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HOW TO WRITE AN INFORMAL EMAIL 3.

You continue with the main paragraphs


 
1. Greeting:
Suggestions   -How about going fishing tomorrow?
 Hi, Sandy
 -What about meeting at 6 pm
Also:
tomorrow?
 Hello, Sandy!
 -Why don’t we go swimming this
 Dear Sandy,
weekend?
 Hey Sandy,
 -Let 's go camping!
 
 -We could go to the shopping center
2. Then, there is an opening paragraph.
and buy some clothes.
 
You may follow that with a friendly expression like:  Invitations  Would you like to come to dinner on
  Friday night?
 How are you? 
 How are you doing?  Asking for sth  Could you please send me ... ?
 I hope you're well.    (something)   It would be great if you could...
 Hope you are doing well. 
 How 's it going? 
Giving good News  I'm glad to tell you that... 
 How are things (going)?
   I just wanted to let you know that...
If you are responding to an email that your friend has sent you,
Giving bad News  I'm afraid I've got some bad news
you could say: 
for you. 
 
 Unfortunately, I have to tell you
 Thanks for your email. 
that... 
 It was great to hear from you. 
 I'm afraid that we can't... 
 I enjoyed reading your email.
 I'm sorry to tell you that...
 It’s nice / great / good to hear from you. 
 I’m glad to hear your news.  Giving advice  You should…
 It’s great to hear that (you have passed your exams)  If I were you, I would…
 I’m sorry to hear that (you have failed the History exam    It might be a good idea (for you) to
(you have had an argument with your cousin) …
 Thanks a lot for writing!    (I think) the best thing would be to
 Thank you very much for your email.     Why don't you ... ? 
   Have you thought about ... (+ -ing)? 
 Another good idea is to ...
4. Closing paragraph
Giving your  In my opinion, …  
opinion  I think … It is used to start saying goodbye and to ask for a response to
 For me, … your email. So we can use the following expressions:
 
Offering to do  I/We could …  Well, it’s time to say goodbye. 
something  If you want, I/we could …  Anyway, I have to go now. 
 Shall I/we …  Well, it’s time to go. 
 Do you want me/us to …?  I really hope to hear from you soon. 
   I’m looking forward to hearing from you. 
You should try to make use of connectors.   I hope you write back soon. 
   Make sure you write back soon. 
 
… and… I love reading and listening to music.
5. Saying goodbye. There are many ways in English to close an
…, I love watching Tv, but I don’t have a informal email. The most frequently used ones are the following:
but…  favourite show.  Best wishes,
 Best,
However, … Last month, I went to the cinema. However, I  Take care, 
didn’t enjoy the movie.  All my love, 
 Love,
Because of My mum likes to cook using new ingredients all  Lots of love, 
that, … the time. Because of that, she creates  See you soon, 
original dishes every month.  Regards, 
 
As for…/ As for/Regarding why I like this cookery
6. Your name
Regarding… :  show, I think it’s because it’s a great way to
 Mark
see new recipes
 Ali
Time linkers:   Then….  After that,   Maria
 Yesterday, 
 Last summer, etc.
 
2. Sandy & Alex

TWO EXAMPLES

1. Hi, Marius

How are you doing? I hope you are doing well. I still remember
that you always talk about how you wish you wanna see a sunrise.
Let’s go the day after tomorrow! Well I'm not busy the day
after tomorrow so I have time to spend with you.

Would you like to join me? I also bring Sara and Artem. If you
want to be just the two of us then i will tell them that we are
gonna be together only. Also, they aren’t sure whether they will
go or not. 

I already checked some places where we can see the best


sunrise but we just need to hike a little bit. Not little but more
than little. I hope you have more free time to spend with me. I
still remember when we were always going on vacation together.

Anyway, I have to go now. I hope you read this email soon and
please reply to me back. Also say hi to your parents. 

All my love, 
Juni

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