BV3 lesson 8 Email: Action

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 4

Terms	meaning
To	1. Primary recipients-ontvanger(s) - FYA. 2. All recipients are visible to all other recipients.
CC	A copy of the email is sent and the emailaddress is visible - FYI.
BCC	A copy of the email is sent and the emailaddress is not visible to others.
Subject	Short summary of contents
Attachment	A file, such as an image or document, that is sent along with the email.

Lay out email

Introduction: why am I writing this email?

 

Body: information about ...

Conclusion: Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you in advance.

Thank you for your consideration.

Greeting and closing 

Formal

Dear Sir/Madam,

Dear Mr Rocks,

Dear Ms Rocks,

Yours sincerely,

Informal

Hi Ben,

Dear Kate,

Bye, 

Template

From :

To :

CC :

Subject :

Mail itself : 

Information and attachments

Word order

In pairs

Make a sentence.

Pay attention to the right word order.

Wie

doet

wat

waar

wanneer

Information

Full stop

A comma

Apostrophe

Hand out pages 30 and 31 from Email English. 

M.I.N.T.S

Capital letters.

Hand out pages 30 and 31 from Email English. 

Exercises

Do exercise A

Asking for action.

Taking action.

Hand out pages 40 and 41 from Email English.

Answers

18 Action

A.

1.c                              7.h 

2.f                              8.j

3.b                             9.g  

4.d                             10.l

5.a                              11.i

6.e                              12.k

Exercises

Do exercise B.

Cover exercise A.

Answers

Exercise B

18 Action

B

1. willing                              8. leave

2. appreciate                      9. sort out

3. right away                      10. get back

4. anything else

5. take care

6. handle

7. check

Exercises

Do exercises C and D.

Phrasal verbs.

Email 1

1                              5

4                             9

7                             2

11                            10

13                            6

15                            12

3                              14

8

Email 2

1                               9

5                              3   

8                              6

10                            14

12                             11

15                             7

4                               13

2

Answers Exercises C and D

1. b                             

2. e                    

3. a                      

4. c

5. f

6. d

D.

1. find out, figure out, draw up

2. look into, sort it out, get back to

Choose! 

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2. Finished? Check answer.
3. See what level you have got.
4. Try to improve.