Professional English: Intermediate - Lesson 11

Professional English: Basic - Lesson 11

Writing an Important Email

Writing an Important Email

Emails are an essencial tool in business English. To help you with that, are going to watch a video giving general recommendations for effective emails. Before you start, write on a piece of paper: How do we usually structure an email?

Emails are usually divided into 4 parts: Subject,

 Greeting, Body,

 Closing, and Signature. Check the example on the right:

Let's learn a little more?

Now, let's watch a video with suggestions for writing effective buisness emails. After the video, answer the questions.

Multiple Choice

Emails should be...

• Always formal.

• Always informal.

• Formal or informal, depending on the situation.

Multiple Choice

The subject of the email must be...

• short and clear.

• long and poetic.

Multiple Choice

If you send an email as 'CC' (Carbon Copy) this means that the recipient...

• has to respond to the email.

• doesn't have to respond to the email.

Multiple Choice

The main points should be:

• In the beginning.

• In the middle.

• In the end.

Multiple Choice

To finalize, write:

• Just your name.

• A quick farewell, name and contact information.

• Just the contact information.

As the video showed, the more you practice, the better you get. So, keep practicing your writing skills. Cheers!