The document provides instruction for students to write a formal email to the company they will be interning with, requesting to join their team. It prompts the students to include in the email why they are interested in the company, what they want to learn, their education background, and the internship period. Examples of what to include in the email are reasons for interest, goals for learning, education details, and internship timeframe.
The document provides instruction for students to write a formal email to the company they will be interning with, requesting to join their team. It prompts the students to include in the email why they are interested in the company, what they want to learn, their education background, and the internship period. Examples of what to include in the email are reasons for interest, goals for learning, education details, and internship timeframe.
The document provides instruction for students to write a formal email to the company they will be interning with, requesting to join their team. It prompts the students to include in the email why they are interested in the company, what they want to learn, their education background, and the internship period. Examples of what to include in the email are reasons for interest, goals for learning, education details, and internship timeframe.
The document provides instruction for students to write a formal email to the company they will be interning with, requesting to join their team. It prompts the students to include in the email why they are interested in the company, what they want to learn, their education background, and the internship period. Examples of what to include in the email are reasons for interest, goals for learning, education details, and internship timeframe.
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Present Perfect - Past Simple
1. 'This is my house.' 'How long have you lived here?' 'I ____________ (live) here since 1997.' 2. He lived in London for two years and then he ____________ (go) to Edinburgh. 3. When I left school, I cut my hair and ____________ (wear) it short ever since. 4. Shakespeare ____________ (write) a lot of plays. 5. My brother ____________ (write) several plays. He has just finished his latest. 6. I ____________ (not see) him for three years. I wonder where he is. 7. He ____________ (not smoke) for two weeks. He is trying to give it up. 8. Chopin ____________ (compose) some of his music in Majorca. 9. 'When ____________ (he/arrive)?' 'He arrived at 2 o'clock.' 10. I read his books when I was at school. I ____________ (enjoy) them very much. 11. I can't go out because I ____________ (not finish) my work yet. 12. 'I ____________ (never/drink) whiskey.' 'Well, have some now!' 13. Here are your shoes. I ____________ (just/clean) them. 14. I left home at 8.00a.m. and I ____________ (get) here at 12.00p.m. 15. I ____________ (meet) him last June. 16. ____________ (you/see) the moon last night? 17. Cervantes ____________ (write) Don Quixote 18. He ____________ (break) his leg in a skiing accident last year.
Rewrite each of these sentences so they have the same meaning as the first. Use between 2 and 5 words, and do not change the word in brackets.
1. I haven't been on holiday for three years.
a. It ____________has been three years since__________ I went on holiday. (since) b. The last time I __________went on holiday was three_____ years ago. (went) 2. It has been six months since she visited us. a. She ___________hasn’t visited us for___________ six months. (not) b. The last time she ________visited us was six______________ months ago. (was) 3. The last time I ate chocolate was last week. a. I ____________haven’t eaten chocolate since__________ last week. (eaten) b. It ___________has been one week since___________ I last ate chocolate. (been) 4. It hasn't rained for four weeks. a. The last time __________it rained was four weeks____________ ago. (weeks) b. It ___________has been four weeks since___________ it rained. (four)
Past perfect
1. When I arrived at the cinema, the film ____________________ (start).
2. She ____________________ (live) in China before she went to Thailand. 3. After they ____________________ (eat) the shellfish, they began to feel sick. 4. If you ____________________ (listen) to me, you would have got the job. 5. Julie didn't arrive until after I ____________________ (leave). 6. When we ____________________ (finish) dinner, we went out. 7. The garden was dead because it ____________________ (be) dry all summer. 8. He ____________________ (meet) her before somewhere. 9. We were late for the plane because we ____________________ (forgot) our passports. 10. She told me that she ____________________ (study) a lot before the exam.
Past perfect – Simple Past
1. The grass ___________ (be) yellow because it ___________________ (not /
rain) all summer. 2. The lights ____________ (go) off because we ___________________ (not / pay) the electricity bill. 3. The children ___________________ (not / do) their homework, so they ___________ (be) in trouble. 4. They ___________________ (not / eat) so we ______________ (go) to a restaurant. 5. We _______________ (can not) go into the concert because we ___________________ (not / bring) our tickets. 6. She ______________ (say) that she ___________________ (not / visit) the UK before. 7. Julie and Anne ___________________ (not / meet) before the party. 8. I ___________________ (not / have) breakfast when he _____________ (arrive). 9. He ___________________ (not / use) email before, so I ___________ (show) him how to use it. 10. You ___________________ (not / study) for the test, so you ____________ (were) very nervous.
You all are about to begin your internship period. I don’t really know if you have already chosen the company. However, I really want to know about that!
So, first of all, tell me which company will be lucky to have you on their team And after that, imagine it is the first time you contact them, write a letter to the company asking them to join their team as a scholar.
You can tell them:
- Why are you interested in their company
- What you really want to learn with them - What and where you have studied - The period of your internship - …
