Writing letters or emails is a combination of many different English skills. You need some vocabulary, some grammar, some idea about word order and to follow a few basic guidelines.
Let’s start with the grammar you need to practise: Klik hier voor een Nederlandse uitleg….
For Emails you often need to talk about the past (verleden tijd). You might write an email about a holiday you went on or a movie you saw.
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Connectives
To write well you need to know how to use words like When, So, But, Because and Although. We call these words connectives because they connect sentences together.
Example:
I like singing. Other people don’t like me to sing.
- I like singing but other people don’t like me to sing.
- Although I like singing, other people don’t like me to sing.
Now you try these exercises:
- Connectives Elementary
- Connectives Intermediate
- Making compound sentences Game
Irregular Past Tense: Verleden Tijd (onregelmatig)
You need to learn these by heart:
I go to school – Yesterday, I went to school
I see a movie – Yesterday, I saw a movie
You can find more irregular verbs here.
Regular Past Tense: Verleden Tijd (regelmatig)
Other verbs in English en in –ed.
I always walk to school – Yesterday, I walked to school.
You always start a fight – Yesterday, I you started a fight.
You can find more explanations here.
Sentence Structure: practise here
How many words do you know? Practise here.
The VIDEO:
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