You have changed school and after a few months, you discover that your present school is not as good as the former. Write a letter to a friend of yours in y...

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Model answer: Informal letter to a friend comparing a new school unfavourably with the old.

This is an informal letter. It carries the writer's address and date, an informal salutation, a chatty body, and an informal close. At least three areas of comparison must be given.

18 Olumide Close,
Abeokuta.
10 July, 2026.

Dear Bisi,

How are you and how is everyone at Queen's College? I have missed you all more than words can say. I promised to write once I had settled into my new school, Grace High School, and now that I have spent a few months here, I am sorry to tell you that it does not measure up to our old school at all.

To begin with, the teaching here is far poorer. In our former school the teachers were dedicated, well qualified and always ready to explain difficult topics again and again. Here, many teachers rush through the syllabus, some periods are not taken at all, and homework is rarely marked. I now realise how lucky we were.

Secondly, the facilities are very disappointing. Do you remember our well stocked library, our neat science laboratories and our green sports field? In this school the library has only a handful of old books, the laboratory has almost no equipment, and there is hardly any space for games. Learning has become dull and difficult.

Thirdly, discipline and orderliness are sadly lacking. At Queen's College, rules were firm but fair, and everyone knew what was expected. Here, students come late, make noise during lessons and roam about freely, and the prefects seem powerless. The whole atmosphere is one of confusion.

I must confess that I now regret leaving. I have learnt the hard way that one does not truly value a good thing until it is lost. All the same, I am doing my best to cope, and I look forward to the holidays when we can meet and talk at length.

Please greet all our old friends and teachers for me, and do write back soon.

Your ever loving friend,
Kemi