25-9_Writing- Informal Email

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Writing- Informal Email

Goals: At the end of this lesson, you can write an informal email using:

1. Use the format of informal email
   
2. Greeting/ Salutation
3. One sentence in past simple
   
4. Closing
   

Whom would you write an informal email to?

Example of an informal email

You can send an informal email to a 

or a 

manager

friend

family member

You have to begin you email with

1. Greeting
2. Closing

You are sending an email to Emma. The greeting is:

Secondly, you write the body.
The body of the email is .......

1. a long story about your life
2. a sentence or two: Why are you writing this mail?

You want to tell about last week/ weekend/ holiday, you use.....

1. past simple tense
2. present simple tense

You want to talk about a habit, something happens today, you use.....

1. past simple
2. present simple

Choose the correct closing for your informal email:

1. Yours sincerely
2. Cheers
3. Love
4. Best wishes

Time to work: Write an informal email

1. Grab your laptop
2. Write the mail on the next slide.
   

Your friend, Jim, has written you an email, part of which says: 

 

My parents have given me some money for passing my exams. I don’t know whether to spend it on going to watch United in Madrid, or whether I should save up a bit more and buy some clothes. What do you think? 

 

Write your answer in 140 - 190 words in an appropriate style. 

Opmaak 

Lettertype: Arial 

Lettergrootte: 11 

Regelafstand: 1,5 

Afstand voor en na: 0 pt 

 

Opslaan als: Voornaam Achternaam – Informal Letter Definitief 

 

I can use

Informal greeting

Informal closing

informal email format

Past Simple Tense

Did we achieve our goals?

At the end of this lesson, you can write an informal email using:

1. Use the format of informal email
   
2. Greeting/ Salute 
3. One sentence in past simple
   
4. Closing