Informal emails: thanking someone who changed your life
Writing · Informal emails · B1 · 45 min. Read Daniela's Thanksgiving email to the school librarian who helped her in a new country, see how a gratitude letter is built, practice useful phrases, then plan and write your own letter of 120–150 words.
About this worksheet
Read Daniela's Thanksgiving email to the school librarian who helped her in a new country, see how a gratitude letter is built, practice useful phrases, then plan and write your own letter of 120–150 words.
- Level
- B1
- Category
- Writing
- Topic
- Informal emails
- Time
- About 45 minutes
- Exercises
- Reading text, True / False, Matching, Gap-fill, Table to fill in, Speaking / writing task, Writing lines
- Answer key
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On the sheet
- Reading text: Read Daniela's email to her old school librarian.
- True / False: Read the tips for writing a gratitude letter. Circle T (good advice) o
- Matching: Match the parts of Daniela's email to what they do.
- Gap-fill: Complete the sentences from other thank-you emails with the phrases fr
- Table to fill in: Think of a person who changed your life: a teacher, a coach, a neighbo
- Speaking / writing task: Write your gratitude letter (120–150 words). Then swap with a partner.
- Writing lines: Write your letter here.
