15359 how to write a postcard

POSTCARD How to Write a Postcard You may begin and end in any way you like because postcards are informal and personal There is not much space in a postcard So you usually mention just a few things and use shortened sentence forms You don’t have to follow strict rules of punctuation For example, you may use dashes ( - ) instead of full stops or commas to separate ideas To emphasize words or expressions in a postcard you can use: capital letters, underlining, exclamation marks In postcards you often use descriptive words to show you like something or someone (e.g wonderful, great, beautiful, exciting, fabulous or bad, miser able, unfriendly and so on) https://sites.google.com/site/postcardcreator/learning-ideas/letter-postcard-writing (Useful link: how to write a letter and a postcard) You have a new flat Write a letter like this inviting your neighbour in the class to a party at your flat Flat 1, 3, Oakley Street, Chelsea, London S W November 1st, 19 Dear Jim, I live in Chelsea now and I have a new flat Please note my new address Put it in your diary! Would you like to come to a party on Saturday November 10th at p.m.? Would you like to bring Sally too? Yours, Stephen _ Dear , _ _ _ _ Write your own answer to your neighbour’s letter of invitation Top flat, Riverside Road, Fulham, London S W November 3rd 19 Dear Stephen, Thank you for your invitation I’d love to come to your party Sally would like to come too, but she’s busy Would you like to borrow my new Japanese tape recorder? It’s fantastic See you on the 10th Yours, Jim _ Dear , _ _ _ _ Here is a postcard from Bordeaux Write a letter in the same way about your holidays Dear Jill and Steve! We’re spending a wonderful holiday in Bordeaux The sun is shining brightly and I’m thinking about you at home At the moment Pam’s swimming in the pool, the children are playing and I’m drinking a lovely cool beer at the hotel bar It’s all very expensive, but it isn’t raining Love, Jeff, Pam, Mark and Kate _ Dear , _ _ _ _