Advanced Writing with English in Use

Recommendationreports • Module8B

Fromthecollege

... We areconsideringM rJohnKinofora place on the course
whic hyouhavejust completedsosuccessfully. Hehasg ivenus
yournam e as aref erence and Iwouldbe m ostgratef ulfo ryour
opin ionofhi ssuitabilityforthecourse.

Everyyear,asyouyourselfw illbeaware,ahighpercentageof

studentsfromabroaddropoutofthisco urseforanumberof

reasons:problemsofadaptationtotheBritishenvironmentand

cult ure; thedifficultyoffindingnewfri endsand buildinga soc ial

life in Britain,andtheconsequentlo neliness andhomesickn ess;

th eheavyworkloadonthecourseandthefrequentexam s; the

difficultyof studyingexclusivelyinEn gli sh. Fo r thisreason- to

minimisew astageandsufferingonourcourses- weparticularly

appreciatecha racte rrefe rences that area fair assessmentofan

individ ua l'spotent ial.

Yourssincerely,

LRade

DrL.Flode

Task bank:Task 33

88 Recommendationreports

1.0 Aconsumer report

This recommendationreport from a consumer magazine is basedon tests of five

cars.In mostlines of the text thereis one unnecessaryword.It is eithe r

grammaticallyinco rrect ordoesnotfit in with the senseof the text. Write the

unnecessary wordsin the space in the margin.Somelines are correct:indicate

theselines with a tick(,I).The exercisebegins with two examples(0).

() The Peu geot st ruck the be stbalancebet ween~performanceand
o bein geasytolivewith,It was"cryrewa rd ingtodrive andpracti cal
1 for evervdav lise.Itwasn't so good drive atlowspeeds, hilt this was
2 easilyolltweighedbythe car'stooIllany\; 11 11(:'5.The F ordFie sta and
3 HoverMet roratedhoth well in our secondarysafety asse ssments.
4 The Metrois .£ 1,000 poundschea pe r than th e Fie sta and is the better
5 hllyifalway.s)'011don' t ofte n canypasse ngers in th e back.If'vou
(j ne-r-dtheextraspaceandc a llput lip withthelnnnpvride, the
7 Fie sta is worth a look.\Ve can' tto recommendth e Fiat: it did n't hav e
8 the handling to comp le me ntthe highperformance .The Suzuki was
B noisyanduncom fort uhle and , tho ughcheap , but can't be recom me nde d
10 ei ther.\'e cannotrecommendanvofall theseca rs forth ose with
11 little or limitedindri\ingexpe rie nce. Theyre qu ire ahigherdegree
12 of r espon sibili ty , skill a ndexpe rie nce than you haveneed just t o passth e dri\; ng test.

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