SKILLS FOR WRITING 6D: formal emails

6D SKILLS FOR WRITING:
1. Speaking and Listening
b)

2. Reading
b)

3. Writing skills
a)

Formal letter of complaint about a music festival:

1. with regard to

2. Firstly

3. despite

4. until

5. In addition to

6. also

7. as

8. Secondly

9. although

10. When

11. so

12. so that

13. Thirdly

14. so

15. Furthermore

16. Finally

17. because of

18. yet

19. also

20. To sum up

21. as for

22. Consequently

Writing persuasively:

1. kindly

2. extensively

3. agreeable

4. appreciated

5. a constant

6. appreciate

7. we cannot possibly

8. the overwhelming majority

9. your reference

10. do

11. deeply

12. considerable

Informal letter/e-mail (inappropriate language):

1. Dear Anne
2. great to meet you
3. really
4. kept fine
5. buy
6. as you planned / as you wanted to
7. I think
8. I'm sending (you)
9. gone back to work
10. keep me going
11. don't get back
12. It would be great
13. I'm looking forward to hearing from you soon
14. Kind regards / Love

READING PRACTICE KEY

Need a job? 1D - 2B - 4C - 5A

McDonald's first ever vegetarian-only restaurant:
1d - 2e - 3g - 4f - 5b - 6a - 7h - 8c

Corporate - Don't Forget to CC Your Boss:

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