Writing an informal email A2-B1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo
• Leerjaar 2

Informal Email

Leerdoel: aan het eind van deze les weet ik hoe een informele email eruit ziet en welke onderdelen er in thuis horen. 

Leerdoelen 

At the end of this lesson 

• I have learned about the structure of an informal email.
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What do you know about an informal email?

How do you start an informal email?

1. Goodmorning-afternoon-evening
2. Dear + name
3. Hi, hello, hey + name
4. No name

The correct way to start a formal email?

1. YOOOOO!!!
2. Hey dude!
3. Dear ........
4. What's up???

Writing a formal email could be to a/my

1. acqauintance
2. company
3. grandparents
4. teacher

Informal vs. Formal

Type	Informal letters and emails	Formal letters and emails
Writing to	- Friends - Family members - Other people you already know well	- People we don't know - Companies - Other serious stuff

Aanhef	Hi, Hello, Hey, Dear [name] ,
Beantwoord vragen	I Hope you are well. I am fine/okay. How are you? Thanks for your email. It was good to hear from you.
Vertel meer over het onderwerp	Bijv: Something bad happened! I have broken my leg and cannot walk. It doesn't hurt as much as before. They put a cast on my leg, so I cannot move a lot. etc....
Afsluitende zin	Write back soon! Keep in touch. See you soon. Give my regards to your family. I hope to hear from you soon. etc.
Afsluiting	All the best, Take care, Talk later, See you! Best wishes, Have a good weekend, Love, Hugs and kisses, [name]

Capitals

• At the beginning of a sentence.
• Names
• Places (London, England, Europe).
• Days and Months
• I is always capitalised!

Mistakes people often make

• then - than 
• white - with - which - witch 
• they're - there - their 
• too - to 

Preparation - Write a number (1-6) to put these parts of an email to a friend in order.

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...

...

...

...

...

Let's practise

• Send an informal email to your classmate
  
• Tell them about your plans this Christmasbreak. 
  
• Ask them some questions about their plans.
• 100 words max.

3. My/Mine/of mine parents bought me a new cat.

1. My
2. Mine
3. of mine

This is (mijn)... book. The book is ...

1. your/hers
2. my/his
3. my/mine
4. their/mine

4. Is this your phone? Yes, its my/mine/of mine.

1. my
2. mine
3. of mine

She is a friend my/mine/of mine

1. my
2. mine
3. of mine

This is (mijn) bike, it is (van mij)

1. mine, my
2. my, my
3. mine, mine
4. my, mine

5. I bought these shoes, so they're my/mine/of mine.

1. my
2. mine
3. of mine

Present Simple

Turn the sentence into a question:
He likes oranges.

Use the correct form
She (fly) ____ her plane every Saturday

Question tags

Examples of question tags...

• It is nice weather, isn't it?
• We are late, aren't we?
• He works very hard, doesn't he?
• Students can't come here, can they?

How does it work?

With these verbs, you repeat the verb in the tag.

All the other verbs -> use do / does / did

They don't like each other, ___?

1. like they
2. liken't they
3. do they
4. don't they

He eats everyting, _____?

We will enjoy the weekend, ____?

Will / shall?

's / s' or...of...

Singular: Always -'s

Plural: -' words already ends on an 's'.

Plural: Words that don't end on s do add -'s.