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3 Rewrite the sentences using capital Useful Language
letters where necessary in your notebook.
Greeting
1 i am egyptian. I am Egyptian. Hi/Hello, ... !
2 my name’s antonio. Opening remarks
3 my favourite day is saturday. How are you?/How’s everything?
4 i am from madrid. it is the capital city of spain. Personal information
• My name’s/I’m ... . • I’m from ... .
5 my favourite school subject is art.
• I’m ... (years old). • I’m a student at ... .
6 my birthday is in january. it’s my favourite
• I’m (really) good at ... .
month!
• My favourite colour/singer/famous person ... .
Writing Tip Punctuation Closing remarks
• What about you? • What is/are your favourite ...?
We use: • Drop me a line./Write back soon./Write back
• a full stop (.) at the end of an affirmative or and tell me.
negative sentence. (I’m Italian. I’m not Brazilian.) • Can’t wait to know all about you./Hope to hear
• a comma (,) between items on a list. (My favourite from you soon.
colours are green, yellow and red.) • Please write and tell me everything!
• a question mark (?) at the end of a question. Ending
(How are you?) • Yours,/Love, • Chat later/soon, etc • Take care!
• an exclamation mark(!) at the end of an affirmative • Best wishes, • Bye for now,
or negative sentence with strong feelings. (He’s
great! No way!)
• an apostrophe (’) for short forms. (I’m from the UK.)

Greeting + (e-friend’s first name)!
4 Punctuate the sentences. Write in your
opening remarks
notebook.
name, nationality, age, school, favourite famous
1 How are you How are you? person, favourite colour
2 Angelina Jolie is great closing remarks
3 Im from Lisbon Portugal Sign off
4 My favourite player is Ronaldo (your first name)
5 Where is Jenny from
6 My favourite colours are red white and blue
Your turn Checklist

5 a) Brainstorming: Copy the spidergram When you finish your email, check the following:
into your notebook. Complete it about you. • opening and closing remarks
• capital letters
closing opening • punctuation
remarks remarks • number of words
where from
• spelling and grammar
favourite
colour Name age

favourite
famous person school

b) Task: Use the rubric in Ex. 1 to write an
email to your new e-friend about you. Use
your ideas from Ex. 5a and phrases from the
Useful Language box. Follow the plan.
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