Writing the Letter of Invitation

Question

You would like to invite your friend in Taiwan to visit you during the Merdeka Day celebration which is held on 31st August. Write the letter inviting him or her to stay with you and your family. Describe what you plan to do during your friend's visit.

Outline of your letter

Dear Jeremy,

Paragraph 1 (Introduction)
How are you getting on? I know you've just finished your mid-year exam and you've at least one month's holiday before your school reopens. Why don't you enjoy your break by coming over to Malaysia at the end of August? You can stay with my family and we'll have a great time together.

Paragraph 2
Tell your friend Jeremy why you're inviting him to come at the end of August. Provide details about Merdeka and the celebration that Jeremy would be able to see then.

Paragraph 3
Tell Jeremy about your other plans; for example : you would like to take him to Batu Caves and tell him what he can see there.

Paragraph 4
Give examples of two or three other things that you and Jeremy could do together: places to visit, Malaysian food, etc.

Paragraph 5 (Conclusion)
My parents would love to have you stay with us. Please let me know whether you can make it.

Your good friend,

Dinesh

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1.  “Have a nice time?” And it was important to be able to say,”No. Not really. It was boring.” (p40)

When Claudia returns after staying with her Dad and Stella, her stepmother, her mum would ask her about the stay there. She feels she has to say something so as not to hurt her mum. She knows it’s going to hurt her feelings if she says she has enjoyed the stay there. Claudia feels that if she has got on well with Stella, or wear the green pyjamas Stella bought for her, it would somehow hurt her mother – even though she is not there to see her wearing them.

2.  Miss O’Dell says: “These five must have something in common. That’s why I picked them out…So, I just looked at my list, and picked out the first five names with a tick in one of the columns.”(p12) 

      Although Miss O’Dell does not reveal what the five children have in common here, we know  in the next chapter, Ralph says that all five of them have put down a second address in their permission form to go on the trip. What they have in common is that they have step-parents. And it is also what they have in common with Richard Harwick. So, this is probably what Miss O’Dell ticks in one of the columns. (see Chapter 2, p.24)   

   

3.  Do you agree with Richard’s decision to run away?  

     To some extent, I don’t blame him for running away...

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Exercise Your Grammar Muscles 3

A common mistake among students is in the use of though/although. Identify the mistake in each of the following sentences.

1. Although I left home late, but I was in time for school.
2. Although there was only one apple, but I shared it with my brother.
3. Though he is a multimillionaire, but he is not generous with his money.
4. Though the movie isn’t good overall, but it has a lovely ending.
5. Although the room was dark, he managed to find the pendrive.

In all five sentences, "but" has to be taken out. We do not use "although" with "but".

He Had Such Quiet Eyes - -by Bibsy Soenharjo

The poem He Had Such Quiet Eyes is about the naivety of a young woman who fell in love too hastily. The poet describes the man’s quiet eyes as two pools of lies/Layered with thinnest ice. One immediately sees the vivid image of a cool, young man... 


Nature - by Hugh Doston Carberry

Overview

This poem can be taken quite literally. The poet tells us that Jamaica does not have the four seasons of winter, spring, summer and autumn. Nature records the poet’s observations of the amazing beauty of nature in his homeland. Even though it doesn’t have the four seasons...

 Critical Analysis- What it really means

This lovely poem by Hugh Doston Carberry is a celebration of the beauty of nature. The first four lines spell out the difference between the Jamaican climate and the climate in temperate countries: Jamaica, like Malaysia, doesn’t have the four seasons; instead it is a tropical country with sunshine and seasonal rains. The four seasons are capitalized....

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