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.
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