us) + verb to make a plan with a friend: Let's meet at 4.
c) See you later,See you later is short and friendly. Yours faithfully is for formal letters, and Dear Sir is a beginning.
b) atUse at with clock times: at 7 o'clock.

Complete the notes

at / inUse at or in for a place: I'm at the library or I'm in the library.
pleasePlease makes a request polite.
don't / do notUse don't + verb to tell someone not to do something.
areKeys is plural, so we use are.
youWe say Thank you or Thanks.
heKofi is a man's name, so we use he.

Model answer

Hi Jamal,

I'm at the swimming pool with my sister. We're back at about 4 o'clock.

Can you take the clothes out of the washing machine, please? Put them on the chairs in the garden. It's sunny today! And please don't eat the cake in the fridge. It's for my mum's birthday.

Thanks a lot,

Sofia