E-MAIL/INFORMAL LETTER Characteristics: informal writing is usually in the form of a letter, a postcard or an email. The language is very similar to the language we speak to someone we know well. INTRODUCTION Headings
BODY Hi..., Dear...,
Greetings
Opening remarks (state the reason for writing)
Body (gives information, news or details)
How are you? Iʼm writing to tell you about/ that... Iʼm sorry I havenʼt written before/sooner but... I havenʼt heard from you for...
Thanks so much for... It was great to hear from you. + some questions
Read the heading carefully. Include all the information required.
CONCLUSION
Closing remarks Signing off
Looking forward to hearing from you. Thatʼs all for now. Write soon! Say hello to... Thatʼs all my news, a question? Please, write and let me know.
Love, Yours, See you, Regards, Take care,
Reread your composition and check “important” mistakes (subjects, word order, adjectives) Use connectors to join sentences instead of commas. Check verbal tenses. Don’t use long verb forms! Use ADVERBS OF DEGREE: fairly, very, extremely, really, a bit, pretty, terribly, slightly, quite. And other ADVERBS OF MANNER: unfortunately, luckily, quickly, immediately, etc.