Thanking volunteers thoughtfully
A local newspaper has argued that volunteers should receive public awards for their contributions.
Write a letter to the editor giving your views on this proposal. Consider how volunteers could be recognised fairly and how organisations could show appreciation in other ways.
You may invent relevant details.
Your response will be assessed for communication and organisation, and for vocabulary, sentence structures, spelling and punctuation. The total includes 16 marks for vocabulary, sentence structures, spelling and punctuation.
260 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE English Language 2.3 Content: non-fiction study and transactional text types, covering 2.3.9 Write an article, 2.3.10 Write a letter, 2.3.11 Write a review, 2.3.12 Write a text for a speech, and 2.3.13 Write a section for a guide, textbook, leaflet or booklet. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.