Letter language and structure
A paragraph plan that works for any letter, ready phrases for seven common purposes in formal and informal English, and the errors that cost marks.
60 Min.
Modul 4 · Lektion 2 von 3
In dieser Lektion
- Plan any letter in three or four minutes with a six-part paragraph plan built from the bullet points
- Use phrases for complaining, requesting, apologising, thanking, inviting, explaining and suggesting, in a formal and an informal version
- Make requests and complaints polite and indirect without making them vague
- Switch a sentence from informal to formal English, and back again
- Find and fix the grammar and tone errors that appear most often in letters
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In dieser Lektion
- A paragraph plan for every letter
- Plans for the most common kinds of letter
- The plan in action: a worked example
- Formal and informal: what actually changes
- Switching tone: informal to formal and back
- Useful language for seven purposes
- Polite, indirect and still clear
- The errors that cost marks in letters
- Linking a letter together
- Put it all together