BV3 lesson 7 Email: punctuation and spelling

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 4

Terms	meaning
To	1. Primary recipients-ontvanger(s) - FYA. 2. All recipients are visible to all other recipients.
CC	A copy of the email is sent and the emailaddress is visible - FYI.
BCC	A copy of the email is sent and the emailaddress is not visible to others.
Subject	Short summary of contents
Attachment	A file, such as an image or document, that is sent along with the email.

Lay out email

Introduction: why am I writing this email?

 

Body: information about ...

Conclusion: Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you in advance.

Thank you for your consideration.

Greeting and closing 

Formal

Dear Sir/Madam,

Dear Mr Rocks,

Dear Ms Rocks,

Yours sincerely,

Informal

Hi Ben,

Dear Kate,

Bye, 

Template

From :

To :

CC :

Subject :

Mail itself : 

Information and attachments

Word order

In pairs

Make a sentence.

Pay attention to the right word order.

Wie

doet

wat

waar

wanneer

Information

When do you use a full stop?

A comma?

Hand out pages 30 and 31 from Email English. 

M.I.N.T.S

Do you remember the M.I.N.T.S?

Capital letters for?

Hand out pages 30 and 31 from Email English. 

Exercises

Now rewrite the email.

Capital letters: 22

Four full stops.

Two commas.

Hand out pages 22 and 23 from Email English.

Answers Exercise A

Apostrophes

When do you use an apostrophe?

Hand out pages 30 and 31 from Email English. 

Exercises

Do exercise B.

Now rewrite the email.

Capital letters: 27

Apostrophes: 9

Three commas.

Answers Exercise B

Exercises

Do exercise D.

How good is your spelling?

Email 1

1                              5

4                             9

7                             2

11                            10

13                            6

15                            12

3                              14

8

Email 2

1                               9

5                              3   

8                              6

10                            14

12                             11

15                             7

4                               13

2

Answers

Exercise D

Casus 

Write a correct email about this week's 'casus' in order to inform your colleagues.