Question: Can you tell me your full name? Answer: Sure. My full name is Manjusha Santosh Nambiar.

Question: Tell me something about the city you live in. Answer: I live in Delhi. It is the capital of India. Delhi is an old city with a rich cultural heritage. It is known for its monuments. Question: Tell me something about the apartment you live in. What do you like about it? Answer: I live in a rented apartment. It is a nice little place to live in. The one thing that I like most about my apartment is its balcony where I spend my evenings listening to music. I can also host small parties in my balcony. Question: Is there anything you dont like about your apartment? Answer: I like my apartment, but sometimes I feel that I should move into a bigger home. In my apartment, there is hardly enough room for my things and me. Question: Do you have a hobby? Answer: Yes. Collecting stamps is my favourite hobby. I think stamps are windows to the world. They tell us a lot of things about the history and civilization of the countries they come from. Question: Do you enjoy watching English films? Answer: Oh yes. I like English films because they are the most technologically advanced. I watch them mostly for the special effects, but sometimes I enjoy the storyline too. Question: What do you like about your city? Answer: I like several things about my city. For instance, in my city the people are very warm and friendly. They make you feel at home. Question: Is there anything you dont like about your city? Answer: Yes. In my city the traffic system is very congested. It is well connected by roads and rail, but during peak hours you can hardly reach your home or office in time. Question: Do you like your name? Answer: Well, not really but there is nothing I can do about it. Question: Have you ever wanted to change your name? Answer: Yes, sometimes. But changing a name involves many legal procedures which I am not very comfortable with. Thats why I have decided to stick to the name my parents have given me. Question: Who is the one that usually names a child in your country? Answer: In my country children are named by their fathers or uncles.

Dear Human Resource, I am writing this letter in regards of terminating my contract with the organization as a Guest Service Agent. The employment contract has stated a requirement of two weeks notice. Therefore, my last day of employment will be on 25th of May 2012. The decision made was due to personal reasons, as my family and I will be migrating to Singapore. Recently my husband has been offered a managerial position in a five star hotel, which we thought would be a better prospect for his career. Once my family and I have settled down in Singapore, I plan to look for a work at home job. This allows me to have flexibility with my time and would be able to take care of my children too. Leaving the company is a great loss for me as I have learnt a lot and was given opportunities to grow. Finally, I would like to thank you for the guidance provided during the period of my employment. Yours sincerely, Eve Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing this letter to make arrangements for the stay during the weekend at your hotel and to get more information on the places of interest and different activities nearby. I will be arriving with my parents and wife to celebrate my parents wedding anniversary on the 4th of July which will be on Saturday morning, and leaving on the 7th of July afternoon. I am looking to book doublerooms with the attached bathroom for more privacy and convenience. I would love to have at least one bedroom with the balcony or seaside view for my parents. I would also appreciate if you could provide me with the list of activities that we can take part in during our stay for more fun and adventure. I prefer the locations to be nearby the hotel as we are not familiar with the place. Furthermore, I would also like to know if there are any historical sites or market nearby where we can explore more about the places history and local culture. You could send me the detailed information through email or fax no later than the 4th of July with the total cost of stay during the weekend. I look forward to hearing from you. Yours faithfully, A.G. Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing this letter to express my disappointment with a recent purchase on your online store, order number #7298883. I ordered a set of soccer equipments that were advertised on your site as a package including 3 pairs of socks and a pair of soccer boots. However, on their arrival I found out that there were only 2 pairs of socks. In addition, there were scratches on the boots that suggest that they had been used before and returned to your store. I have since found the same offer on another website and will be returning the packages to your office. I have read the refund policy, and as I am dissatisfied with the product, I would like to request a return of all fees paid, as well as the postal and packaging fees. Should you have any questions, you can contact me via email, my address is raymond_squared@live.com. I look forward to a swift resolution to this matter. Thanks for your time, Raymond Jose

Dear Mr. Hodgkins, I am currently enrolled in an Italian cooking class at St. James and am writing regarding some difficulties I have had doing this subject for the past two weeks. I would like to know if it is possible to change my course. I believe that the last day allowed for students to make any changes was Wednesday 5th June but, in my situation, the circumstance is uncompromising. The fact is that, during the enrolment session, no one mentioned that I needed to be literate in Italian, which Im not. Therefore, you will comprehend that for me, getting an understanding of what the teacher is saying is beyond comprehensible. Thus, I am requesting that my current enrollment be transferred from the Italian course to the French cooking class. As unlike in Italian, I am fluent in French. I apologise for any inconvenience this may cause to you and the staff and look forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely, Sandrine Mo Dear John, I am writing to let you know that I finally got a Software Engineer position in Google. I am so happy to share this news with you. As I told you earlier, my previous job was so bored to me. I kept working on fixing uncountable bugs of an existing system. Thus I started seeking new job opportunities 2 months ago. Since I walked in Googles office during my first interview, I immediately knew that this was my ideal work place. My major responsibility is tuning search results on several Googles products. The most exciting thing is that my supervisor is a pioneer in this area around the world. I believe that I can get enormous cuttingedge knowledge from him. Furthermore, I have bought a new house near my office. I sincerely invite you to come to visit next month if you are free at that point of time. With best wishes, Michael

expect the hospital or the community to carry the cost. In fact, it could also be argued that those who smoke in public should be asked to pay extra because of the illness caused to passive smokers.In conclusion, I feel that smokers should pay more in cases related to smoking, but for any other illness they should pay the same as anyoneelse.Last Updated ( Monday, 14 May 2007 ) International entertainers, including sports personalities, often get paid millions of dollars in one year.In your view, with widespread pverty in the world, are these huge earnings justified? You should write at least 250 words.You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.You should give reasons for your answer using your own ideas and experience.model answer:The salaries of many singers, dancers and sports people have increased out of all proportion in recent years, while in places like Sudan people are starving to death. I do not beleive that anyone should be able to earn such enormous salaries whan so many people in the worldare living in poverty.One af the factors which should affect what a person can earn ought to be the benefit of person's work to society. It is unreasonable for afamous singer to be able to earn far more from an evening's entertainment than, for instance, a medical scientist who develops a new drugwhich produces a treatment for a common disease. The pop star certainly has a value in society, but the value in no way exceeds, or evenmatches, the value gained from a successful medication.Secondly. work done should be paid according to the amount of effort and skill that goes into it. Nobody would deny that a famous personworks hard and is skillful, yet such people do not work any harder than thousand of other workers who have no claim to fame. Yet marketforce are such that these superstarts can obtain millions of dolor while other unknown people sometimes earn less than they need to survive.Finally, it should be possible for governments to work together to ensure that the amount of money in circulation should be more moreequally and fairly distributed. This seems only fair given that there are so

many suffering.To conclude, it is clear that world poverty is a serious problem and yet the problem could be eased if governments and compenies gavemore thought to paying salaries on a more equitable basis and if they started to contribute more money to those in need.Friday, 20 April 2007 Most writers of fiction do not earn enough money to live from their writing.Do you think the government should give them financial assistance to help encourage good literature? You should write at least 250 words.You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.You should give reasons for your answer using your own ideas and experiencemodel answer:There are some conditions under which a novelist could reasonably expect some government suport. In general terms, if the writer hasalready proved that he or she can write well, and if the stories produced are stimulating and interesting, then I consider that some financialhelp might be given.Language quality is difficult to define, but if the writing shows, for example, good grammar, a wide vocabulary, and elegance andimagination, then I can see a valid reason for assisting an author to spend some time free from money problems. Such a writing needs to beencouraged. the entertainment value of a book would be also a factor in deciding whether to provide assistance to an author. Further consideration would include social and educational values expressed in the author's work.However, if the ideas were socially irresponsible, or if the stories contain unnecessary violence or pornography for its own sake, then Iwould not want to see the author sponsored to write stories which do not benefit society. Other exceptions are the many writers of good books who do not require financial help. Books which proved to be extremely popular, such as the Harry Potter stories, clearly need nosubsidy at all because the authors have become rich through their writing.Views on what good quality writing means will vary widely, and so if any author is to be given money for writing, then the decision wouldhave to be made by a committee or panel of judge. An individual opinion would certainly cause disagreement among the reading public.Saturday, 21 April 2007You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. "Prevention is better than cure."Out of a country's health budget, a large proportion should be diverted from treatment to spending on health education andpreventative measures.To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement? You should write at least 250 words. model answer:Of course it goes without saying that prevention is better than cure. That is why, in recent years, there has been a growing body of opinionin favour of putting more resources into health education and preventive measures. The argument is that ignorance of, for example, basichygiene or the dangers of an unhealthy diet or lifestyle needs to be combatted by special nationwide publicity campaigns, as well as longer-term health education.Obviously,there is a strong human argument for catching any medical condition as early as possible. There is also an economic argumentfor doing so. Statistics demonstrate the cost-effectiveness of treating a condition in the early stages, rather than delaying until moreexpensive and prolonged treatment is necessary. Then there are social or economic costs, perhaps in terms of loss of earnings for the familyconcerned or unemployed benefit paid by the state.So far so good, but the difficulties start when we try to define what the 'proportion' of the budget should be, particularly if the funds will be'diverted from treatment'. Decisions on exactly how much of the total health budget should be spent in this way are not a matter for the non-specialist, but should be made on the basis of an accepted health service model.This is the point at which real problems occur - the formulation of the model. How do we accurately measure which health educationcampaigns are effective in both medical and financial terms? How do we agree about the medical efficacy of various screening programmes, for example, when the medical establishment itself does not agree? A very rigorous process of evaluation is called for, so thatwe can make informed decisions.Last Updated ( Sunday, 03 June 2007 )Saturday, 21 April 2007 The position of women in society has changed markedly in the last twenty years. Many of the problems young people nowexperience, such as juvenile delinquency, arise from the fact that many married women now work and are not at home to care fortheir children.To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion? You should write at least 250 words.You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.You should give reasons for your answer using your own ideas and experience.model answer:It is certainly true that the position of women in society has undergone a dramatic change in the past twenty years but I do not feel that thisis a direct cause of the indisputable increase in juvenile-related problems during this period.It is now accepted that young women should find work on leaving school; indeed to rely totally on their parents' financial support is nolonger an option in many families. Likewise, once they get married, the majority of women continue working since the financial pressuresof setting up a house and establishing a reasonable standard of living often require two incomes.Twenty years ago it was common for women to give up work once they had children and devote their time to caring for their children. Thisis no longer the general rule and the provision of professionally-run child care facilities and day nurseries have removed much of theresponsibility for child rearing that used to fall to mothers. However, these facilities come at a cost and often require two salaries cominginto a family to be afforded.I do not believe that the increase in the number of working mothers has resulted in children being brought up less well than previously.Indeed it could be

argued that by giving mothers the opportunity to work and earn extra money children can be better provided for than previously. There is more money for luxuries and holidays and a more secure family life is possible. Of course there are limits as to theamount of time that ideally should be spent away from home and the ideal scenario would be for one of the parents (often the wife) to havea part-time job and thus be available for their children before and after school. It is important to establish the correct balance betweenfamily life and working life.Last Updated ( Monday, 14 May 2007 )Saturday, 21 April 2007 People attend college or university for many defferent reasons (for example, new experiences, career preparation, increasedknowledge).Why do you think people attend college or university? You should write at least 250 words.You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.You should give reasons for your answer using your own ideas and experiencemodel answer People attend college for a lot of different reasons. I believe that the three most common reasons are to prepare for a career, to have newexperiences, and to increase their knowledge of themselves and of the world around them. Career preparation is probably the primary reason that people attend college. These days, the job market is very competitive. Careers suchas information technology will need many new workers in the near future. At college, students can learn new skills for these careers andincrease their opportunities for the future.Students also go to college to have new experiences. For many, it is their first time away from home. At college, they can meet new peoplefrom many different places. They can see what life is like in a different city. They can learn to live on their own and take care of themselveswithout having their family always nearby.At college, students have the opportunity to increase their knowledge. As they decide what they want to study, pursue their studies, andinteract with their classmates, they learn a lot about themselves. They also, of course, have the opportunity to learn about many subjects intheir classes. In addition to the skills and knowledge related to their career, college students also have the chance to take classes in other areas. For many, this will be their last chance to study different subjects.Colleges offer much more than career preparation. They offer the opportunity to have new experiences and to learn many kinds of things. Ithink all of these are reasons why people attend college