Email Writing Practise PDF

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MUET WRITING TASK 1 (EMAIL/LETTER)Steps to answer email/letter.Step 1: Understand the task a. Read and understand the instruction and the stimulus  Who is the letter or email from?  Who is the letter or email written to?  What is the letter or email about? b. Identify the sender of the email c. I...

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MUET WRITING TASK 1 (EMAIL/LETTER) Steps to answer email/letter. Step 1: Understand the task a. Read and understand the instruction and the stimulus  Who is the letter or email from?  Who is the letter or email written to?  What is the letter or email about? b. Identify the sender of the email c. Identify the keywords d. Determine what you are required to do for the task Step 2: Plan your response a. Respond to the questions in the email or letter b. Use all the notes provided c. Decide the style - informal or formal Plan using PNA+E (according to paragraphs) P- Prompts (Can be Question or Sentence) N- Notes A- Answer +E- Elaboration Step 3: Write your response a. Use the right or most appropriate expressions b. Write your letter or email appropriately Instructions to the candidate: -Use all the notes given. -Write a reply to your friend -The reply should be an email and at least 100 words long based on the given stimulus. -Complete this task in 25 minutes. -Use linkers effectively to connect all your ideas

Effective expressions To greet the recipient

Dear Hi Hello To whom it may concern Dear Sir or Madam

To begin a letter/an email

How are you? How are the things? How’s it going? It’s great to hear from you! Long time no see! Sorry, I haven’t written for ages, but… I’m really sorry that it’s taken me so long to get back to you

To express thanks

Thanks for… Thank you for… Thank you so much for… I am so grateful that/for… I don’t know what to say! I really appreciate it. I am so grateful that/for … I owe you one.

To express an apology

To express a reaction to good news

I am so sorry I’m sorry for/that… I would like to apologize for… Please accept my apologies for… I beg your forgiveness. I’m glad to hear that … I’m so happy that… It was so good to hear that… I’m very happy to hear about … It’s so great that… That’s great!

To express a reaction to bad news

I’m so sorry to hear about… I can’t tell you how sad I am that… I’m extremely sorry to hear that… It’s just awful to hear that … That’s disappointing to hear… You can’t be serious!

To express a preference

I definitely prefer… I’d prefer to… I’d rather… I would rather… I prefer … to …

To express agreement

You have a point… Yes, I agree. I’d go along with you on that… I was just going to say that… You could definitely be right about…

To express disagreement

I’m afraid I disagree. I have to disagree with that… No way! I can’t agree with…

To express like

I enjoy/like… I adore/fancy… I am fond of… I am thrilled about… I think that … is great!

To express dislike

I dislike… I’m not very keen on… I don’t really like… I’m not really into…

To accept an invitation or offer

Thanks you! I’d love to… I’d be delighted to… Yes, thank you. That would be wonderful/great. Oh, certainly! Thank you I would very like… Thank you very much for inviting me/your offer

To decline/reject an invitation or offer

I’d love to, but I’m afraid I’m busy tonight I’m terribly sorry. I have other plans. Thanks for asking. I’m afraid I’m busy… I’m very sorry. I don’t think I can… Unfortunately. I can’t… Thank you for asking me, but… Sorry, maybe next time

To make a request

Could you…? Would you mind…? I was wondering if you could… Do you think you could…? I’d like to request… … if it’s not too much trouble If… that would be a great help Would it be possible for you to…?

To give precise information

The purpose of this letter is to… In this email, I will describe… My reason for writing is to… This email will discuss the…

To describe an experience

I have an extensive … His practical … My rich… I had considerable… It was a great event!

To describe feelings

I feel/felt… This makes me feel … I am happy/sad/angry/disappointed about/ with… What a..?

To describe an event

The … was awesome because… The… was very informative… There were singing and colouring contests for children and… Every year, the students of… organize The holiday took place in… It is called…

To provide advice

I think you should… If I were you, I would… Why don’t you …? How about…? Maybe you should … You could…

To provide a suggestion

I would suggest that… My suggestion is to… I recommend that… I would like to propose that… How about… I think it is a good idea to… In my opinion, you could…

To provide a reason

This is because… Since… This is a result of… I would suggest that… My suggestion is to… I recommend that … I would like to propose that… How about… I think it is a good idea to… In my opinion, you could…

To provide an opinion

In my opinion… From my point of view… I think… I feel that… I reckon… I believe that…

To provide justification

After all… The main reason I feel this way is… There is a lot of evidence to support There are many facts in favour of… The reason is… The facts suggest… The evidence shows… It’s because…

To conclude a letter/an email

Well, I’ve got to go now… See you soon. Hope to hear from you soon. Anyway. I should get going. Look after yourself. Take care of yourself. Write soon!

To sign off

Bye! Love. All the best, Take care, Regards, Kind regards, Best wishes, Your friend, Yours sincerely, Yours faithfully, Yours truly,

Linkers Example /Explanation

For example For instance That is In other words

Addition

Moreover Furthermore In addition Additionally And

Result /Reason

So Consequently Thus As a result For this reason Owing to this Therefore Accordingly

Attitude

Naturally Certainly Fortunately Undoubtedly Strangely enough Of course Predictably

Contrast / Comparison

However Nevertheless On the contrary In contrast In comparison Still Yet But

Time

At first Next Then Later In the end

Summary

Finally In conclusion In short To sum up

Order

First(ly) Second(ly) Third(ly) Last(ly) Finally

Reason and cause

Because As Since Because of Due to....