KEY COMPETENCES WRITING WRITING A POSTCARD PARTS OF

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KEY COMPETENCES ----WRITING----

KEY COMPETENCES ----WRITING----

WRITING A POSTCARD

WRITING A POSTCARD

PARTS OF A POSTCARD Standard postcards have five simple parts. 1. The greeting 2.

PARTS OF A POSTCARD Standard postcards have five simple parts. 1. The greeting 2. A sentence about where you are 3. Some sentences about what you are doing or have done 4. A closing 5. A signature

When we follow this formula, the postcard should look like the following: Dear _____,

When we follow this formula, the postcard should look like the following: Dear _____, I am in _____. We are having a great time and we’re meeting______. We have done a lot of things since we arrived. We have visited _______. We have also _________. Yesterday we _____. On Monday we’re going to visit ___________. Wish you were here. Love, _____

VERB TENSES When we write a letter we normally use the present perfect, the

VERB TENSES When we write a letter we normally use the present perfect, the present continuous, the simple past and “going to” for the future. I am in _____. We are having a great time and we’re meeting… We have done a lot of things since we arrived. We have visited _______. We have also _________. Yesterday we went _____. On Monday we’re going to visit ______. Wish you were here.

LET’S PRACTICE! Go to the following site to learn some more about how to

LET’S PRACTICE! Go to the following site to learn some more about how to write a postcard. Do the exercises. A postcard from New York

SOME EXAMPLES

SOME EXAMPLES

In this example you have to put the verbs in the postcard into Present

In this example you have to put the verbs in the postcard into Present Perfect Tense.

NOW IT’S YOUR TURN! Write a postcard to a friend. You can use one

NOW IT’S YOUR TURN! Write a postcard to a friend. You can use one of the examples as a model.