Work and Technology
Review the grammar practice and do the writing exercises to improve your writing skills.
Work and Technology
Present Perfect vs past Simple
- Present perfect is used to connect the past and the present together. Common time expressions are since, for, already, just, yet.
- Past simple is used to talk about a specific moment in the past. Common time expressions are using last + time, ago, for.
If I were you vs ought to
- If I were you = used for hypothetical advice
- Ought to = used to give obligatory advice
Writing emails
Include:
- A formal, polite greeting such as Dear or To whom it may concern,
- Reasons for writing – I am writing to …
- Give reasons or examples
- Use paragraphs to organise writing
- A formal ending, such as Sincerely or Kind regards,
Examples
He has just read the newspaper.
She finished the meeting early.
You ought to see a doctor soon.
