INFORMAL EMAILS AND MESSAGES ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE PRE INTERMEDIATE

 

ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE PRE INTERMEDIATE UNIT 99 INFORMAL EMAILS AND MESSAGES

 

A An email 1We can begin an informal email or letter with Hi Beth, Hello Beth, or Dear Beth. 2 a funny person 3 planning or intending to 4 make contact, e.g. by phone, email or text 5want (to see) infml 6 say hello to Conrad from me; also send my regards to Conrad. With family members and very close friends we also say give / send my love to. 7 again, as before (here it is used to say thank you one more time) 8We can end an informal email/letter to a close friend or family member with Love or Lots of love. We also often use Best wishes or All the best when we end a letter or email to a friend. B Messaging   Language help   We can use actually to give more exact information, as in the letter (syn in fact). We also use it a great deal in spoken English to say something which is surprising or different from what you expect, e.g. He looks Italian, but actually he’s not. (Syn in fact) Actually does not mean at the moment, e.g. The land is currently for sale (NOT The land is actually for sale). EXERCISES 99.1 Find five more phrases using words from the box. 99.2 Write these phrases in different ways. The phrases can be similar but don’t repeat exactly the same words. 1 Hello Julie ____________Hi____________ Julie 2 Hello Mark ________________ Mark 3 Give my love to Patricia ________________ Patricia 4 Love, Evelyn ________________, Evelyn 5 Best wishes, Sam ________________, Sam 99.3 Rewrite the sentences using the word in capitals. Keep a similar meaning. 1 Do you want to come with us? JOIN _____ Do you want to join us?__________ 2 Do you want to go? FANCY Do you ______________________________________ 3 I’ll write soon. TOUCH I’ll ______________________________________ 4 It looks new, but actually it isn’t. FACT It looks new, but ______________________________________ 5 I’ll tell you as soon as possible. LET I’ll ______________________________________ 6 I’m going three weeks from now. IN I’m going ______________________________________ 7 Jamie is very funny. LAUGH Jamie is ______________________________________ 8 Let’s meet for lunch. GET Let’s ______________________________________ 9 I haven’t written for ages. SINCE It’s ______________________________________ 99.4 Complete the email with words from the box.

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