Writing e-mails:

1. You’re sending an e-mail. How do you thank someone who has invited you to a
conference?
- Thank you (very much) for inviting me to the conference.
- (Many) thanks for your invitation to the conference.

2. You have received an e-mail from a friend offering to help you. How do you thank
him/her?
- Thank you (very much) for offering to help.
- (Many) Thanks for offering to help.

3. You have a trip and you need to confirm the details of your trip. How do you
express that in an-email?
- I’m writing to confirm the details of my trip.

4. You have some ideas about a project. How do you inform your colleague in an e-
mail?
- This (e-mail) is to let you have my latest ideas about the project.

5. You are sending an e-mail. How do you indicate (show) that you have attached a
file?
- Here is a file.
- Please find attached a file.
- I’m attaching a file.

6. You are sending an e-mail. How do you ask someone to call you next week?
- (Please) could you call/phone me next week?
7. You are sending an e-mail. How do you ask someone to forward an e-mail to
his/her colleagues?
- Would it be possible to forward this e-mail to your colleagues?

8. You are writing an e-mail. Ask someone to send you the documents as soon as
possible.
- (Please) could you send me the documents as soon as possible?
- Would it be possible to send me the documents as soon as possible?

9. You are writing an e-mail. Ask someone not to delete the emails you are sending
him/her.
- Please don’t delete the e-mails that I send you.

10. You are sending an e-mail. Ask someone to talk about your plans with his/her
colleagues.
- Please talk about our plans with your colleagues.

11. To copy someone in an e-mail. It means:

(a) remove an e-mail from your computer.
(b) send an e-mail that you have received to someone else.
(c) send a copy at the same time to someone else.

12. To forward an e-mail. It means:

(a) remove an e-mail from your computer.
(b) send an e-mail that you have received to someone else.
(c) send a copy at the same time to someone else.

13. To send a copy at the same time to someone else:

(a) forward an e-mail.
(b) copy someone in on an e-mail.