PART 1:EMAIL

From:email@gmail.com

To:email@gmail.com

Subject:
Dear (name),

Starting-How are you? How’s it going? It’s great to hear from you! Long time no see! Sorry, I haven’t written for ages, but…
I’m really sorry that it’s taken me so long to get back to you

Thank- Thanks for… Thank you for… Thank you so much for… I am so grateful that/for…

Apologize- I’m sorry for/that.. I would like to apologize for… Please accept my apologies for

Good news- I’m glad to hear that … I’m so happy that… It was so good to hear that… I’m very happy to hear about … It’s so
great that… That’s great!

Bad news- I’m so sorry to hear about… I can’t tell you how sad I am that… I’m extremely sorry to hear that… It’s just awful
to hear that … That’s disappointing to hear… You can’t be serious!

Preferance-I definitely prefer… I’d prefer to… I’d rather… I would rather… I prefer … to …

To express agreement-You have a point… Yes, I agree. I’d go along with you on that… I was just going to say that… You
could definitely be right about…

To express disagreement-I’m afraid I disagree. I have to disagree with that… No way! I can’t agree with…

To express like- I enjoy/like… I adore/fancy… I am fond of… I am thrilled about… I think that … is great!

To express dislike-I dislike… I’m not very keen on… I don’t really like… I’m not really into…

To accept an invitation or offer-Thanks you! I’d love to… I’d be delighted to… Yes, thank you. That would be
wonderful/great. Oh, certainly! Thank you I would very like… Thank you very much for inviting me/your offer

To decline/reject an invitation or offer -I’d love to, but I’m afraid I’m busy tonight I’m terribly sorry. I have other plans.
Thanks for asking. I’m afraid I’m busy… I’m very sorry. I don’t think I can… Unfortunately. I can’t… Thank you for asking me,
but… Sorry, maybe next time

To make a request-Could you…? Would you mind…? I was wondering if you could… Do you think you could…? I’d like to
request… … if it’s not too much trouble If… that would be a great help Would it be possible for you to…?

To describe an event-The … was awesome because… The… was very informative… There were singing and colouring
contests for children and… Every year, the students of… organize

To provide advice-I think you should… If I were you, I would… Why don’t you …? How about…? Maybe you should … You
could…

To provide a suggestion- I would suggest that… My suggestion is to… I recommend that… I would like to propose that…
How about… I think it is a good idea to… In my opinion, you could… To provide a reason This is because… Since… This is a
result of… I would suggest that… My suggestion is to… I recommend that … I would like to propose that… How about… I
think it is a good idea to… In my opinion, you could…

To conclude a letter/an email-Well, I’ve got to go now… See you soon. Hope to hear from you soon. Anyway. I should get
going. Look after yourself. Take care of yourself. Write soon!

To sign off- Bye! Love. All the best, Take care, Regards, Kind regards, Best wishes, Your friend, Yours sincerely, Yours
faithfully, Yours truly
PART 2:EXTENDED WRITING
Introduction
PART 1:HOOK
Examples of HOOKS
a. Facts/Data/Statistics (News articles, data from graphs/surveys etc)
d. Examples (Various related examples)
e. Contrast (Describing the opposite of a given situation, eg. topic: Money, opposite: No Money)
f. Projection (Imagining the future)

 Imagine a world without a cleanup crew, rubbish would be piling up high everywhere and diseases
would spread like wildfire to threaten the very existence of mankind.

PART 2
2. Stand
Refer to the question and focus on the key words to develop your stand.
Use these phrases to guide you:
a. In my opinion, I strongly/totally/completely/absolutely believe/feel/agree/disagree that...
b. From my perspective, I ...
c. From my point of view, I ...

Paragraph
INTRO(Nowadays,back then,opinion)
AGREE 1 AGREE 2 DISAGREE 1 DISAGREE 2 CONCLUSION

PART 3
3. Thesis Statement/Outline
In this essay, I would like to focus on the *________________, ______________ and ______________.
*a. causes, effects and solutions
b. pros, cons, solutions
c. advantages, disadvantages, suggestions
d. benefits, drawbacks, ways to overcome

In light of this, there are many reasons/causes/effects/advantages/disadvantages to this issue namely

______________, _______________ and ______________.

There are many facets to this issue but let us focus on the ____________, ___________ and _________ of
______________________(issue).

Paragraph(intro,reasoning,elaborate,example,conclude) IREEC

1-First and foremost,This is because,Moreover,For instance,Therefore

2-Secondly,This is due to,In addition,For example,Thus

3-Last but not least,This means that,Furthermore,Take for example,Hence

Conclusion (conclude,opinion,hoping)

-In a nutshell

-I strongly believe

-I hope