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Writing an Email (B1 Certificat­e Goethe/ÖSD)

Task 3

Task descriptio­n

You receive from Ms. Bauer

your teacher / course instructor

an invitation to a trip

However, you can not participat­e (go)

Write an Email to Ms. Bauer

give her politely thanks for the invitation

and explain why you can´t go.

Write an Email about 40 Words

Don´t forget the salutation and the greetings at the end.

Subject: negative reply

Dear Ms. Bauer

comma

thank you

for the invitation to the trip

I am sorry

but I can´t take part on it.

because on this day

I have an important appointmen­t at the doctor

that I cannot postpone.

When you

again

trip

organize

I will certainly

participat­e.

Sincerely yours

Petros Litsakis

Firstly

At the begining of each Email

you write in a few words the subject

in the column "Subject"

Secondly

You start an official email with:

Dear Ms.

comma

Dear Sir/Mr.

comma

Dear Sirs

comma

and we go on writing with small letters

or Dear Ms.

exclamatio­n mark

Dear Mr.

exclamatio­n mark

Dear Sirs!

and we go on write with capital letter at first

Thirdly

To appolodgiz­e

I am sorry, but ...

I would like to appolodgiz­e that ...

Unfortunat­ely ...

Fourthly

Explanatio­n why one cannot come

... because I have an appointmen­t at the doctor, that I can´t postpone

My mother is suddenly sick

and I have to take care of her.

On this day I have an appointmen­t

at the foreign nationals office

Fifthly - Ending

Sincerely yours

So dear german learners

you can find further useful phrases on writing an official Email

in our Blog

That was it for today

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