Informal letters.

Vocabulary

Keeping in touch = manterse en contacto.

Thanking someone = agredecer algo

Inviting someone = invitar a algiuen

Apologising = disculparse

Expressing sympathy or grief = expresar comprensión o dolor

Form of the letter

The opening = aperture (razón por la que escribes)

The body = cuerpo (parte dónde esxplicas algo)

The conclusion = conclusion(frases iniciales que llevan al final)

The closing = despedida (firma, nombre familiar, apodo)

Exemple;

Hi!/Dear!..

Vocabulary

Arrive (+ at sitio paqueño) / (+ in sitio grande) = llegar

Check-in = facturación/ facturar

Costume = vestido/ disfraz

Customs = aduana

Display = exposición

Exciting= emocionante

Flight = vuelo

Haggle = regatear

Land = aterrizar

Luggage = equipaje

Mosque = mezquita

Plan (a trip) = planear un viaje

Souk = zoco

Take off = despegar

Wilderness = lugar salvaje

Worship = adorar

Verb forms

Past perfect simple

Subject + had + past participle

Subject + had not + past participle

Had + subject + past participle

Past perfect continuous

Subject + had been + verb -ing

Subject + had not been + verb -ing

Had + subject + been + verb -ing

Connectors

Contrast (contraste)

Although = aunque

Whereas = mientras que

Despite = a pesar de

Addition (suma)

In adittion = en resumen

Moreover = además

Furthermore = además

Cause (por alguna causa)

Because = porque

Due to = debido a

As = cómo, cuándo, porqué

Result (resultado de…)

So = asi que

Therefore = por lo tanto

Consequently = en consecuencia

Time

Firstly = en primer lugar

Secondly = en segundo lugar

Later = después

Finally = finalmente

Despite / due to

Despite + non

+ ing

+the Fact + that+ cause

Due to +noun

+ ing

+ the Fact + that + cause

Too/ such / enought / so

Too (+ adjetivo singular) = demasiado.

Such (+ nombres) = tan. Puede llevar preposición a después de él.

Enought (+ adjetivos y nombres) = suficiente.

So (+ adjetivos) = tan.

The opening

The body

The conclusion

The clossing