Informal letter

Address                                                                                                                                    3 November 2009

            Dear …,

            Thanks a lot for …                          (Thanking for the letter)

            How are you? …                              (polite questions)

            As for me, …                                    (information about yourself)

            Write soon.

            Take care,

            …

Useful phrases:

            Thanks for your letter.

            It was great to hear from you.

I'm sorry I haven't written for ages / for so long.

It was a nice surprise to receive your letter.

Keep in touch.

Give my regards (love) to your parents.

All the best,

(Lots of) Love

Formal letter (Business letter)

                                               Address

                                   Date

             Job title

            Dear Sir / Madam

I'm writing to …                   (apply for the job)

I would like to …

Please send me the following information:

-

-

-

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully

Sergeeva Irina.

E-mail

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Subject: Meeting

Hi … ,

I got your message about …

…

How about meeting …?

I'll …

Let me know if you have any questions.

I attach a file with …

Best wishes,

Irina.

Argumentative Essay (for/ against)

Useful phrases to write about  facts:

In contrast,

However,

In fact,

Actually,

On the one hand,

On the other hand,

For example,

For instance,

Such as …

Useful phrases to finish essay:

To sum up,

To summarize,

In conclusion,

Furthermore,

In addition to this,

Useful phrases to express opinion:

As far as I'm concerned,

In my view, (opinion),

My view is that ..

Article

                                  “Title” (attention-grabbing title)

General statement                                        (thought – provoking)

Nowadays, TV is …

We are all supposed to hate …, but do we?

Direct questions to the reader                     (you)

I bet you don't …

I'm sure you'll agree …

examples                                                       (concrete)

                                                                     (surprising facts)

For one thing,

Furthermore,

For instance,

In addition to this,

However,

Actually,

Report (1)

Introduction

The aim of this report is to describe …

I interviewed … people between the ages of 13 and 17 …

(Heading)

Most people said that …

A small group felt that …

A number of … pointed out that …

Recommendations

My recommendations are the following:

Report (2)

Introductions

The purpose of this report is to present …

Students were invited to attend a focus group.

Members of … answered a questionnare …

(Heading)

a high/small/ significant proportion of respondents said that...

According to …

Most people expressed the opinion that …

Recommendations

I would recommend, therefore:

Review (book)

Introduction:

The book I have recently read is …

Background information

“...” is the first … of …                               (+ types of books)

Plot

Set in … (London) in 1882, … tells the story of …

Comment (+ or -)

The author successfully creates an atmosphere of suspence …

The dialogues are …

                                                                (+ adjectives)

I found the characters …

Recommendations

A would strongly advise you not to …

-        miss it

-        waste money on “...”

Review (video)

Introduction

I rented “...” and “...” from …

The first video was …

All I can say about the second is that …

+ background information (author, actors)

Plot

The action takes place in …

Comment (+ or -)

I found the plot rather …

                                                                                  (+ adjectives)

The characters are …

I really liked the costumes of the …

The special effects and soundtrack impressed me a lot.

Recommendations

I would definitely recommended you … to watch …

Go and see “...” . You'll be amazed.

Story.

 I didn't hear …  At first.

 To begin with, I wasn't worried.

 Suddenly, I smelt smoke.

 Just then, she came in.

 Luckily, the smoke wasn't too bad

 So, then we …

 While we were going down …

 Straight away, she took off …

Anyway, by the time we got into …

In the end, we were O.K.When? It started …