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Toetsweek III - Engels 
SE Skill Test - Write a formal letter 



Woordenboek Ned - Eng toegestaan

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Check pre-existing knowledge

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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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What is the correct opening greeting if you DO NOT know who will read your letter?

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How do you end a formal letter?
A
Greetings,
B
Yours sincerely,
C
Sincerely,
D
Yours faithfully,

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How do we start paragraph 1?
A
Hello!
B
I'm ...
C
My name is ...
D
Good day

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How do you say 'ik zit op de SGL'
A
I sit on the SGL
B
I am on the SGL
C
I am at the SGL
D
I go to the SGL

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Which one is correct?
A
I am a fourteen-year-old boy/girl
B
I am a boy/girl and I am fourteen
C
I am a fourteen years old boy/girl
D
I am 14 and a boy/girl

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Which one is correct
A
The reason I write you is...
B
The reason I am writing you is...
C
The reason i am writing you is
D
The reason i write you is...

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How do translate 'havo' in British English
A
pre-university education
B
senior general secondary education
C
pre- college education
D
havo

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Mind the following
In a formal letter all words MUST be written in full
So do not use:  isn’t, it’s of won’t, but:
is not, it is en will not. Gonna and wanna  are a definite NO GO!


For names of magazines or newspapers, use quotation marks. The ‘Telegraaf’.

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DOs
  1. Make it neat.
  2. Use signal words and the appropriate tenses, wherever necessary
  3. Use paragraphs ( and use blank lines to clearly separate them)
  4. Use a difficult grammar item every now and then (passive, relative clauses)
  5. At the end, check your work!

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Don'ts
  1.  DON'T forget about the lay-out
  2.  DON'T use abbreviations / contractions (like I'll, didn't)
  3.  DON'T use the first translation you find in a dictionary without checking. 
  4. DON'T forget content elements 
  5. DON'T use swear words or street language 
  6. DON'T use dumb language (gonna, kinda, u, ur, w8, like ... you know, etc.) 

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Frequent mistakes
Capital Letters:

When you talk about "ik", "i" is wrong, it is always “I” 

Days of the week, months : Monday, Tuesday, August, October

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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

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FORMAL
INFORMAL
Long sentences
Short sentences
Active voice
Passive voice
Email
Application letter
No contractions

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  • Use adverbs and adjectives to make your writing come alive

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personality traits

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Most of those heroes have spend half there lifes trying to be ordinary people. (3)

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Ones they where traveling threw South America whit some friends when too of them were kidnaped. (6)

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Those lady’s were trying to get some potato's, tomato's and loafs of bread for free. (4)

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Their are five books about wit here; this one is a lot funnyer then the other once, don’t you think so too? (4)

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Write down 3 mistakes from the previous letter

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What have you learned about formal letter writing today?

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