Answers to the two emails

Hi all,

The possible answers to the emails I gave you for homework are below.

Please write in the comments under this post if you have a question or comment about something. Your classmates can give you input. Don't forget to mention which email and which question if you have a comment.

Email #1 - Mr. Mathews and Peter

1. The purpose of this email is to express condolences - "to say sorry for someone's loss".

2. Possible tones: compassionate, sympathetic, comforting

3. Writer - employee

    Reader - supervisor, manager, boss

    Relationship - business 

4. Subject: Sorry for your loss, Condolences

5. i) sorrow                c) sadness

    ii) come out of the blue              unexpected, came out of nowhere

    iii) carry on              move on, continue 

   

6. Peter and Mr. Mathew's mother knew each other. It says in the letter that he remembers her as being healthy and cheerful.

7. Answers will vary. email should be FORMAL.

Email #2 - Tim and Mathew Andrews

1. The purpose of this email is to thank the reader for his friendship.

2. Possible tones: thankful, appreciative

3. Writer - best friend

    Reader - best friend

    Relationship - friendship

4. Subject: Thank you for your friendship

5. i) valued        b) respected

    ii) studious         smart, bookish

    iii) intact         a) unbroken      

6. Tim and Mathew met in school. Mathew says they met during recess when Tim was a little fat boy and Mathew was a studious boy with big glasses on.

7. Mathew might have been a shy person because Mathew taught him how to be tough and solid in demanding situations. 

8. Tim and Mathew are in their thirties.             FALSE
Explanation: Tim says they've known each other for 10 years and they met when they were little boys in school. If they were little boys when they met and now they have know each other for 10 years,
they have to be in their 20s, not thirties.

9. Answers will vary. Email should be informal/semi-informal.

Millie