WRITING A PERSONAL LETTER

Greetings
Dear Tom
Dearest Jane
Hi/hello,
Karen!

Set phrases for opening

paragraphs
How are you (doing)?
I hope you are fine
What have you been up to?
I havent heard from you for
ages
It was nice to hear from you
Thank you for your letter
Sorry I havent written for so
long
Its taken me ages to reply
but
Ive been meaning to write
back but
Just thought Id drop you a
line

Set phrases for closing

paragraphs
Well, I think thats about it
Well, thats all for now
Well, Id better finish off here
I must go now
Write soon
Waiting for your letter
I look forward to hearing from
you
See you soon
Keep in touch
Give my love/regards to
everyone

Signature
endings
Yours
Love
All my love
Best wishes
All the best
Lots of kisses
Take care
Bye for now

WRITING A STORY
Time

Concession
Contrast
Result
Consequence
Cause
Reason
Emphasis
Listing points
Adding more
points
Giving an
example
Presenting the
other side of the
argument
Emphasizing
Expressing
result or
consequence
Summing up
Giving your
opinion

Before, before long, when, as soon as, just as, the moment that, while, as,
during, in the meantime, immediately, after, afterwards, after that, later, some
time later; soon, then, next, in the beginning, at first, in the end, finally,
eventually, at last, until, by the time
Although, Even though, in spite of, despite the fact that, However, no matter
how/what, whatever, but, while, whereas, Nevertheless, Regardless of,
Apparently
So that, such.. that, therefore, so, otherwise, for this reason, under the
circumstances, consequently, as a consequence, as a result
Because (of), as, since, due to, owing to
In fact, As a matter of fact, Actually, To tell you the truth, Strangely enough
WRITING AN ESSAY
Firstly, In the first place, To begin/start with, On the one hand, Secondly,
Thirdly, Finally, Last but not least, One advantage of.. is, One disadvantage
ofis
In addition to this, Furthermore, moreover, What is more, also, Apart from this,
besides, Another point worth mentioning is, On the other hand, Besides, both
and, A further advantage ofis
For example, such as, particularly, especially, take for instance.
Contrary to what most people believe, As opposed to the above ideas, Some
people argue/believe, claim that, Many people consider,
In fact, As a matter of fact
Therefore, In this case, For this reason, Consequently, As a result
In conclusion, To sum up, All in all, On the whole, All things considered,
Taking everything into account
In my opinion/view, Personally, From my point of view, I am in favour of, My
belief is that , I (strongly) believe, I think, It seems to me that, etc.