email English

2 Missing words and abbreviations

Write an informal email to a friend, missing out words that are not necessary, as in the unit in
Email English.
Some ideas are given below, but adapt and change them as you wish.
• Ask your friend how they are.
• Ask about their recent holiday.
Idea: say you’d like to see the photos.
• Ask what they have been doing since they got back.
• Give your friend your own news.
• Invite your friend to come and stay with you.
Idea: suggest a time and some things you could do.
• Say you are looking forward to hearing from them.

When you finish, work with a partner. Check each other’s grammar, spelling, punctuation and
style. Is everything clear, well-structured and easy to understand?

FOLLOW-UP
Exchange emails with a different partner.
Reply to the email you receive, inventing any information necessary.

This material has been written to accompany email English, by Paul Emmerson. ISBN 1405012943
This page has been downloaded from www.businessenglishonline.net.
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Copyright  Macmillan Publishers Limited 2004.