DESCRIBING

THE FAMILY
EMAIL

Write an e-mail.
Extensin 90 words at least.

SAMPLE EMAIL

E-MAIL SAMPLE
Friends
address
Subject

E-mail

BASIC QUESTIONS
Describe your family in a general way.
Mention general data: name, age, jobs, and physical
appearance
What else should I need to include

INFORMAL LETTER
The e-mail address
Subject
Greeting
The beginning of the letter
The main body of the letter
The end of the letter
Closing sentences
Adding extra information

SOME
PHRASES

Beginning
Dear
Hi, Hello
How are you? /

Body
Describe the family

(nuclear)
Parents, siblings, and
yourself.

ENDING

Anyway, thats about it for the moment.

Look after yourself and keep in touch.
All the best.
Write me when you can

READY???...

CAN YOU REMEMBER

WHAT TO DO?

SAMPLE

Hi Sol,
Its me again . How are you? Im fine and I hope youll be fine too. This time
Im writing you because I wanna tell you about my family, since you dont know
them yet.
Were 6 members in my family, well 7 in my case. My parents names are Arturo
and Candy. My dads 60 and my mom is 60 too. My dad is an accountant and my
mom is a housewife. My father is tall, dark and serious. He has short gray hair.

My mom is light, chubby, fairly short, lovely and friendly. She

has short black hair and brown eyes.
I have 3 siblings, (2 brothers and 1 sister). My eldest brother
is Arturo, and he is an elementary teacher. Hes in his 40s;
he is tall, light and easy-going. He has short black hair and
has a moustache and a beard. My other brother is Victor.
Hes dark, friendly, and tall. Hes in his 30s too and hes a
dancing teacher. He has long curly black hair.
My sisters name is Clara and shes a kindergarden teacher.
Shes in her 30s and shes dark, short, thin, friendly and
mean. She has short black hair. She has a son (my nephew,
but I called him Monkey). My nephews name is Diego. Hes
chubby, outgoing, talkative, mischevious. Hes light. He has
short curly brown hair. Hes 7.