LEARN HOW TO WRITE A PERSONAL LETTER
адрес
Krasnoyarsk Russia
обращение
Dear _____ ,
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 Thanks for your letter. It was great to hear from you again!  I was so happy to get your letter! It was great to hear from you.  I’m sorry I haven’t answered earlier but I was really busy with …  Great news about your …
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содержание
 In your last letter you asked me about … I guess I should start by telling you about …  Well,  By the way,  Guess what,  As for … (As for me, …)  (Un)fortunately,  However,  After all,  Actually,  Firstly, … Secondly, … Moreover, … Besides, …
дата
12.01.2017

вопросы
 By the way, tell me more about… (I want to know more about…)  Let me ask you some questions about…
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 Well, I have to finish now / Well, I’d better go now. It’s time to ... / That’s all for now.  Keep in touch!  Write (me/back) soon!  Drop me a line!  Looking forward to hearing from you soon.
завершающая фраза
 Best wishes,  Yours,
LEARN HOW TO WRITE AN OPINION ESSAY

1

Introduction
(state the problem)  Nowadays some people may hold the opinion that…  Some people hold /maintain the idea that…  Some people consider that…  Some people might argue that…  Others agree/argue/consider/warn/believe/claim that…  Other people are of the opinion that…  Yet other people put forward the view/idea that…
2

Your personal opinion
(2-3 arguments)  Personally I believe that…  As for me, I do strongly support the idea that…  I agree with the point of view that…  As far as I’m concerned I believe that…  To my mind, …  It seems to me that…  To begin with,  First of all,  Firstly,  Secondly,  Thirdly,  Besides,  What is more,  Moreover,  In addition,  Furthermore,  My arguments for this point of view are listed as following.  Here I would explain a few of the most important reasons.  I would like to stress that…
3

Opposing opinion
(1-2 arguments)  Nevertheless, we can find a contrary opinion. Some people are sure that…/According to it, …  However, some people think/believe/consider/suppose/claim/argue that…  Nevertheless, some people disagree and they consider that…  At the same time, we can find another opinion…
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Sasha

4

Why you don’t agree

with the opposing

opinion
(1-2 counter- arguments)  However, I cannot agree with this opinion completely because…  As for me, I’m not sure that it is true. I think that…  To my mind it is hard to accept that…  To be frank, there is little evidence for me to support the idea/opinion/point of view that…
5

Conclusion
(restate your personal opinion given in Part 2)  According to arguments presented above, I can note that…  All in all, I want to note/It’s important to mention that…/It’s important to pay attention to…  In conclusion, I would like to sum up/ to stress that…  To conclude, I would like to note…  As a conclusion, it’s important to emphasize that…  In conclusion, there is no doubt that…  I can draw a conclusion that…