email English

5 Giving news
Write an email to a colleague or friend giving some recent news.
Some ideas are given below, but adapt and change them as you wish.
a) An email to a colleague giving some news about a project.
Ideas: progress of the project; problems and possible solutions; any budget or staffing issues;
likely outcome.
b) An email to a colleague giving some news about a meeting.
Ideas: the date has been changed; the agenda has been changed; there is some important new
information.
c) An email to a friend giving some personal news.
Ideas: a new job; a new flat; a mutual friend who you met; possible romance.
d) Your own idea.

When you finish, work with a partner. Check each other’s grammar, spelling, punctuation and
style. Is everything clear, well-structured and easy to understand?

FOLLOW-UP
Exchange emails with a different partner.
Reply to the email you receive, inventing any information necessary.

This material has been written to accompany email English, by Paul Emmerson. ISBN 1405012943
This page has been downloaded from www.businessenglishonline.net.
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