Email vocabulary and collocations

Choose a word from the cards below and explain which one you chose without saying anything on that card until your partner guesses. You could explain formality, collocations, meaning, example sentences (with gaps), etc.

 

Attach	Love	From	Mr	Mrs
Miss	Ms	Sir	Sirs	Madam
Dear	Paragraphs	Memo	Note	Concern
CC	BCC	Best	Unfortunately,	XXX
XOXO	Hugs	Kisses	Hi	Forward
Bye	Regards	Re:	Ref./ Reference	Exclamation mark
To:	btw	Tel.	Yours	Sincerely
Faithfully	Cheers	Advance	Soon	Hesitate
Thanks/ Thank you	Cooperation	Mail	Emoticon	Acronym
Abbreviation	Contraction	Sorry	Please	Hear
pp.	Write	PS	PPS	(In-) convenience

 

Ask about any words above which you couldn’t explain, can’t understand, etc.

 

Listen to your teacher read out some words and phrases which are related to one of the words above. Try to guess which word it is.

Do the same in pairs with the worksheet below.

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Email vocabulary pairwork guessing game

Student A

Choose one of the sections below and read out phrases with that word missing until your partner guesses what the missing word is. They can only guess once per hint.

Attach – Please find the report attached/ As you can see from the attachment…

Best – All the best/ Best wishes/ Pass my best wishes on to John/ Best regards

(In)convenience – Please reply at your earliest convenience/ We would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused/ Please let me know what dates are convenient for you

Dear – Dear Sir or Madam/ Dear Mr Case/ Dear Alex/ Dear Sirs

Forward – I look forward to hearing from you soon/ Please forward this to John

Hear – I look forward to hearing from you (soon)/ Hope to hear from you soon/ It was really nice to hear from you

Hi – Hi/ Hi John/ Say “Hi” to Steve from me/ Julie says “Hi”

In – In connection with/ In advance

Inform – We regret to inform you that…/ We would like to inform you that…/ If you need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me

Love – Love from/ Lots of love/ Send my love to John/ John sends his love

Mail – Snail mail/ I’ve sent you a hard copy in the mail

Note – This is just a quick note to say…/ Please note that…/ NB

 

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Student B

Choose one of the sections below and read out a sentence with that word missing. Your partner can then guess once only what the missing word is. Continue with one example/ one guess until they guess that word, then switch roles.

Please – Please let me know if you have any questions/ If you need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me at any time

Reference – With reference to…/ Your ref:/ Our ref:/ Reference number

Regards – Best regards/ Give my regards to John/ Regards

See – See you (soon/ then)/ It was a pleasure to see you again last week/ Hope to see you again soon

Sir – Dear Sir/ Dear Sir or Madam

Soon – I look forward to hearing from you soon/ See you soon/ Write soon

Sorry – Sorry it took me so long to get back to you/ Sorry not to reply sooner/ Sorry it’s been so long since I last wrote/ Sorry to write to you out of the blue

Text – Send a text/ Textspeak/ Text someone

Thanks/ Thank you – Thanks (again/ in advance)/ Thank you for your email/ quick reply/ getting back to me so quickly/ taking the time to see me yesterday

To - To whom it may concern/ I’m writing to you concerning…

Write – Write soon!/ Thanks for writing back so quickly/ I am writing to you in connection with…/ concerning…/  about…/ (in order) to…

Yours – Yours sincerely/ Yours faithfully/ Sincerely yours/ Yours

Ask about any phrases you don’t understand, etc, then work together on the page below.

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First of all without any help, work together to put the right word into all the gaps on each line below.

1. Please find the document ______ed/ As you can see from the _____ment…
2. All the __________/ _______ wishes/ Pass my _______ wishes on to your boss/ _________ regards
3. Please reply at your earliest ____________ / We would like to apologise for any _______ caused/ Please let me know what dates are _______ for you
4. _______ Sir or Madam/ ________ Mr Case/ ______ Alex/ __________Sirs
5. I look _______ to hearing from you soon/ Please ________ this to your boss
6. I look forward to __________ing from you (soon)/ Hope to ________ from you soon/ It was really nice to _______ from you
7. _______ / ______ John/ Say “_____” to Steve from me/ Julie says “______”
8. _________ connection with/ ________ advance
9. We regret to _________ you that…/ We would like to ________ you that…/ If you need any further _______ation, please do not hesitate to contact me
10. ______ from/ Lots of ______ / Send my ____ to John/ John sends his _____
11. Snail ________ / I’ve sent you a hard copy in the _______
12. This is just a quick _____ to say…/ Please ______ that…/ NB
13. ______________ let me know if you have any questions/ If you need any further information, ____________ do not hesitate to contact me at any time
14. With ___________ to…/ Your ref:/ Our ref:/ Ref. no.
15. Best ____________ / Give my ________ to John
16. _______ you/ ________ you soon/ __________ you then/ It was a pleasure to _______ you again last week/ Hope to _____ you again soon
17. I look forward to hearing from you _______ / See you ______ / Write ______
18. ____ it took me so long to get back to you/ ______ not to reply sooner/ _____ it’s been so long since I last wrote/ ______ to write to you out of the blue
19. Send a ______/ ______speak/ _________ someone
20. ___________ again/ _______ in advance/ ___________ for your email/ _______ for getting back to me so quickly/ ___________ for your quick reply/ ________ for taking the time to see me yesterday/
21. __________ whom it may concern/ I’m writing _____ you concerning…
22. __________ soon!/ Thanks for ________ing back so quickly/ I am _____ing to you in connection with…/ I am ________ing to you concerning…/ I am __________ing to you about…/ I am _______ing (to you in order) to…
23. ________ sincerely/ ___________ faithfully/ Sincerely ______ / _________

Use the mixed answers on the cards to help.

Check with the pairwork worksheets.