Essay writing

Exercise 1

a-      Write a letter to NBC Bank to apply for a job. Your name is Akih Joseph, P.O. Box 79 Douala. The P.O. Box of the bank is 155 Douala.

b-      It is the bilingualism day. You are the represent of student. In the name of the students, write a speech to celebrate the philosophy day. Among the personalities present, there are the principal, the discipline masters, the teachers, the students and other invitees.

c-      You live in Douala and your mother is in Kumba. Write her a letter to tell her how you are. Your name is Akih Jospin

d-     Describe your favorite teacher

e-      Describe your house

Exercise 2

Write a short essay on

1- Old Custom

2- The Kangaroo

3- School Games

4- Fairy Tales

5- Space Travel

6- The Pleasures of Reading

7- Popular Superstitions

8- The Use and Abuse of Leisure

9- Life in a large City : its Advantages and Disadvantages

10-  Advertising: its Uses and Abuses

11-  The Book you like Best

12-  Travel as a part of Education

13-  The Best Way of Spending Holidays

14-  The Telephone

15-  The Cell Phone

16-  Your Favourite Hobbies

17-  Counselling in Schools

18-  The Importance of the Study of Geography

19-  No Man is a Judge of his own Merits

20-  Safety First

21-  The Use and Abuse of Strikes

22-  The Uses of Paper

23-  My greatest wish

24-  A Visit to a Place of Historic Interest

Exercise2

Write a short essay on:

1- Should boys leam to cook?

2- Is life for us better than it was for our forefathers?

3- Is life in the city preferable to life in the country?

4- An important day in my life

5- How you hope to continue your education when you leave school

6- What do you think is the most enjoyable month of the year? Say why you think so.

7- Ghosts and ghost stories

8- An Excursion

9- The dream I should like to have

10-  My country

11-  The influence of the cinema

12-  The man who will succeed in life is he who can adapt himself easily."

13-  Some wonders of modern science

14-  "Gluttony kills more than a sword."

15-  The fascination of a great city.         

Proposé par: M. Yemele Fometio