Exercise 5 Descriptive Informal Email

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.

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)

Bonfire Night

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:

Read a text and answer a series of questions.

Make brief notes related to a piece of text.

Write a summary.

Write an informal email.

Write a report, review or article.

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

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.

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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.

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