WRITING
PART ONE
You are the Managing Director of a company whose profits have recently
increased and you would like to reward staff for this.
Write a memo to all staff:
• thanking them for their contribution
• explaining why profits increased
• telling them what their reward will be.
Write 40-50 words.
MEMO
T0: All Staff
From:
Date: 7 December 2002
Subject: Staff Reward
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Samples:
Sample A
To: All Staff
From: Managing Director
Date: 7 December
Subject: Staff reward
I would like to thank you for the contribution in increasing the company’s profit. The profit increased due to very hard work and long working hours. Each of the staff will receive an envelope with a reward on Tuesday. The reward is a trip to Hawaii, and I hope that this will be the perfect reward. Enjoy!
Thank you
Band 4
All points are adequately covered and developed. There is an adequate range of language, though with some repetition.
Sample B
To: All Staff
From: Paul Blake
Date: 7 December 2002
Subject: Staff reward
I am very pleased to tell everybody that our company was make a great profit in this year.
Thank a lot everybody’s contribution for the company. Due to work hard, the management decided that every body would get the opportunity to add the salary and paid holiday.
Band 2
All the content points are addressed, although poor control of basic structures, e.g. ‘was make’, 'opportunity to add the salary’, obscure the message at times.
