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INFORMAL LETTER
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23 23
23 12
STYLE: informal
USE:
0 Phrasal verbs
Contractions
0 Exclamation marks
Adjectives
0
Adverbs
STRUCTURE: paragraph = idea (points)
EXPRESSIONS AND LINKING WORDS:
Initial greetings
It was great to hear from you
Thanks for writing to me
• Congratulations
Well done!
Give her my congratulations
Congratulations on + verb-ing
• Opinion
To my mind
My own thoughts are
Advice/suggestion
Why not try...?
What about trying...?
You could
If I were you, I would...
Linkers
Also
Then again
Better still
As well as that
What's more
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Endings
Do drop me a line if you have time
Hope to hear from you soon.
Keep in touch
• Opening and closing an email or letter
Hi Brad
Dear Brad
Cheers (closing)-
Love
Lots of love
All the best
STARTING AND FINISHING EMAILS OR LETTERS
INFORMAL EMAILS
START WITH
FINISH WITH
Dear / Hello / Hi + name, Example: Hi Tom,
Best wishes,/ All the best,
INFORMAL LETTERS
START WITH
FINISH WITH
Dear + name,
Example: Dear Tom,
Best wishes, / Love, / With love,
Email (Part 2)
Test 1, Part 2, Question 2 (see task on page 18)
This is an example of a Part 2 informal email. Remember that the email or
letter in Part 2 can be formal or informal.
Re
member to give your
opinion on both
points: good places
to explore
and public
transport.
U
se linking words to
produce some
complex
sentences.
Hi Jack,
That's great news! You and your friend will
be very welcome here.
As you're only staying for a week, I think you
should see the national park and also the Lake
District, which is about ten kilometres away. In my
opinion, it would be a good idea for you to hire
bikes because public transport is not very
good here, and I haven't got a driving
licence yet!
There is a good museum full of great displays
about the history of my city, which is not boring
at all! There is also an old castle you can visit, which
is very special.
I'd love to join you, but it would only be for
the weekend because I have to attend classes from Monday to
Friday and I get home really late.
Do email me or phone if you need me to do anything.
Looking forward to seeing you again very soon!
Use an Informal opening and informal language
Divide your
email into clear paragraphs
Informal openings
Dear Jack, Hello Jack, Hi Jack,
Jack
Welcoming a visitor
You'll be very welcome ...
I'm so happy you're coming...
It's great news that you
are coming...
I was so happy to hear that....
Giving an opinion or advising
In my opinion, you should...
I really think it would be a good idea to ...
I don't think it is advisable
to... because...
You may want to hire
bikes because...
Giving reasons why you can't
do something
I'm afraid I won't be able
to... because...
Unfortunately, I can't....
I'm really sorry that I won't be
able to...
What a pity! I have to go to
school, so I can't...
Informal closings
See you soon!
All the best
Yours
Love
Best wishes,
Alex
WRITING FILE: EMAIL
• Read the instructions and the email
from you friend very carefully,
noting down all the information you
need to include.
• Decide what to include in each
paragraph and jot down some
vocabulary you may want to use.
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Try to write close to the
maximum number of words.
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