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Engels
Middelbare school
havo
Leerjaar 4
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Slide 1 - Slide
Dear Sir/Madam,
Your address
recipient's adress
The date
Introduce yourself + reason of writing
Explanation of the situation
Conclusion
Closing sentence
Your name
signature
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2
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10
Slide 2 - Drag question
Match the formal expressions (right side) with the informal expressions (left side) .
Obtain
Request
Inexpensive
Children
Reside
Contact
Finally
Inform
Live
Ask for
Get in touch
Kids
In the end
Cheap
Tell
Get
Slide 3 - Drag question
Match the formal expressions (right side) with the informal expressions (left side) .
At first
Begin
Chance
So
Seem like
Wrong
Show
Need
Appear
Commence
Incorrect
Therefore
Demonstrate
Opportunity
Require
Initially
Slide 4 - Drag question
Match the formal expressions (right side) with the informal expressions (left side) .
Buy
Try
Take
Family
By accident
Lucky
Help
Look into
Accidentally
Attempt
Fortunate
Relatives
Assist
Accept
Investigate
Purchase
Slide 5 - Drag question
Match the formal expressions (right side) with the informal expressions (left side) .
Big
Better
Change
Call of
Put off
Put forward
But
And
Postpone
Superior to
Propose
Cancel
While
Transform
As well as
Large
Slide 6 - Drag question
Study the definitions of the words you did not know
Slide 7 - Slide
Match the expressions on the left with the paragraphs on the right.
Yours sincerely,
Yours,
I was wondering if I could ask you a favour?
I regret to advise you that ...
Signing off (informal letter)
Giving bad news (formal letter)
Asking for help (informal letter)
Signing off (if you begin with a name, formal)
Slide 8 - Drag question
Match the expressions on the left with the paragraphs on the right.
Dear Sir,
Please contact me if you have any further questions.
Dear Peter,
I would be grateful if you could ...
Closing (formal letter)
Asking for help (formal letter)
Beginning (informal letter)
Beginning (formal letter)
Slide 9 - Drag question
Match the sentences with formal or informal.
Hello Sabrina,
Dear Mrs Collins,
I'm writing to find out about ...
I look forward to hearing from you.
I apologise for not getting in contact with you ...
See you soon.
I'm not happy about ...
Sorry, I haven't written for ages, but ...
Formal
Informal
I am writing to enquire about ...
I am writing to express my dissatisfaction with ...
Slide 10 - Drag question
Study the language (
left:
informal
right:
formal)
Slide 11 - Slide
What is the correct opening greeting if you DO NOT know who will read your letter?
Slide 12 - Open question
How do you end a formal letter?
A
Greetings,
B
Yours sincerely,
C
Sincerely,
D
Yours faithfully,
Slide 13 - Quiz
How do we start paragraph 1?
A
Hello!
B
I'm ...
C
My name is ...
D
Good day
Slide 14 - Quiz
Frequent mistakes
Capital Letters:
When you talk about "ik", "i" is wrong, it is always āIā
Days of the week, months : Monday, Tuesday, August, October
Slide 15 - Slide
DOs
Make it neat.
Use signal words and the appropriate tenses, wherever necessary
Use paragraphs ( and use blank lines to clearly separate them)
Use a difficult grammar item every now and then (passive, relative clauses)
At the end, check your work!
Slide 16 - Slide
Don'ts
DON'T
forget about the lay-out
DON'T
use abbreviations / contractions (like I'll, didn't)
DON'T
use the first translation you find in a dictionary without checking.
DON'T
forget content elements
DON'T
use swear words or street language
DON'T
use dumb language (gonna, kinda, u, ur, w8, like ... you know, etc.)
Slide 17 - Slide
Frequent mistakes
Word Order
Wrong:
In my opinion
is it
great to live in New York.
Right:
In my opinion
it is
great to live in New York
Slide 18 - Slide
FORMAL
INFORMAL
Long sentences
Short sentences
Active voice
Passive voice
Email
Application letter
No contractions
Slide 19 - Drag question
Slide 20 - Slide
Slide 21 - Slide
Slide 22 - Slide
Slide 23 - Slide
Slide 24 - Slide
You are writing a letter of application to Alice Duncan, who works at a Hotel. How should you adress her in your letter?
A
Dear Alice,
B
Dear Mrs A. Duncan,
C
Dear Mrs Duncan,
D
Dear Sir/Madam,
Slide 25 - Quiz
You are writing a letter of application to Alice Duncan, who works at a Hotel. With which 2 words should you end your letter (groet)?
Slide 26 - Open question
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