English With Masters

2021-08-20 10:14:06 WRITING

Session #n21: Informal letters - OPENING/CLOSING REMARKS

Opening remarks in informal letters may include:

a) questions/Wishes about recent events, the person's health, etc.
e.g. How is it going, Ana?
b) a thank you to the person for their last letter, comments about their news
e.g. Thanks for your invitation dear Aj.
c) an apology for a delay in writing/replying
e.g. I should first say sorry for replying so late; I didn't have access to the Internet.
d) the reason why you are writing
e.g. I'm writing to inform you that mom's not feeling well recently.

🗨 Closing remarks in informal letters may include:

e) the reason why you must end the letter
e.g. well, that's all the news for now.
f) greetings to the person's family/ friends
e.g. send my regards to your lovely sister.
g) wishes, a promise (e.g. to write again soon), an invitation, etc.
e.g. I hope to see you at my goodbye party.
h) a request to the person to reply soon
e.g. Please let me know if you're going to join us there.

Informal letters' layout:
https://t.me/EngMasters/679

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2021-08-19 16:22:10 The ultimate method to practice spoken English at home

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2021-08-19 10:44:48 Today's phrasal verbs are:

Back away
Back off
Back down

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2021-08-18 17:55:01 Adapt adopt

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2021-08-18 12:36:25 Dramas from BBC Learning English
Jamaica Inn: Part❹:
The horse thief

Mary finds herself attracted to a visitor to Jamaica Inn. But who is he - and can he be trusted? Meanwhile, another visitor discovers some suspicious objects in an upstairs room... 

audio transcript

Part❸

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2021-08-17 16:30:04 Check in Check up

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2021-08-17 11:07:38 Past perfect tense

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2021-08-16 15:00:02 Idiom: For the Birds

Meaning: (uninteresting and meaningless)

example: They went to a poetry reading, but they got bored and restless. As far as they were concerned, it was for the birds! They left during an intermission because they found the reading totally uninteresting and meaningless.


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2021-08-16 10:17:03 Today's SPEAKING tips

Yes/No questions:

introduce your No answer. First use a linking phrase:

But you also have to understand that …
Even so, you could also say that …
At the same time, you could say that …

round-off the answer:

So all in all I guess my answer would have to be yes and no.
So on the whole I suppose the answer has to be yes and no.
So all things considered I guess the answer is both yes and no.
So in the main, I suppose the answer is probably yes and no.
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2021-08-15 18:02:37 You Know

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