172 WRITING COACH Sample informal email Hannah, one of the students at your partner school in Cambridge, has sent you an email introducing herself. You have decided to reply. In your email you should write about: yourself your family your friends Write around 200 words. Dear Hannah, Thanks for your email. It’s fantastic to get to know you guys from Whitehall. So let me now tell you something about myself. I’m 15 and my name is Julia. What a coincidence – I love dancing too! I mainly do hip-hop, but I also take ballet lessons. I enjoy dancing because it prepares me for musical theatre, which is my dream. I’m average height compared to the rest of the world, but compared to my friends, I’m actually rather short. I have two younger brothers, Michael and Markus. They’re very close, but they fight a lot. Although they’re boys, I get on very well with them. Anyway, all three of us love watching films. Yesterday we watched an old film with Charlie Chaplin. It was great. I love spending time with all my friends. I have four best friends, who I have known for five years. I got to know them when I started at my new school. We often meet up at each other’s houses and order pizza while watching a film. Well, this summer we’re all going to the Reading and Leeds Festivals. I’m so excited, I’ve never been to a festival before. It’ll be so much fun! Let’s keep in touch. I’m going to send you a picture of myself. My phone number is … All the best, Julia Julia Reininger <j.reininger@fitness.at> Hannah Shelby <hannah.shelby@whcambridge.uk> This is me From: To: Subject: Capital letter Refer to the email you have received. The subject line should be short and to the point. Exclamation mark to stress certain ideas You may use short forms like I’m, they’re, it’s, don’t, doesn’t in informal emails. End your email with Take care, Best, All the best, CU soon, … Some people sign off with Hugs, Lots of love or Love. Comma (,) after All the best, etc. Comma after Dear, Hi or Hello Always start a new paragraph for each part of your email or for each bullet point. Anyway, By the way or Well are informal sentence starters. You want to stay in contact. Bullet point 1 Bullet point 2 Bullet point 3 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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