Writing: An Informal Email to a Friend
An informal email to a friend is the foundational A2 writing genre. The format covers casual greetings (Hi, Hey), familiar opening lines (How are things? Hope you’re well!), the body (typically news, plans, questions to the recipient), and a friendly sign-off (Take care, See you soon, Best). Learners build confidence with friendly written register, simple connectors, and personal-news structure.
This worksheet builds A2 writing fluency with informal email format.
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What’s inside:
- A model informal email with annotated structure
- Phrase bank with greetings, opening lines, body connectors, and sign-offs
- Gap-fill: complete a friendly email with appropriate phrases
- Rewriting task: convert a list of bullet-point news into a flowing email
- Original-writing task: write an informal email to a friend about your weekend
- Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes
Common challenges: Register-matching at A2 — Dear opens formal letters, not informal emails; Yours sincerely doesn’t sign off friendly notes. Greeting-sign-off consistency: Hi Sarah opens, Take care closes. Past-and-present mixing for news: I went to a concert last weekend. It was amazing!
For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR A2, in pre-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps directly onto Cambridge A2 Key (KET) Writing Part 2. Part of the Emails & Letters collection — the natural next step is A Formal Email: Making a Request, which extends email writing into professional register.
