Writing: A formal email

1Rewrite the sentences using the words in brackets. Make any other necessary changes. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task. You also need to use correct punctuation.

• 1I've decided to research my family tree because I want to find out more about my Native American ancestors. (since)

• 2I've learned to speak Navajo, so I can chat online to people from the Navajo community in New Mexico. (as a result)

• 3All Native Americans speak English because they have to use English in their daily lives. (as)

• 4In the late nineteenth century, the US government forced all Navajo people to live in the same place, so almost all of them live in New Mexico nowadays. (therefore)

 2Read the advertisement and complete the factfile. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task.

Cherokee is a language spoken by about 22,000 people today. Most of them live in Oklahoma and North Carolina in the USA. The official name for Cherokee is Tsalagi.

Learn the language today by signing up for our course, which includes a textbook, and access to video and audio material online, for only $70. For further information and costs, please write to Joe Silver at j_silver@post.com.

CHEROKEE FACTFILE

• 1official name of language: 

  2number of speakers: 

  3location of majority of speakers: 

3Penny would like to learn the Cherokee language. Read her email to Joe Silver and complete it with the words in the box. There is one word that you do not need. 

MOVE
• have to
• grateful
• forward
• because
• could
• advertised
• sincerely
• as
• fluent
• find out
• result
• mentions

Cherokee language course

Dear Mr Silver,

I am writing to 

¹ 

 

more about the Cherokee language course 

² 

 

on www.cherokee.com. I am interested in learning the language 

³ 

 

my ancestors were Native Americans. I am already 

⁴ 

 

in Navajo and my grandmother also taught me some Cherokee when I was a child.

Since there are several different dialects of Cherokee, I would be 

⁵ 

 

if you could tell me whether the course is about the Overhill, the Kituhwa or the Lower dialect.

 

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my grandmother lives in Oklahoma, I would prefer to learn Overhill, which is the dialect spoken by the Native Americans in that area.

The advertisement 

⁷ 

 

access to video and audio material online. Please 

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you give me some more information about this? Are there online forums?

I would also like to enquire about the cost of the course. How much would I 

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pay if I did not buy the textbook? Are there any additional costs? Finally, what method of payment do you prefer? Is it possible to pay by credit card?

I look 

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to hearing from you.

Yours 

¹¹ ,

Penny Evans

4Read the email again and answer the questions. 

• 1What information does she want to find out from Joe?

• 2Is the email formal or informal? How do you know?

Unit 7 Writing Guide

1.  Read the instructions.
2.  Write your answer in the Word document.
3.  Save your work.
4.  Upload your file.
5.  If you want to add a note for your teacher, write it in the Comments box.
6.  Select Submit to dropbox to send your work to your teacher.