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Email and Story Writing Guide

The document provides guidance on writing emails and stories. For emails, it outlines the typical parts including greetings, opening paragraph, main paragraphs, closing paragraph, goodbye, and signature. It also provides expressions that can be used in each section. For stories, it describes the parts as the title, exposition, action, and resolution. It offers time phrases and ways to create suspense or direct speech in a narrative.

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Email and Story Writing Guide

The document provides guidance on writing emails and stories. For emails, it outlines the typical parts including greetings, opening paragraph, main paragraphs, closing paragraph, goodbye, and signature. It also provides expressions that can be used in each section. For stories, it describes the parts as the title, exposition, action, and resolution. It offers time phrases and ways to create suspense or direct speech in a narrative.

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WRITING: EMAIL  It was good to receive your letter.

 Thank you very much for your letter.


The first thing you need to know is the different parts of an  Hope you are doing well.
email:  How’s it going?
 Greetings: we greet the other person (i.e. say “hi” or  How are you (doing)?
“hello”).  How are things (going)?
 Opening paragraph: we react to the other person’s news
and ask them how they are feeling and whatever else you Main paragraphs
feel is appropriate.  and… : to connect two similar things or ideas.
 Main paragraph 1: in this paragraph we deal with the first I love reading and listening to music.
important point, which we can identify in the instructions.  but… : to connect two contrasting ideas.
 Main paragraph 2: if there is a different point to deal I love watching Tv, but I don’t have a favourite show.
with, this paragraph will do so.  However, … : to connect contrasting ideas.
 Closing paragraph: in this paragraph we “start” to say Last month, I went to the cinema. However, I didn’t enjoy
goodbye by wishing the other person well and asking the movie.
them to reply to your letter.  Moreover, … : to add more information about
 Goodbye: we use a short expression to say goodbye. something.
 Signature: we sign the letter with our name.  … because… : to justify an opinion or idea.
My mum is the perfect cook because she knows a lot of
recipes and has plenty of experience. Moreover, she
experiments with different ingredients all the time.
 Because of that, … : to justify an opinion, fact or idea.
My mum likes to cook using new ingredients all the
time. Because of that, she creates original dishes every
month.
 As for…/ Regarding… : to switch to a new topic. For
instance, you can use this connector to start the second
main paragraph.
As for/Regarding why I like this cookery show, I think
it’s because it’s a great way to see new recipes.
 Time linkers: then, after that, yesterday, this morning,
last summer, etc.
Last night, I watched a very good action film.

Closing paragraph
 Well, it’s time to say goodbye.
 Anyway, I have to go now.
 Well, it’s time to go.
 Anyway, gotta go.
 I really hope to hear from you soon.
 I’m looking forward to hearing from you.
 I hope you write back soon.
 Make sure you write back soon.

Saying goodbye
 Best wishes,
Expressions to use in your email/letter  Best,
Greetings:
 Sincerely,
 Hi John,
 Take care,
 Hello John,
 All my love,
 Dear John,
 Love,
 Lots of love,
Opening paragraph  See you soon,
 It’s nice / great / good to hear from you.  Regards,
 It’s nice / great / good to read your letter.
 I’m glad to hear your news.
 I’m excited about… (your news.)
 It’s great to hear that…
 I’m sorry to hear that…
 I’m really sorry to read your news.
 Thanks a lot for writing!
WRITING: STORY  A little later
 ____ minutes later
Parts of a Story  a moment later
 Title: The title should either summarise the whole story  Later (that morning/afternoon/day/night…)
(without spoilers!) or have something to do with the  Just then
main theme.
 Exposition: This is the beginning of the story, where Creating suspense
the characters and setting are established. It serves as  Suddenly
the introduction to the next part, the action, and the  All of a sudden
so-called conflict of our story.  Without warning
 Action: In this part, the characters deal  Just at that moment
with conflict and do things to solve it.  Unexpectedly
 Resolution: This is where the conflict is resolved and  Out of the blue
the story concludes with an ending, normally without  Out of nowhere
any loose ends.  Right away
 Straight away

Direct speech
 “I’m coming with you,” she said.
 She said, “I’m coming with you.”
 “Do you like it?” he asked.
 “Don’t do it!” he screamed.

Finishing your story


 In the end
 Finally
 When it was all over
 Eventually
 After everything that happened
 Luckily

Verb tenses

 Past simple (-ed/irregular form)


 Past continuous
 Past perfect

 Past simple and continuous:


It was midnight and I was trying to sleep.

 Past perfect and simple:


I had completely forgotten it was my birthday.

Expressions to use in your story  Past simple:


This time I picked up the phone quickly and shouted,
Beginning a story “Hello?!”.
 It all began… So that’s how you should try to tell your story. Please avoid
 When I first… a simple succession of past simple tenses alone, like:
 At the beginning… I woke up and got out of bed. Then I went to the kitchen
 It was a hot/cold summer/winter day.
and made some coffee.
Time phrases
 Then
 After that
 Not long aftewards
 As soon as
 While
 Meanwhile
 As
 Some time later

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