4K Formele brief

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo g, t
• Leerjaar 4

Writing a formal email

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

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

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

4. Je naam

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

Writing a formal letter/email

• Always proofread your letter and check:
• Is there a clear and specific subject ?
• Have you entered the address to the person/company you are writing to? (letter)
• 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

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’.

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

Frequent mistakes

Word Order

Wrong:

In my opinion is it great to live in New York.

Correct:

In my opinion it is great to live in New York.

• Use adverbs and adjectives to make your writing come alive

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!
   

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.)