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AN INFORMAL EMAIL p Useful language: an informal email

Opening expressions
From: Anna Thanks 1 your email I letter.
To: johnston586@gmail.com It was great 2 hear from you.
Subject: News!
Sorry for 3 writing earlier I sorry that I
haven't been in touch for a while.
Hi Sue, /4 you and your family are well.
Sorry that I havent been in touch for a while, but I've been ill. I got flu Responding to news
last week and I had a temprature of 39°C, so I've been in bed since Sorry s hear about your exam results.
four days. I'm feeling a bit better today, so I've been catching up on Glad to 6 that you're all well.
my emails. Luckly my classes at university don't start till next week. Good 7 with the new job.
Hope you a better soon.
How are you? What have you been doing? Anything exciting. Here
everyone are fine (apart from me and my flu!). My brother Ian has Closing expressions
just started his new job with a software-company - I think I told you Anyway, I Well, that's all 9 now.
about it when I last wrote - anyway, he's really enjoying it. How are Hope to hear from you soon. I Looking
10 to hearing from you soon.
your family? I hope their well.
11 my regards (love) to ...
I have some good news - I'm going to a conference in your town Take 12 I 13 wishes I Regards I
in may, from 16th to 20th. Could you recomend a hotel where I (Lots of) love from ...
could stay in the centre of town? It needs to be somewhere not too 14 (= something you forgot and want to
add) Please send me the photos you promised.
expensive because the university is paying. I'll have a free half-day for
siteseeing. Do you think you'll be able show me around? That would
be great. d Plan the content of your em ail.
Well , that's all for now. Please give my regards to your family. 1 U nderline the questions in the email that
Chris wants you to answer.
Hope to hear from you soon.
2 Underline other places in the email where
Take care, you think you need to respond, e.g. I've
been ill.
Anna
3 Think about how to respond to each of the
things you've underlined.
e Write 120-180 words, in two or three
p Beginning an informal email paragraphs. Use informal language
When you are writing an informal email, it is more usual to start with (contractions, etc.) , and expressions
Hi than with Dear.
from Useful language.

a Read the em ail from Anna. It h as 12 highlighted m istakes, four f Check your email for m istakes (grammar,
grammar or vocabulary, four punctuation , and fo ur sp elling. punctuation , and spelling).
W ith a par tner, decide wh at kind of m istake each one is and
correct it. -< p.15
b Read Anna's email again and find sentences that mean . . .
I haven't written or phoned.
I've been reading and replying to my emails.
Have you been doing anything exciting?
c You're going to answer An na's email. Look at the U seful
language expressions and try to complete them.

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