Writing: E-mail & Message Writing | Tech Bloomers
E-mail Writing
Short for electronic mail, e-mail or email is information stored on a computer that is exchanged between two users over telecommunications. More plainly, e-mail is a message that may contain text, files, images, or other attachments sent through a network to a specified individual or group of individuals.
Sample email
Example greetings:
- Dear + name; Hi + name; Hi; Hello + name; Hello; To whom this may concern
Example opening sentences:
- Following our recent telephonic conversation, I’m attaching ...
- Please find attached the documents you
- With regard to ...
- As we agreed at our meeting ...
- In response/reply to ...
Example closing sentences:
- I look forward to hearing from you
- Please don’t hesitate to contact me
- Thank you in advance
- I await receipt of
Finish with:
- Sincerely,
- Best Regards/Regards
- Best wishes
E-mail Exercises
K. Fill in the missing words in this email.
Dear sir,
In regards/response to your mail, I have prepared a model for the Science Fest. Please find corrections in the mail/attachment for your kind perusal. I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely
Amudha.S
L. Write an email to your teacher about the interesting English model that you have prepared for the literary fest.
To: english.teacher@omtexclasses.com
CC: ..... ....
BCC: ..... ....
Subject: English model for the Literary Fest by Jenifer
Ph.No. **********
Dear Madam,
Ma’am, I’m Jenifer, a student from class 10. With regards to your announcement on literary Fest, I’m really interested to take part in it. So I put all my efforts in making a very interesting English model for the fest. I name it ‘Grammar Flip Book’. It includes almost 10 Grammar topics described in an elaborate & easy manner. I showed it to my parents and friends, they appreciated me. I can’t wait to show it to you ma’am.
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Sincerely Yours,
Jenifer
MESSAGE WRITING
Format
- Date:
- Time:
- Name of person to whom the message is directed
- Body of the message
- Name of the writer
Points to remember
- While writing the body of the message, the following points have to be kept in mind
- Only the most important details should be written.
- No new information should be added.
- Grammatically correct sentences should be used.
- Indirect or reported speech should be used.
- The message should be presented within a box.
- The word limit for a message is 50 words (only the words in the body of the notice are counted).
Example Message
Riya, a student of class ten, is instructed by her teacher to convey to her classmates about the English Literary club competitions which are to be held on 09.04.2019 in a nearby Government school.
MESSAGE
03 April 2019
Dear Friends
Our teacher has asked me to inform all of you about the English Literary club competitions to be held on 9th of April at the nearby Government Higher Secondary School. Kindly get permission from your parents to attend the event. If you wish to participate in the competitions contact me at the earliest.
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Srikanth
M. PRACTICE EXERCISE
You are the receptionist of your school. Your Head master instructs you to send a message to all the parents of class ten to attend a PTA (Parent Teacher Association) meet which is to be held on 22.12.2019
18.11.2019
Dear Parents,
The Head Master of our school has directed me to send a message regarding the PTA meet which is to be held on 22nd of December. You are requested to kindly attend it, as it can help you to track your child’s progress in acedemics and performance in co-curricular activities.
Afrin Banu.