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 _____, 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 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 write a postcard. Do the exercises. A postcard from New York
SOME EXAMPLES
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 of the examples as a model.