An Informal Email about your Holidays

You have to write an informal email about your holidays=

First, visualize your reader

- Who are you writing to? - What is the situation?

• You are on abroad and your friend is at home
• You promised to keep in contact...
• Something extraordinary has happened...
• Why would your friend be interested in your trip?

Email structure:

• Include a subject line.
• Greeting
• After the greeting, make sure you catch up after a break
• Ask about the reader
• Talk about you
• Ask about others
• End your exchange

Do not forget to divide what you want to say into different topics, in separate paragraphs.

Email style:

• You must stick to a chatty, colloquial style:
  • Use contractions
  • I'm staying at...
  • I'm not getting much sleep these days...
  • Omit relative pronouns, when possible
  • Omit subjects, when possible
  • Use phrasal verbs and idioms (at least four, that should be underlined). You have a big list of them on your textbook
  • Use questions, admiration marks and practice Let's to make suggestions
    • Let's meet up when I get back!
    • Are you having a good summer?
    • Is the weather good at home?
    • I'm dying to catch up on you summer pickups!
    • Express interest on what your reader is doing

Read your work through carefully and check the spelling and grammar

Here you have some basic tips on informal emails