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Exercise 5 Descriptive Informal Email (Core)

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IGCSE ESL Exercise 5 Descriptive Informal Email for Core is a good example of an email which has the appropriate content and language to gain a good mark in this part of the exam.

travel, gap year, cousin

Exercise 5 Cousin Visiting gives you practice for the IGCSE ESL Exam where you write approximately 100–150 words in response to a short stimulus (which may take the form of pictures) and/or short prompts. The question includes information on the purpose, format and audience.

IGCSE ESL Exercise 5 Cousin Visiting

You have recently been told that a cousin who you have met will be staying at your home.

In this email, you are asked to include the following:

  • say how you feel about seeing your cousin
  • describe your house and family
  • explain the sleeping arrangements

More exercises available:

Exercise 5 New Attraction
Exercise 5 Birthday Party
Exercise 5 Going on Holiday
Exercise 5 Interesting Meeting
Exercise 5 Favourite Film
Exercise 5 Returning Home
Exercise 5 Restaurant Visit (Narrative)
Exercise 5 Cousin Visiting (Description)
Exercise 5 Going for an Interview (Advice)
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When learning vocabulary, especially helpful are exercises that are focussed on a theme or topic as these provide word retention practice so you can be confident to read, write, speak and listen successfully.

Family Exercises and Puzzles

Here you can find more ways to practice this topic with various activities:

  • Getting Older: Speaking Practice
  • Growing up: Reading Practice
  • Talking about Family: Reading Practice
  • Talking about Family: Speaking Practice
  • Growing up: Listening Practice
  • Growing up: Speaking Practice
  • Talking about Family: Writing Practice
  • Talking about Family: Listening Practice
  • Exercise 1 (Core)
  • Exercise 2 (Core)
  • Exercise 3 (Core)
  • Exercise 4 (Core)
  • Exercise 5 (Core)
  • Exercise 6 (Core)
  • Videos (Core)

Read a text and answer a series of questions.

  • Exercise 1 BMX History
  • Exercise 1 Cleaning Teeth
  • Exercise 1 Core Video introduction
  • Exercise 1 Laptops for the Hungry
  • Exercise 1 Santa Claus

Read a text and answer a series of questions.

  • Exercise 2 Cheating in Exams
  • Exercise 2 Core Video introduction
  • Exercise 2 Different Cultures
  • Exercise 2 Time Travel
  • Exercise 2 Train Journeys
  • Exercise 2 Weather Reports
  • Extreme Weather

Make brief notes related to a piece of text.

  • Exercise 3 Core Video introduction
  • Exercise 3 Managing Waste

Write a summary.

  • Exercise 4 How to write a Summary (Core)
  • Exercise 4 Learning to Cook

Write an informal email.

  • Exercise 5 Descriptive Informal Email (Core)
  • Exercise 5 Informal Email Advice (Core)
  • Exercise 5 Informal Email Narrative (Core)

Write a report, review or article.

  • Exercise 6 Becoming Vegetarian Article (Core)
  • Exercise 6 Career’s Talk Report (Core)
  • Exercise 6 Mission Impossible – Fallout Review (Core)

Here are videos to help you with the reading and wrting sections.

  • Exercise 1 Core Video introduction
  • Exercise 2 Core Video introduction
  • Exercise 3 Core Video introduction
  • Exercise 4 How to write a Summary (Core)
  • Exercise 5 How to write a Descriptive Informal Email (Core)
  • Exercise 5 How to write an Informal Advice Email (Core)
  • Exercise 6 How to write a Film Review (Core)
  • Exercise 6 How to write a Report (Core)
  • Exercise 6 How to write an Article (Core)

The more words you encounter and understand, the broader your day-to-day vocabulary will become. So, our IGCSE ESL Word searches are an excellent way to help to reinforce spellings.Word puzzles require not just a good vocabulary and a knack for spelling, but the ability to think logically and strategically. In the case of puzzles like our IGCSE Crosswords, it’s crucial to spell linked words correctly to be able to complete the task. 
  • Crossword Puzzles
  • Word Search Puzzles

Education and Learning Puzzles
Film Puzzles
Idioms Crossword Puzzle
Natural World Puzzles
Seas and Oceans Puzzles
Shopping Puzzles
Sport and Fitness Puzzles
Travel Puzzles

Education and Learning Puzzles
Film Puzzles
Natural World Puzzles
Shopping Puzzles
Sport and Fitness Puzzles
Travel Puzzles
Work Puzzles

Learning English requires not just a good vocabulary, but a strong foundation of all skills to communicate well. Here we provide activities for the IGCSE ESL for all the skills required to be successful in this examination.

  • Listening
  • Grammar
  • Speaking
  • Vocabulary

  • What makes a good life?
  • Try something new for 30 days
  • Mermaiding Listening Exercise
  • London Travel Guide
  • Working for the BBC Listening Exercise
  • Makeup Artist Listening Exercise
  • BBC Controller Listening Exercise
  • Riding a Motorbike Listening Exercise
  • Great Ship Adventure Listening Exercise

  • Prepositions before Verbs
  • Prepositions before Nouns
  • Adjective Suffixes

  • Eating Out

  • Education and Learning Exercises
  • Geography Exercises
  • Work Exercises

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Learn English with our free material for different levels of English. We add exercises on grammar and vocabulary as well as whole text activities on a regular basis. In addition, we provide test practise activities for students who are preparing for the Cambridge Assessment English Main Suite as well as the English Language B for the IB Diploma. The material will also support students studying for the Cambridge Advanced courses.

We provide free resources across the full range of levels to provide the tools to communicate in English well.

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