Writing an informal email:letter 2ºeso

Writing an informal email:letter 2ºeso

1. WRITING AN INFORMAL
EMAIL/LETTER
2º ESO

2. GREETING
•Hi John,
•Hello John,
•Dear John,
ØNotice how “hi” is less formal than
“hello” or “dear”.
ØDon’t forget to write a comma
(,)right after greeting your friend or
relative.

3. OPENING PARAGRAPH
•Theopeningparagraphistheplace toreactto your
friend’sorrelative’sletter. In orderto do so, you
can use a numberof differentexpressions:
üIt’snice/ great/ goodto hearfromyou.
üIt’snice/ great/ goodto readyourletter.
üI’mgladto hearyournews.
üI’mexcitedabout…(yournews.)
üIt’sgreatto hearthat…
üI’msorryto hearthat…
üThankyou(so much) foryourletter.
üSorryfornotwritingearlierbut…

4. OPENING PARAGRAPH
•Also, it’sa goodidea toaskyourfriendorrelative
howtheyare feeling, whichyoucan do likethis:
üHope youare doingwell.
üHow’sitgoing?
üHoware you(doing)?
üHoware things(going)?

5. MAIN PARAGRAPHS
•Forthemainparagraphs, therearen’tanyfixed
expressionswhichyoumustuse, as itdepends
mostlyonwhatyouhaveto writeabout. However,
youshouldtry tomakeuse of connectorsand
appropriatepunctuation.
•To starttalkingabouta topic: As foryourquestion,
Regardingyourquestion, Talkingaboutyour
question…
•Otherlinkers: and, but, because, however,
moreover…
•Time linkers: then, afterthat, afterwards, yesterday,
lastweek, nextmonth…

6. CLOSING PARAGRAPH
•It is used to start saying goodbye to the addressee
and to ask for a response to your letter. So we can
use onethe following expressions:
üWell, it’s time to say goodbye.
üAnyway, Ihave to go now.
üWell, it’s time to go.
üI really hope to hear from you soon.
üI gotta go
üI’m looking forward to hearing from you.
üI hope you write back soon.
üMake sure you write back soon

7. SAYING GOODBYE
•Thereare manywaysin English to closeaninformal
letteroremail. Themostfrequentlyusedonesare
thefollowing:
üBestwishes,
üTakecare,
üAllmylove,
üLove,
üLotsof love,
üSeeyousoon,
üSincerely,
üRegards,PS I enclosea photoof thethreeof us(letter).
üPS I attacha photoof thethreeof us(email).
•Noticehowthereisa comma(,) aftereachof thephrases. Also, after
writinganyof thesesentences, makesureyouwriteyournameona
differentline. And writeyournamewithouta full stop!

10. IT’S YOUR TURN TO WRITE!
REPLY TO NINA’S EMAIL. WRITE ABOUT
100 WORDS AND FOLLOW THE
INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN ON THE
ANSWER SHEET.

12. You MUST hand in your piece
of writing on Thursday, the 9th