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Introducing yourself by email

Look at the email and do the exercises to practise and improve your writing skills.

Instructions

Do the preparation exercise first. Then do the other exercises.

Preparation

Do this exercise before you start.

Reading

An email

Worksheets and downloads

Introducing yourself by email - exercises360.37 KB
Introducing yourself by email - answers191.17 KB
Introducing yourself by email - email311.49 KB
Introducing yourself by email - writing practice347.28 KB
Discussion

How many emails do you send each week?

Language level
A1 English level (elementary)
Topics
writing
punctuation
Average: 2.6 (5 votes)
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Comments

Submitted by MBriggiUAE on Fri, 05/14/2021 - 13:26

It was very entertaining

Submitted by ThamaraFaz on Sun, 03/14/2021 - 05:26

I usually two emails for week

Submitted by CarlaV on Tue, 01/12/2021 - 16:07

I often write one or two emails for joke to my best friend
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Submitted by RosenSindSchwarz29 on Tue, 01/12/2021 - 13:41

To: katie97@dsmail.com Subject: Hello! Hey, Katie! I'm okay, thanks. How are you? I'm Rose S and I'm 14 years old. I come from Germany. My mother’s French and my father’s German, so I’m bilingual. But we mostly speak German at home. I’m in class 10b. I like ice-skating and singing. My favourite season is winter, because I like snow so much as well. My favourite animal is cat. My cat's name's Lotte. She's cute and I like her. My favourite number is 29 of course. My favourite flower is rose. However I also like field poppy, violet and sunflower. My favourite colour is black, I like pink too. my favourite novels and books, such as Harry Potter, The white darkness, all parts of City of bones, Vampire Academy, Blood ties, The ballad of singbirds and snakes, triology Divergent, Sky is everywhere, triology Maze runner, Everything everything, Let's it snow, Let's destroy her!, Girl from Mars, ... My favourite authora are Kate McCaffrey, Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins, Agatha Cristie, Tamara Bach, John Green, Jandy Nelson, Jany Frey, Jojo Moyes, Siobhan Dowd, ... My favourite movie is Titanic. I else like Nerve, Midnight sun, Invisible Sue, Divergent, Alita the war angel, Now you see me, With no touch, Vampire Academy, Invisible boy, Maze runner, Valerian and city of thousand planets, ... I enjoy watching great movies and reaging excelent books. Sometimes I write a story too. And I like writing songs and melodies. Than, when they'ra allready written, I play melody on my piano or flute and sing the song. Often my twinsis Gwen help me with her guitar. If the song is very good written and composen we use it for song for our band. Me and some of my friends have a band (music group). I'm leader singer or me and Gwen are singing and playing guitars. One we have on the drumms, one on piano, one on cello und one on violin. Thats cool! What’re your hobbies? What do you like? My favourite school subjects are chemistry, mathematics and music. I also very like learn all kind of languages. I speak German, French, Italian, English und Serbian fluently. I don't dislike any school subject. I like geography, biology, history, art and design, design und technology, ICT, ethics, PE, Latin, ... I think is important to that subjects in which we aren't very good spend a little more time for learning them. Maybe we more like them in future if we'll be better in them. Someone sometimes dislike school subject, because he or she isn't very good at that subject. But anyway I don't very very like all my subjects, but my teachers are very nice and helpful. They are kind, great and like answering on our questions, specially in this school at distance. Have you got school at distance now? How is it? Do you like it? I sometimes go to competition or quiz in same school subjects. Do you have any competitions? I don't have part-time job. I'm only 14, so I still live with my family. In future I don't really now what kind of job I'll have. I would like to be actress or singer maybe. I’m medium high and slim. I’ve got long blond wavy hair with fair sun highlights. I’ve got olive green eyes with small eyebrows. I’ve got small upturned nose, full lips and healthy teeth. I have freckles and a beauty spot. Somebody call me Lotte, because that’s my cat’s name and they want joke. She's black with white paws and green eyes. Even black is my favourite colour. What are you like? Who are you look like? Nice to meet you Katie! Best wishes, Rose=)
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Submitted by Kostantinus on Sat, 01/09/2021 - 01:35

I seldom send emails, because majority of people use "Facebook", "Instagram", "Twitter", "Viber", "Whatsup" on these days.

Submitted by picopeca on Mon, 11/30/2020 - 11:48

I don't normally send any emails.

Submitted by Msharymnn on Fri, 09/18/2020 - 17:02

Hi how are you My name's Mshary and i'm 14 years old, i live in Saudi Arabia in Alrass, I speak Arabic, (the langueg used in Saudi Arabia) and English, I like swimming and playing football i don't have any pets Do you want to be my friend? Best wishes Mshary

Submitted by Joa on Fri, 05/14/2021 - 17:03

Hi! How are you? My name's Johanna, I live in Ecuador. I like swimming and playing football and basketball . I love pets. Joa
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Submitted by IANPAUL on Tue, 06/30/2020 - 14:57

USUALLY DO NOT USE GMAIL.

Submitted by Adrian_Jimenez on Fri, 05/01/2020 - 18:27

Hi! How are you? My name´s Adrián. I´m from Toluca in Mexico. I like playing football, watching series and listening to music. Kind Regards!

Submitted by rain_ran_r on Sat, 04/04/2020 - 18:35

Hi， I'm years old, I can speak Chinese and English, I like play tennis and basketball, I also could play softball.
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Submitted by lanitaUAE on Fri, 05/14/2021 - 16:30

Hi, I'm from Ecuador, I like to dance and I'm just learning English

Submitted by Boundlessdrop on Thu, 03/05/2020 - 19:18

Hi . My name is shabnam .I live in urmia in Iran. I am 15. I like to learn english . Reading a book and listening to music are things that I usually do in my free time Please write me and tell me about yourself With best wishes Shabnam

Submitted by Elife on Thu, 01/23/2020 - 22:30

I sometime send one or two e-mails each week. In my country, it isn't common send e-mail to talk with other people. We usually use facebook, whatsaap, Instagram or messenger.

Submitted by Makam on Thu, 01/23/2020 - 14:34

I usually do not send emails.

Submitted by lancer on Sat, 11/02/2019 - 18:58

- How many emails do you send each week? I send emails at least 1 time each week for applying for a job. In the email, I write about myself. I am interested in programming. I like working with people, laughing and eating delicious food. :) It is a little boring, but i am sending emails every week.

Submitted by AFFAN on Wed, 09/04/2019 - 03:18

I am 24 years old and I write email 2 times in 1 week
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Submitted by JoModerator on Wed, 09/04/2019 - 08:02

Hi Affan,

Thanks for your comments on LearnEnglish Teens. This website is specially for teenagers aged 13-17 years old but it sounds like you are older than that. You are welcome to keep on using LearnEnglish Teens but as you are over 17, please do NOT post any more comments as we must keep this strictly for teenagers to interact with each other.

 

Best wishes,

Jo (LearnEnglish Teens team)

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Submitted by Kaity on Tue, 07/02/2019 - 14:37

Hi! My name is Nguyen. I'm 12 years old. I'm from Nghe An in Vietnam. I speak Vietnamese, English, a little Japanese and Korean. I like playing badminton, swimming, reading books and comics, watching television and listening to music. My favourite bands in Korea are Twice, Black Pink and Momoland. I listen to their songs every day. I've got a pet dog. Its name is Milu. It is so cute and docile. Do you want to be my friend? Please write to me soon! Best wishes, Nguyen.
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Submitted by empty on Mon, 06/17/2019 - 06:21

I do not send emails a lot .

Submitted by Thu on Mon, 06/03/2019 - 10:53

Hi, guys. My name is Thu and I'm from Viet Nam. I speak Vietnamese ( the language in Viet Nam ) English and little Chinese. I like swimming, dancing, and singing. I've got a pet dog, Buddy. Best regards.

Submitted by anhutf on Fri, 03/22/2019 - 09:37

To: katie97@dsmail.com

Subject: Hello! Nice to meet you.

Dear Katie,

Thank you for sending me a letter.

I'm fine. How are you?

My name's Nhut and I'm 17 years old. I come from Binh Dinh in Viet Nam. I speak Vietnamese and litle English. I have got a pet dog.

Best regards.

Submitted by mamadfb66 on Mon, 03/11/2019 - 11:41

Hi guys. How is it going? My name's Mohammad and I'm from Kurdistan where is in the middle east. I would like researching in new sciences. I don't like football other than mountaineering. Best regards.

Submitted by carolbermudez on Thu, 02/14/2019 - 02:25

I am Asly I live in Colombia Barranquilla I speak spanish and I am learning English I like to listen to music and draw
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Submitted by Youjiro on Sun, 01/13/2019 - 08:28

Hi ! How are you My name is Youjiro and I'm 18 years old . I live in Kyoto but I lived California 2 years .I really like physical exercise also like philosophy . I seldom study History in my school . I can speak Japanese , Chinese and English. I've got a pet cat ,Linda. Best wishes Youjiro.
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Submitted by Tina - Coordinator on Mon, 01/14/2019 - 11:27

Dear Youjiro,
Thanks for your comments on LearnEnglish Teens. This website is specially for teenagers aged 13-17 years old but it sounds like you are older than that. You are welcome to keep on using LearnEnglish Teens but if you are over 17, please do NOT post any more comments as we must keep this strictly for teenagers to interact with each other. You are welcome to join our LearnEnglish page for adults and post comments there: www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish
Best wishes, Tina (LearnEnglishTeens Team)

Submitted by littlemonguer on Mon, 10/22/2018 - 11:23

Hi! How are you? My name's Pauli. I'm from Fuerteventura (Canary Islands). I speak Spanish and English. I'm 13 years old. I like reading, playing the piano, listening to music and watching Disney Channel. Do you want to be my friend? Please write soon best wishes Pauli
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Submitted by LilyCollins on Sun, 03/25/2018 - 03:11

Hi! How are you? My name's Nghia and I'm 15 years old. I'm from Vietnam and I speak Vietnamese (the language in Vietnam). I like watching TV, play computer games and play sports such as volleyball, badminton, etc... I've got a pet dog, Ashley Besh wishes Nghia

Submitted by Grozinho on Sun, 02/25/2018 - 14:25

I usually send one or two e-mails per week. It isn't common send e-mail to talk to other people in my country. We generally use facebook or whatsapp, telegram to do that. Hello! How are you guys? I'm Mari, I am 13 years old. I'm from Brazil. I speak Brazilian Portuguese, a little of Spanish and I'm learning English. I like travelling, drawing and watching movies. I want to be a teacher someday. Best
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