Unit 5. Green Planet

 

Be going to	Will	Present continuous	Future continuous	Future perfect
à predicciones con evidencia física. à planes que no sabes si pasarán.	à decisiones al momento. à promesas. à peticiones. àpredicciones sin evidencia.	à planes escritos en la agenda.	à acción que estará pasando en el futuro.	à acción acabada en el futuro.
Affà I am going to___ Negà I am not going to___ Intà Am i going to___?	Affà I will + verb Negà I will not + verb IntàWill I + verb?	Affà I am verb+ing Negà I am not verb+ing Intà Am I verb+ing?	Affà I will be verb+ing Negà I will not be verb+ing Intà Will I be verb+ing?	Affà I will have verb participle (_ed/3rd column) Negà I will not have verb participle (_ed/3rd column) Intà Will i have verb participle (_ed/3rd column)?

You have seen an advert on a website for  a summer conservation project. Read the advert and the notes that you have made. Then write a formal letter of enquiry asking for more information, add two questions of your own. REMEMBER! USE FORMAL LANGUAGE

Different pages about formal letter writing
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Explanations and EXERCISES
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Letter group activitiy

Useful Phrases for writing formal letters
a) Writing formal letters generally:
Greetings:

• Dear Sir
• Dear Madam
• Dear Sir/Madam
• Dear Mr Brown
• Dear Ms Jones

VERY IMPORTANT: Always use Ms for women unless you are specifically requested to use Mrs or Miss

Reason for writing:

• I am writing in response to your article/advertisement/letter
• I am writing with regard to your article/advertisement/letter
• I am writing regarding your article/advertisement/letter

Ending the letter:

• I look forward to receiving your reply
• I look forward to your reply
• I look to hearing from you
• I am, yours faithfully (if you don't know the name of the person you are writing to)
• I am, yours sincerely (if you know the name of the person you are writing to)
• Yours faithfully (If you don't know the person)
• Yours sincerely 8If you know the person)

d) Writing formal letters to request information

Reason for writing:

• I am writing to receive further information about
• I am writing to enquire about
• I am writing to receive more detailed information about
• I am writing to receive further details about

Requesting first piece of information:

• The first thing I would like to know is
• First of all I would like to know
• I wonder if you would mind telling me first of all ….?
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Requesting further information:

• Could you also tell me….?
• Could you also inform me ….?
• Would you also mind informing me ….?
• Would you also mind telling me ….?
• Do you know ….?
• I would also like to know if
• I would also like to know whether
• I hope you might also let me know about …

Thanking for information:

• I would like to thank you in advance for this information
• Thanking you in advance for this information
• Thanking you in advance