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 Closing Phrases Please contact me again if you In reply to your letter ... . need any more information. Thank you for your letter of If I can be of any further May 14th concerning . assistance, please do contact me again. Thanks for your email ... . Let me know if you need anything Following our phone else. conversation ... .
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 Apologies

Attached please find the document

Attachments

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

I look forward to your reply

Closings
Requests

Kindly send us the agreement draft

Payments Complaints Orders Clarifications Attachments Suggestions Apologizing Congratulations Closings Openings Meetings Thanks Requests We are very happy to receive a favorable reply from you Thanks We are disappointed with the quality of your service
Complaints

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

Your payment on Order no. 6739w is due on 12th Jan 2012 Payments Alternatively, you can directly contact out local office
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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