Email Writing Exercises

Sending emails and letters

Salutations
Dear Mr/ Mrs/ Ms/ Miss Sita
Dear Sir/ Madam
Dear Jay
Hi Jags
Signing off
Yours sincerely/ Yours
Yours faithfully
(With) Best wishes/ Kind
regards
See you soon/ Hear from
you soon
Sending emails and letters
Opening phrases
In reply to your letter ... .
Thank you for your letter of
May 14th concerning .
Thanks for your email ... .
Following our phone
conversation ... .
Closing Phrases
Please contact me again if you
need any more information.
If I can be of any further
assistance, please do contact me
again.
Let me know if you need anything
else.
I look forward to hearing from
you.
Hear from you soon.
See you in Cairo.
Take care.
Reason for writing
This letter/ email is to ... .
I am writing to ... .
I am pleased to ... .
Id be pleased if you ... .
Could you please ... .
Would you please ... .
Please email me ... .
Just a quick note to ... .
I am sorry to inform you ... .
Unfortunately ... .
Im sorry about ... .
I apologize for ... .
Attaching and enclosing documents
I attach ... .
I enclose ... .
Please find enclosed .
Email

Hello Karl

Just a quick note to confirm that Im coming to Bangalore on
May 5 and Ill stay there until May 7. I hope we can meet to
discuss our production requirements for next year. Please let me
know when it would suit you.

See you soon
Chris
Business letter
NewTech Ltd
21 Hitech city
Hyderabad, India

Mr Karl
Production manager, TSP Technologies
Georgenstrasse 132
Berlin 3287
Germany

Dear Mr Zorn

Re: Visit to Berlin
Further to our telephone conversation, I would like to confirm my next
visit to Berlin. I hope to be in Berlin on May 5, 6 and 7, and I would be
very pleased if we could meet to discuss our production requirements for
next year. Please let me know when it would be convenient for you.
I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely
Chris OConnell
Rewrite the following extracts from business letters as
emails.
Dear Carol

Thank you for your letter of October 13. Unfortunately I wont be able to attend your
workshop in Stockholm. Could you please send me some information on future
workshops planned ...

Best regards
David Burns
Hi Carol

Thanks for your letter/ email. Im sorry but I wont be able to attend your workshop
in Stockholm. Please send/ email me some information on future workshops
planned...

Take care
David Burns
Rewrite the following extracts from email as Business
Letter (more formal)
Hi

Thanks for your email received last night. Sorry for the delay in replying.
This email is to confirm we have reserved five single rooms for Friday October 14 and
15.
See you in Venice.

Take care
Danielle Torri
Dear Mr ...

Thank you for your email received last night. I apologise for the delay in replying.
I am pleased to confirm we have reserved five single rooms for Friday October 14th
and 15th.
We look forward to seeing you in Venice.

Best regards
Danielle Torri
Match the uses below with the phrases in the table
Payments Complaints Orders Clarifications Attachments
Suggestions Apologizing Congratulations Closings Openings
Meetings Thanks Requests
Uses:
We would like to offer our sincere apologies for the mistake

Attached please find the document

The document you have sent is not what we expected. There may have
been a misunderstanding between us

I look forward to your reply

Kindly send us the agreement draft
Apologies
Attachments
Clarifications
Closings
Requests

We are very happy to receive a favorable reply from you

We are disappointed with the quality of your service

Your order no. 6739w, dated 26 Dec 2011 has been shipped today


Your payment on Order no. 6739w is due on 12
th
Jan 2012

Alternatively, you can directly contact out local office


Payments Complaints Orders Clarifications Attachments
Suggestions Apologizing Congratulations Closings Openings
Meetings Thanks Requests
Thanks
Complaints
Orders
Payments
Suggestions
Email Exercise
1. You are planning to go on a business trip. Write the details below.

Where are you going? _______________________________________________

What is the purpose of your trip? _______________________________________

How long are you going to stay? ____________________________________________

Why are you going? ______________________________________________________

What is your itinerary (the places you will visit)? _______________________________

Who will you meet? _______________________________________________________

How well do you know them? Have you written / spoken to / met them before?
______________________________________________________
2. Write two e-mails, on separate sheets of paper, using the situation
you created in 1. The maximum length for each e-mail is 100 words.

e-mail 1: Write to the person you are going to meet. What do you
need to tell them? Perhaps you need to let them know what you
want to discuss. Do you want them to arrange anything for you?

e-mail 2: Write an e-mail to all your colleagues. Tell them about
your plans and ask them if they want you to take / do / find out /
bring back anything.
3. Work with a partner. Exchange e-mail 1, and read
each others situations from 1.
Ask and answer questions about your two situations.
In particular, talk about the kind of reply your partner
expects.
You will need this information in the next activity.
4. Work individually.
Imagine that you are the person your partner
is going to meet.
Write a reply to your partners e-mail. The
maximum length for the e-mail is 100 words.
5. Exchange and read the e-mails.
THANK YOU
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