Frases para comenzar la introduccin a una carta comercial o formal:

I am writing to enquire about... Por la presente quisiera saber...

In reply to your letter of... En respuesta a su carta de...
In accordance/compliance with your request... Conforme a su peticin...
I regret to inform you that... Lamento comunicarle...
We are pleased to announce... Nos complace anunciarle(s)...
We are pleased to inform you... Nos es grato comunicarle(s)...
We acknowledge receipt of your letter of... Acusamos recibo de su carta de...
We refer to your... (letter/circular/newsletter/order/statement) of... Referente a su...(carta / circular / circular /
pedido / cuenta) de...
We should like to remind you that... Le recordamos que...
We have carefully considered your... Con sumo cuidado hemos considerado su...
We are pleased to confirm... Nos es grato confirmar...
It is with considerable pleasure / It is with considerable regret that... Con sumo gusto... / Lamentamos...
With reference to your letter of... Referente a su escrito...
We find it necessary to inform you... Nos es necesario informarle(s)
We greatly appreciate... Quisiera agradecerle(s)...
Please accept out thanks for... Ruego acepte nuestro agradecimiento...
I reply to your advertisement for... Contesto su anuncio acerca de...
I should like to apply for the job of... Quisiera solicitar el puesto de...
I saw your advertisement in today's Times and... Hoy he visto su anuncio en el Times y...
Will you please note that... Ruego tome nota que...
I enclose our order for... Adjunto nuestro pedido de...
We have pleasure in acknowledging the receipt of your cheque... Nos complace confirmarle que hemos
recibido su taln...
We thank you for your order for... Agradecemos su pedido de...
I am very much obliged to you for... Le quedo muy agradecido por...
Would you please quote for... Ruego nos comuniquen precios de...
We have received your letter... Recibimos su (atta.) carta...
I must protest most emphatically about... Quisiera protestar rotundamente acerca de ...
We have today dispatched to you... Hoy le hemos remitido...
We should like to call your attention to... Tenemos el deber de comunicarle...
In accordance with our agreement... Segn lo convenido / acordado...
Contrary to our agreement... Contrariamente a lo convenido / acordado...

Frases para comenzar la introduccin a una carta informal (social, personal):
Thanks for your letter... Gracias por tu carta...
Thanks for... Gracias por...
Many thanks for... Muchsimas gracias por...
I must thank you for... Muchsimas gracias por...
I'm sorry to have to say that... Siento tener que decirte que...
I'm just writing to say... Te estoy escribiendo para decirte...
It was very good of you to... Era muy amable de tu parte...
It's been so long since I last wrote!... Cunto tiempo desde mi ltima carta!...
It's been so long since I heard from you!... Cunto tiempo desde que escuch noticias tuyas!...
I wonder if you could... Me pregunto si pudieras...
I'm sure you will be sorry to hear that... Seguro que sentirs mucho saber que...
I've just heard the wonderful / sad news from Dave about... Acabo de escuchar la maravillosa / triste noticia
de Dave acerca de...
I've noticed of late that... ltimamente he observado que...
I was on the point of writing to you about... when your letter arrived... Estaba a punto de escribirte sobre...
cuando lleg tu carta...




A letter of of 100 words can easily be organised around 3 paragraphs.
Paragraph 1 - the introduction. When we are replying to a letter we usually say something about what was in the
original letter.
Paragraph 2 - the main content.
Paragraph 3 - the conclusion which usually ends with something like 'Write back soon'.

Dear Mikel

It was nice to hear from you.
Of course I will help you with your school project!
You wanted to know about a typical morning.
Well, on days when I go to college I usually get up about 7.00 o'clock.
My mum always asks me to sit down and have breakfast before I leave.
Unfortunately, I don't have much time and I eat breakfast at college.
I go to college by bus.
It takes about 30 minutes but sometimes it's longer if there's a lot of traffic.
As soon as I arrive I meet my friends and get the latest news.
Anyway, give my love to your family.
Write back soon.

Best wishes

Steve
Writing: what's in the PET
writing paper?


En esta leccin vamos a repasar la estructura de la parte de expresin escrita del PET. Esta seccin se incluye en
la primera parte del examen, junto con el "reading".

Su estructura es la siguiente:

i. Sentence transformations: este ejercicio est compuesto por 5 preguntas sobre un mismo tema. En cada una
de ellas encontraremos dos oraciones, una de las cuales est completa, y otra en la que faltan una o varias
palabras y que tendremos que completar de manera que su significado sea el mismo que el de la oracin
completa. Se trata de expresar el mismo significado de diferente forma.

ii. Short communicative message: en el segundo ejercicio tendremos que escribir un texto breve, de una
extensin de entre 35 - 45 palabras en forma de nota, carta, correo electrnico, tarjeta postal o similar. Las
instrucciones nos indicarn a quin debe ir dirigido el escrito y sobre qu tendremos que escribir.

iii. Continuous writing: en este caso, tendremos que escoger entre escribir un texto narrativo o una carta
informal de una extensin aproximada de 100 palabras.