A descriptive e-mail

Reading activity
Synonyms
apartment = flat
Є
to let= to rent
Letter to a friend
Mmm. She
I moved to a new moved but I
house. I’ll tell my don’t know
friend. where she is.

E-mail

Felipe Felipe Carrillo

Carrillo Pto.
Pto. Leona Vicario
Cecilio Chi
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Friend´s
address

Subject

E-mail
Informal e-mails
Take into account the following points:
Who is going to read the letter?
Is it informal/formal?

INFORMAL FORMAL
Abbreviations No abbreviations
Low standard English Standard English
Contractions Full forms
Basic questions
1. Where do you live now?
2. Why did you move?
3. How does the new house/apartment look like?
Informal letter
• The e-mail address
• Subject
• Greeting
• The beginning of the letter
• The main body of the letter
• The end of the letter
• Closing sentences
• Adding extra information
Some phrases

Beginning
How are things with you?
How are you? /
Thanks so much for your
last e-mail / phone call
Body
Reasons you moved
Rooms and things in the new
house / apartment
Make comparisons &
evaluations
Use adjectives to describe
 Ending

Anyway, that’s about it for the moment.

Look after yourself and keep in touch.

All the best.

Write me when you can
example
TO: sheshu@hotmail.com
SUBJECT: Telling news

Dear Natasha,

How are the things with you? I’m so happy those days for a
reason. Do you wanna know? My big news is that I finally
moved to a new house!!! Do you remember my old
apartment? It didn’t have enough bedrooms for my family.
Well, the new house has five bedrooms, 2 bathrooms a big
kitchen and nice living room and dinning room.
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Also, the old apartment was too cramped and very
expensive, but the new house is spacious and
comfortable. The house is as private as the
apartment, and it is just as quite as the apartment.
Also, it has as many trees as the apartment.
However, the house isn’t as modern as the flat, and it
doesn’t have enough parks near here. Also, it doesn‘t
have enough parking places and security.
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Anyway, it’s so nice to be here. Hope you can come to
visit me and take a cup of coffee at least. Look after
yourself and keep in touch.

All the best,

Yuki.

PS. My new address is 567, 50 Street. It’s in the Cecilio

Chi neighborhood (district).