13.5 Personal letters

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English Writing

13.5 Personal Letters

Today:

Grammar: Articles / lidwoorden

13.5 Personal letters

Last time

-Letter of application

-English pitfalls (its/it's, your/you're)

-Email exercise

Articles

Lidwoorden

Articles = lidwoorden 

- The = definite

- a / an = indefinite

Articles = lidwoorden 

We use:

- The = definite

for something specific.

Let's read the book. 

(Er is één specifiek boek dat we gaan lezen)

Articles = lidwoorden 

We use:

- a / an = indefinite

for non-specific words.

Let's read a book. 

(We gaan een willekeurig boek lezen)

Articles = lidwoorden 

Wanneer ''a'' en wanneer ''an''

a = wanneer het woord daarna met een medeklinker begint.

an = wanneer het woord daarna met een klinker begint.

We visited a monument.

We visited an old monument.

I went to Mediamarkt to buy .... laptop.

The cashier made me .... offer.

1. a - an
2. an - a

Book B 13.5

Personal Letters

Personal letters

Look at page 181

The words almost mean the same but they have a different connotation (bijklank).

Neutral: ''questioning''

Positive: ''interested''

Negative: ''nosy''

Personal letters

It is important to:

- know what kind of message you want to write

- choose the right words that fit that message

For now...

13.5 page 181

Exercise 1, 2 + 4