Band 6+: You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. Your English-speaking friend who lives in your town has asked for your advice about learning a new sport. Write an email to your friend. In your email ·recommend a new sport that would be suitable for your friend to learn ·explain how your friend could learn this sport ·suggest that you both learn this sport together Write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write any addresses. Begin your letter as follows： Dear ...,

Dear Joy,

After receiving your letter yesterday asking my opinion on a new outdoor or indoor activity, I am so glad that I have got a friend like you who shares the same level of interest in sports as me.

Recently, an activity that has gained fame in our neighbourhood is pickleball. Upon seeing the upcoming rainy weather conditions, pickleball can be the most favourable sport for you as you can play it under a roof as well as on a ground outside. It is similar to tennis but the ball used to play is quite different in size and weight. Moreover, the sports club in our city has announced about a course of 3 weeks where you can get trained professionally in this sport. They are also conducting a competition between the enrolled members at the end of the workshop with a winning price of a brand-new scooter. In my opinion, this would be the perfect option for you to learn as you have already aced in tennis before. In addition to this, I have seen the timings of the pickleball class and they are not coinciding with our school timings.

You would be excited to know that I have also asked my parents if I can enroll for the same. As this sport is played in pairs of even number of players, we can also practice it after our sessions at the club. I hope you like this as much as I do so we can start learning it together.

Yours lovingly,

Khushi