WAEC Standard for answering Informal Letter.

For instance if you are to answer the question below:

Your father has just built a house for the family. Write a letter to your elder brother who lives abroad, describing the new house and the prestige it has accorded the family.

Looking at the question the focus is ” the new house” and ” the prestige it has accorded the family”

The question demands that you should write a letter to your elder brother who lives abroad, describing the new house that your father has just built and the prestige it has accorded your family. Report shows that many candidates attempted this question. Most candidates gave good description of the family house but failed to touch on the second aspect of the question- the prestige the house has accorded the family. Surprisingly, some candidates could not differentiate between brother and uncle.

Let’s look at another question

Write a letter to your friend in another school giving him/her three reasons why your school has been excelling in academic work.

You are required to write a letter to your friend in another school giving three reasons why your school has been excelling in academic work. You are suppose to write what can affect your performance positively. You can mention the use of ICT tools, new teachers, teachers monitoring the students, teachers spending time to explain a topic to the understanding of the students.