Focus 3. Unit 1.7 (TL and Email)

VARIANT 1

• Closing + Signature

• Greeting

• Answering the questions + asking questions

• Polite end + hopes for future contacts

• Gratitude + 1 more sentence (apologies for not writing; asking how they are, etc)

VARIANT 2

• Polite end + hopes for future contacts

• Answering the questions

• Greeting

• Closing + Signature

• Gratitude + asking questions

Match the following

• Sorry, I haven't been in touch for long.

• BRIDGE TO ANWERING QUESTIONS

• I'm so glad that you ... By the way, ...

• APOLOGIES FOR NOT WRITING

• In your email you ask me about

• BRIDGE TO ASKING QUESTIONS

• Thank you for your email.

• GREETING

• Dear Ben,

• GRATITUDE

Match the following

• Anyway, it's great hear that you ...

• HOPE FOR FUTURE CONTACT

• Sorry, I have to finish my email...

• POLITE ENDING

• Drop me a line as soon as you can.

• BRIDGE TO ASKING QUESTIONS IN THE MAIN PART

• Best wishes,

  Mark

• Closing

Dear ​ (a)   ,

Thank you for ​ (b)   e-mail. It’s always nice to hear ​ (c)   you!

• Ronny
• the
• from

In your previous message you ​ (a)   me about the weather ​ (b)   summer.

• asked
• have asked
• in
• on

It can be quite dry and hot in the ​ (a)   and rather cool in the ​ (b)   of the country.

• north
• south

As ​ (a)   me, I love summer most of all because ​ (b)   my summer vacations.

• for
• of
• to
• off

That's the ______ (GOOD) time for me to go fishing and camping.

I ___________ (TRAVEL) to St Petersburg this summer. I hope to visit the Hermitage at last and enjoy the places of interest in the city.