Day 18 — Write an Email · Drill + Submission
Phase II · Targeted Drills · Writing · Day 18 of 30 · ⏱ ~1.5 hours
📍 You are here: Day 17 · Speaking → Day 18 · Write an Email → Day 19 · Academic Discussion
Today you study a Band 6 email up close, then write one of your own under the real 7-minute clock and submit it for feedback.
🎯 Today's goal: Internalize the Band 6 email pattern, then produce one that covers all three bullets in the right register.
✅ You're done when: you've written today's email in 7 minutes and submitted it.
⏰ Step 1 — Warm-Up: Bullet Coverage Check
Trains the #1 email skill — never missing a required point.
👉 Open the Warm-Up Exercise
3 items · auto-graded.
📖 Step 2 — Study the model: Understand the tasks — Strategies & Sample Tasks
Watch these before you drill (PDF versions available too):
🎥 Build a Sentence — Strategies & Sample Tasks
📄 Build a Sentence — Strategies & Sample Tasks
🎥 Write an Email — Strategies & Sample Tasks
📄 Write an Email — Strategies & Sample Tasks
🟢 Band 4→5 Focus on covering all 3 bullets clearly + a formal greeting/close.
🔵 Band 5→6 Add idiomatic phrases (ran into a problem, came through, on your end) and one complex sentence (a conditional or relative clause).
✍️ Step 3 — Write an Email — Template
Structure your email with this frame: greeting → purpose → the 3 required points → polite request/close → sign-off. Keep it 100–150 words in a polite-professional tone.
📄 Template
📝 Step 4 — ⭐ Today's Individual Task — Write an Email
Strict 7 minutes · 100–150 words
You recently moved into a new apartment and discovered several maintenance issues that were not mentioned in the lease. You want to contact your landlord, Mr. Hill, to report these problems and request repairs as soon as possible.
To: Mr. Hill · Subject: Request for apartment maintenance repairs
Write an email to Mr. Hill. In your email, do the following:
📤 Submit your individual task for Hasmik's feedback: post your email in the "Tasks for Review and Feedback" section on Telegram and indicate which day's task it is.
💡 Pro Tips
- Quality > quantity. A precise 120-word email beats a rambling 180-word one — ETS doesn't reward length.
- Concrete details = elaboration. Name the exact problem ("the radiator does not heat") — specifics lift your band.
- One-minute outline: assign one sentence to each bullet before you type.
- Save 60 seconds to run the Spelling & Error Checklist — a typo can drop your band.
🔧 Additional materials for today
📁 Portfolio Entry — log Day 18
- 📅 Date · ✅ Steps completed (Y/N) · ⏱️ Time spent
- 📊 Warm-up score: ___ / 3
- 🎯 Email written in 7 min & submitted? (Y/N) · all 3 bullets covered? (Y/N)
- 🎯 Confidence today (1.0–6.0) · 🏆 One Win + 🤔 One Challenge
📞 Your 2 one-on-one meetings with Hasmik are included — if you haven't booked yet, message us to set the dates.