English Language

Topic : Email Writing

Date : Thursday October 7, 2021
Section Two –Informative Writing

This section is compulsory, and you will respond

based on a given scenario. You may be instructed
to write a letter of complaint, notice, email,
article or report. There is no word limit. This
section is worth 30 marks.
What is an Email ?

An Email is short for ‘electronic mail‘. Similar to

a letter, it is sent via the internet to a recipient. An
email address is required to receive email, and
that address is unique to the user.
Elements of an Email
• From: (Who is sending the email- John@yahoo.com)
• To: (Who you are sending the email to- live@gmail.com)
• Cc: (Who you want to send a copy of the email to-
mark@live.com)
• Bcc: (You add someone you want to sent the email to but you do
not want everyone to see who this person is)
• Subject: (What the email is about- Requesting an English Class)
• The body of the email
 Cc means carbon copy and Bcc means blind
carbon copy. For emailing, you use Cc when you
want to copy others publicly, and Bcc when you
want to do it privately. Any recipients on the Bcc
line of an email are not visible to others on the
email.
 From: the email address of the person sending it

To : the email address of the person/person receiving it

Subject : the title ( the reason why you’re sending an email )

Salutation – the initial greeting

Format for
Email The body – the content goes here ( what you need to communicate )

The close – respectfully, sincerely

The signature – sender’s name

 From: shenellealli@gmail.com
To: shoesourceguyana@yahoo.com
Sample Format of Cc: guyanabureau@hotmail.com

Email Bcc: gra.gov.gy@gamil.com

Subject : Poor service at Shoe Source
Dear Ms. Long ,
………………………………………………
………………………………………………
………………………………………………
………………………………………………
……………………………..
Yours Sincerely,
Ms. Alli
 For additional information watch the video in
the link

Further reading
https://youtu.be/RPNmvF0NHZA
 Write an e-mail to the principal of a
neighbouring school informing her an event
at your school and requesting her to send a

Activity team to participate.

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You are the captain of the basketball team. A
key member of your team has been injured
and you need a replacement. Send an email to
a prospective new team member in which you
request him/her to join your team .