HOW TO WRITE AN EMAIL TO A FRIEND GIVING NEWS

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Exercises: 1 2 3 4

How to write an email to a friend giving

news

Exercise 1

Choose the correct options to complete these sentences.

You have completed this test.

Correct answers: 5/10.

Your score is 50%.

Check your answers:

1 How are you _____ Italian food?

a. getting

b. dropping

c. finding
d. letting

➪ How are you finding (+ noun)? (= How is your experience

with…?)

2 I thought I’d _____ you a line to tell you about my new job.

a. drop

b. get

c. let
d. up

➪ I thought I’d drop you a line to ... (= I thought I’d write to

you to ...)

3 _____ me know what you've been doing.

a. Get

b. Let

c. Tell
d. Make

➪ Let me know ... (= Tell me ...)

4 It was nice to hear _____ you.

a. at
b. by

c. from

d. to

➪ If you hear from someone, you get a letter, email, or

phone call from that person.

5 Sorry, I haven’t been in ____ but I've been studying hard.

a. line
b. reply

c. writing

d. touch

➪ If you are in touch with someone you communicate with

them, especially by calling or writing.

6 You’ll never _____ what happened to me yesterday!

a. say
b. let

c. guess

d. see

➪ You can use you'll never guess for introducing

something interesting or exciting.

7 How are you _____ with your job?

a. getting on

b. being up
c. keeping
d. letting

➪ How are getting on with your job? (= How is your

experience with your job?)

8 I thought I’d ____ in touch and find out how you are.

a. drop

b. let
c. get
d. go

➪ If you get in touch with someone, you contact them by

writing to them or phoning them.

9 How’s it _____?

a. going

b. getting
c. doing
d. finding

➪ How’s it going? (= How are you doing? How are things?)

10 What have you been _____?

a. going

b. up to
c. getting on
d. letting

➪ What have you been up to? (= What have you been

doing? What’s been going on with you?)

Exercises: 1 2 3 4

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