You have changed your residence to a newly built house. Write an e-mail about it to a friend who is presently living away from your place.
In your e-mail you should,
describe your new house;
invite your friend to stay with you during the holidays.
tell your friend about something you miss in the new house;
Plan
Apologise with a reason for the delay in replying to your friend’s mail.
Eg: busy with preparation for the shift of residence.
Tell him/her about your meeting his/her family member(s).
Eg: went to invite his/her parents for house warning function
Some useful informal expressions
• The gift of the gab – ability to talk without shines ( especially when coming out of difficulty)
• Talk highly of someone – praise someone.
Eg: He talks very highly of his sister.
• Talk with plum in one’s mouth – talk with posh, upper class style or accent.
Eg: it was hard to talk to her. He was talking like a plum her mouth.
•(As) busy as bee – very busy
Eg: I was the all in all his wedding, as busy as bee.
• Busy beaver – busy person
Eg. Luckly, I’ve finished. Now only the busy beaver is breathing.
• Cheesed off – annoyed
Eg: I was cheesed off with your neighbor.
She irritates your mom too much.
• Lip smacking - very tasty
Eg: Your aunt Jain is a real chef. Her cake was lip smacking.
• Get the grace – feel homely
Eg: Mom is too caring. I really got race with her.
Task.1: Develop the given plan with more details for each bulleted point and write them.
Apology:
Meeting the family members:
Whom and when;
Give an interesting detail about the meeting;
Task.2: Read the list of informal expressions given above and write those which you find as useful in writing an introduction according to the plan.
Task :3 Write the introduction in around 35 words (not more than 45 words).
