You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen-friend Alice who writes:

      \.\.\. I have to think about my pocket money all the time\. My parents try to make me earn it by doing the housework\. They try to make me save up and then buy something useful\. But I need pocket money for the cinema and ice\-cream and other treats like that\. Do you have to ‘earn’ your pocket money in any way or do your parents just give it to you? What do you spend your pocket money on? What do your parents think of the way you spend it?  
      Last weekend my friends and I went on a picnic in the countryside\.\.\.  

Write a letter to Alice. In your letter answer her questions, ask 3 questions about her picnic. Write 100—140 words. Remember the rules of letter writing. You have 20 minutes to do this task.