1. Writing Formal and Informal Emails
Lesson 9

2. Glossary
Could you give me a hand? To give a hand = to help someone What's the matter? What’s the matter = what’s the problem? To have a quick look = is informal for ‘look’
Could you please have a quick look?

3. An email to the boss Hi ,Paul!
What's up? I want to say that I can't come to work on Friday because I'm going to a wedding party. I hope it's OK with you.
By the way, I'm not ready with the project so maybe you can do it yourself.
Bye-bye!
Sasha

4. Hi, Paul!
What's up? I want to say that I can't come to work on Friday because I'm going to a wedding party. I hope it’s OK with you.
By the way, I'm not ready with the project so maybe you can do it yourself.
Bye-bye!
Sasha

5. It’s very important to use formal English when writing s to new colleagues, people in the workplace and other people who you don’t know very well.

6. Informal Formal Hi Paul, Dear Paul, What’s up. How are things
Informal Formal Hi Paul, Dear Paul, What’s up? How are things? I want to… I would like to… I hope it’s ok with you… I was wondering if I could… By the way, One more thing I should say is that, May be you can… I was wondering if you could… Bye, Best regards,

7. Correct email Dear Paul,
How are things? I was wondering if I could take a day off on Monday because I was invited to a wedding party.
One more thing I should say is that, I'm not ready with the project so I was wondering if you could help me with finishing it.
Best regards,
Sasha

8. An email to a friend Dear Olga,
I am writing to ask how you are doing. I hope you are doing well.
Moreover, I was wondering if it would be possible to meet on Friday night for a drink?
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully,
Oleksandra

9. Dear Olga,
I am writing to ask how you are doing. I hope you are doing well.
So I was wondering if it could be possible to meet on Friday night for a drink?
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully,
Oleksandra

10. Formal Informal Dear Olga, Hi Olga, I am writing to ask how you are doing. How are you? I was wondering… I’d like to know if it would be possible… if we/you can Looking forward to hearing from you. Let me know if you are interested. Yours faithfully, Best,

11. Correct email Hi Olga, How are you? I hope you are doing well.
Also, I’d like to know if we can meet on Friday night for a drink?
Let me know if you are interested.
Best,
Oleksandra

12. Tip
Remember to use commas after Dear…, and Hi…, as well as Best, and Best regards,

13. Homework Write a formal email to you boss asking for a day off.
Write an informal to a friend and invite them to a birthday party.

14. Today we have learned:
How to write formal s using formal phrases
How to write informal s using informal phrases