Emails- Opening & Closing

Email opening and closing the same or different

Listen to two or more opening or closing email phrases and raise one of the two cards which you were given depending on what you think about their meanings. If there are more than two, they are all the same or all different (not two the same and one different). Don’t think about formality, but raise the “Different” card for even small differences in meaning.

 

Label the lines below with S for the same or D for different (based on their meanings). 

Opening emails the same or different

1. Dear Sir or Madam/ To whom it may concern
2. Thank you for your email yesterday./ Thanks for your email yesterday.
3. Thank you for writing back to me so quickly./ Thanks for your quick reply.
4. This is Alex from the UK Council./ My name is Alex Case and I work for the UK Council.
5. I hope you are well./ How are you?/ How’s it going?/ How are things?/ How’s life?
6. How are you?/ Are you okay?
7. I hope you weren’t (too) affected by the recent…/ I hope you are okay./ Are you okay?
8. This is just a quick note to say…/ I have to go to a meeting in a minute but I thought I’d better let you know…
9. I am writing to you in connection with…/ I am writing to you about…/ I am writing to you regarding…/ I am writing to you with regards to…/ Regarding…/ Re:…/ About…
10. I am writing to you in order to…/ I am writing to you to…
11. It was a pleasure to meet you yesterday./ Thanks for making the time to see me yesterday./ Thanks for taking the time to meet with me yesterday.
12. Long time no see./ Sorry it’s taken me so long to reply to your email.
13. I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to reply to your email./ Sorry for my late reply.
14. Sorry for my late reply./ Sorry I haven’t been in touch.

Closing emails the same or different

15. I look forward to hearing from you./ I’m looking forward to hearing from you./ Looking forward to hearing from you.
16. I look forward to hearing from you./ I look forward to hearing from you soon./ I look forward to your reply.
17. I look forward to hearing from you soon./ I look forward to your quick reply.
18. I look forward to hearing from you soon./ I expect to hear from you soon.
19. I’m looking forward to hearing from you./ I am waiting for your reply.
20. I look forward to hearing from you./ I look forward to seeing you.
21. / Thanks in advance./ Cheers.
22. Thanks in advance./ Thanks again.
23. Thank you for your cooperation./ Thanks in advance.
24. If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me./ If you have any more questions, please let me know.
25. If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me./ If you need to know anything else, just let me know./ If you need any more info, just drop me a line.
26. Any feedback you can give me on this would be gratefully accepted./ If you have any further questions, please contact me at any time.

Check as a class, then find differences in formality in the ones with the same meaning.

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Cards to hold up

The same	Different
The same	Different
The same	Different
The same	Different
The same	Different
The same	Different
The same	Different
The same	Different
The same	Different
The same	Different