Formal email

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 4

How to write an email

Before the salutation (Dear...)

How would you start your email?

Aanhef

- CAPITAL LETTERS

- No full stop after Mr/Ms

- Mr/Ms + only surname

Dear Sir/Madam,

Dear Mr Jones,

Dear Ms Jones,

Inleiding

I am writing you to ....

I am writing you because ....

I am writing in response to ...

Middenstuk

Name, gender, age, country

My name is Patricia Bekelaar. I am a thirty-one-year-old girl and I live in The Netherlands.

Learn by heart!!!

Welke aanhef is onjuist?

1. Dear Ms Blackburn,
2. Dear Sir/Madam
3. Dear Mr Jackson,
4. Dear Sir Brown

Welke aanhef is onjuist?

1. Dear Mr Birds,
2. Dear Mr/Ms Jones,
3. Dear Sir/Madam,
4. Dear Ms Oliver,

Cover all the items!

Slotzin

I look forward to your answer.

I look forward to your reply.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Learn by heart!

Afsluiting

Yours faithfully,    (if started with Dear Sir/Madam,)

Yours sincerely,    (if started with Dear + surname,)

Kind regards,

* skip a line

Your given name and surname

*skip a line and once more your name , surname & complete address

Correct

Incorrect

I've seen

I have seen

i look forward

I want

I would like

I live in...

I am living in...

Tips

- Skip lines as often as possible. Preferably after every topic.

- Read carefully.

- Learn some sentences by heart.

- Use your dictionary as often as possible.

- Use conjunctions/ linking words

- Use short sentences (use 'and' only one time in a sentence)