Writing a formal email - common grammatical errors

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• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Writing a formal email

Quiz

Wat moet je bovenaan je formele email invullen?

1. Adres en de datum
2. Je eigen e-mailadres en de datum.
3. Je eigen e-mailadres en het onderwerp
4. Het e-mail adres waar je heen schrijft en het onderwerp

Yours faithfully,

Yours sincerely,

Dear Sir/ Madam,

Dear Mrs. Jackson,

Hoe maak je een juiste alinea-indeling in een formele e-mail?

1. Je hoeft geen alinea-indeling te maken
2. Je maakt alinea's door een regel over te slaan
3. Je maakt alinea's door het eerste stukje van de zin wit te laten
4. Je maakt alinea's door een streep onder elke alinea te zetten

E-mail adres geadresseerde

Onderwerp

Aanhef: Dear ...

Inleidende alinea

Kern

Afsluitende alinea

Afsluitende zin

Afsluitende groet en naam

Wat mag je wel doen in een
formele e-mail?

1. Informele taal gebruiken
2. Samenvoegingen gebruiken
3. Beleefdheid aangeven met de werkwoorden
4. I (ik) met een kleine letter aangeven: i

Common grammatical errors

I have visited Niagara Falls last weekend.

I visited Niagara Falls last weekend.

Wrong

Right

She is married with a dentist.

She is married to a dentist.

Wrong

Right

My family and I live here. 

Me and my family live here. 

Wrong

Right

My mother wanted that I became a doctor. 

My mother wanted me to become a doctor. 

Wrong

Right

I look forward to meet you.

I look forward to meeting you.

Wrong

Right

He was lying on the couch.

He was laying on the couch. 

Wrong

Right

The girls' dresses are ready for them to collect.

The girls dresses are ready for them to collect. 

Wrong

Right

He really wanted to have been born in the 1980s.

He really wanted to have been born in the 1980's.

Wrong

Right

Do you know when you are coming over?

Do you know when your coming over?

Wrong

Right

Can we use their boat?

Can we use there boat?

Wrong

Right

There are ... cakes now.

1. fewer
2. less

A greater ... of people are
eating more healthily.

1. number
2. amount

I would like to go home now, it is ... hot.

1. to
2. too
3. two

It was more ... enough.

1. then
2. than

He waited for the medicine
to have an ...

1. effect
2. affect

An important part of my life ... the people who stood by me.

1. have been
2. has been

It was a ... of fresh air to meet
someone so genuine.

1. breath
2. breathe

Ever feel like you cannot do ... right?

1. nothing
2. something
3. anything

Do you have ... idea of whether or not this sentence is grammatically correct?

1. a
2. an

I have been in Europe ... three weeks.

1. for
2. since

Writing proper emails is very ... .

1. hard
2. hardly