Informal letters. Vocabulary Keeping in touch = manterse en contacto. Thanking someone = agredecer algo Inviting someone = invitar a algiuen Apologising = disculparse Expressing sympathy or grief = expresar comprensión o dolor Form of the letter The opening = aperture (razón por la que escribes) The body = cuerpo (parte dónde esxplicas algo) The conclusion = conclusion(frases iniciales que llevan al final) The closing = despedida (firma, nombre familiar, apodo) Exemple; Hi!/Dear!.. Vocabulary Arrive (+ at sitio paqueño) / (+ in sitio grande) = llegar Check−in = facturación/ facturar Costume = vestido/ disfraz Customs = aduana Display = exposición Exciting= emocionante Flight = vuelo Haggle = regatear Land = aterrizar Luggage = equipaje

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Mosque = mezquita Plan (a trip) = planear un viaje Souk = zoco Take off = despegar Wilderness = lugar salvaje Worship = adorar Verb forms Past perfect simple Subject + had + past participle Subject + had not + past participle Had + subject + past participle Past perfect continuous Subject + had been + verb −ing Subject + had not been + verb −ing Had + subject + been + verb −ing Connectors Contrast (contraste) Although = aunque Whereas = mientras que Despite = a pesar de Addition (suma) In adittion = en resumen Moreover = además Furthermore = además Cause (por alguna causa) Because = porque

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Due to = debido a As = cómo, cuándo, porqué Result (resultado de) So = asi que Therefore = por lo tanto Consequently = en consecuencia Time Firstly = en primer lugar Secondly = en segundo lugar Later = después Finally = finalmente Despite / due to Despite + non + ing +the Fact + that+ cause Due to +noun + ing + the Fact + that + cause Too/ such / enought / so Too (+ adjetivo singular) = demasiado. Such (+ nombres) = tan. Puede llevar preposición a después de él. Enought (+ adjetivos y nombres) = suficiente. So (+ adjetivos) = tan. The opening The body The conclusion

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The clossing

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