You recently bought a microwave for your dorm room from the campus shop, but it arrived damaged. Write an email to the manager of the campus appliance store. In your email:
- describe the problem
- explain why the item is important to you
- ask for a solution
Six criteria, each 0–6. Language = grammar + vocabulary + tone; Organization = task + development + coherence.
- S1 Your first sentence states the purpose clearly: "I am writing to you regarding a problem…"جملهٔ اول هدف ایمیل را روشن بیان میکند.
- S2 Your reasons are personal and specific: living alone, far from family, two majors.دلایل شما شخصی و مشخصاند.
- S3 Your request is polite and gives the manager two options (replace or refund).درخواست شما مؤدبانه است و دو گزینه پیشنهاد میدهد.
These parts are shaded green in your email below.
Learn words with their partners: cook meals, focus on your studies, double-major.
- for cooking my food → to cook my meals
- my lessons → my studies
When one past event happened before another, use the past perfect: it had been damaged before you found it.
- it was damaged → it had been damaged
- Yesterday, I ordered → Last week, I ordered
Use the same structure on both sides of or, and a comma before an added description.
- replace… or… to request a refund → replace… or… issue a refund
Your email with every correction applied. Dashed green = a suggestion I added to show where such details go; it was not required.
These are your own sentences. Type the correct form of the underlined part.
Four short sets, one for each group of errors. Open one set at a time.
Your original email is in the box. Turn on Correct mode and fix it yourself (red = deleted, blue = added). Then compare it with the improved version.
You booked a room in the university guest house for your parents' visit. When they arrived, the room had not been cleaned and the heating did not work. Write an email to the guest house manager, Ms. Clarke. In your email:
- describe the problem
- explain why this matters to you
- ask for a solution
Use at least one past perfect, one or with the same structure on both sides, and one closing line.