Writing an informal email 3GT/KL

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo b, k, g
• Leerjaar 3

How to write an email

informal email

Writing an informal email (1)

You write an informal email or a letter to friends, family members or people you know
An email has 5 main parts:

• header
• salutation
• body 
• closing sentence,
• name

Writing an informal email (2)

• 1. Header  -  From : who sent you an email,  

To : the email address you are sending the email to                          

Sent: date /specific time   

Subject: what your email is about. 

•   2. Salutation  (Aanhef) 

  Start  your email with Dear + name. You can also start with  Hello, / Hi, / 

Good morning, /Good evening  etc.

Writing an informal email (3)

• 3. Body  - In the body you write your message. This could be about a number of topics; asking questions, inviting a friend or just sharing information. (2/3 alinia's)
• 4. Closing sentence -  Hope to hear from you /Hope to hear from you soon or I hope you write back soon.
• 5. Closing + your name
• All best, / Best wishes, Best regards /Love, / Kisses / Yours ...

Writing an informal email (4)

Always proofread your email and check:

Is there a clear and specific subject ?

Have you entered the email address to the person you are writing to?

Salutation

Closing sentence 

Proper ending

Does each sentence start with a capital? 

Punctuation 

Have you covered all topics you want to write about? ( Inhoud elementen)

Correct spelling

What do we find in the header of an email?

1. email address subject,date
2. own email address ,date, subject
3. email address,subject
4. subject, date

How do you start an informal email?

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

The correct way to start an email?

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

Writing a formal email could be to a/my

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

An email can be sent to more people than one.

1. Yes
2. No
3. I don't know
4. Only two persons at the time

Writing a formal letter/email

1.  Jouw adres

2. Datum

3.  Adresgegevens van de geadresseerde

4. Aanhef; Dear Sir, Madam/ Dear Mr Brown, Dear Mrs Wilson,

5. Verdeel de mail in paragrafen per onderdeel (inleiding, uitleg, afronding)

6. Afsluiting: Yours sincerely, Yours faithfully, Kind regards, Yours truly,.

7. Je naam

8. Tussen elk onderdeel; WITREGEL! (regel overslaan)

You can end your formal email with.....

1. Yours sincerely,
2. Kind regards,
3. greetings
4. bye

Translate into English:
'' retourneren"

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betalen

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kopen

Translate into English:
'' te ruilen/ te wisselen"

Translate into Dutch:
'' to improve"

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Let's practise

Chromebook - Unit 4 - Exam prep Writing

Write a formal letter

Is dit doel wat jou betreft bereikt?
Aan het einde van de les weet je hoe je een correcte e-mail opstelt

1. Ja! Dit weet ik.
2. Nee. Dit is voor mij niet duidelijk geworden.