Question

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Write an e-mail to your friend asking him about
the health of his mother.​

Answer 1

Answer:

My dear Ashutosh

Yesterday you did not come to school, and neither did you come today. When I did not see you in your class today, I asked your sister as to why you had not come to school. She told me that your mother is not keeping well so you had to stay back home to look after her. Ashu, please do let me know how Aunty is now and also what was amiss?

In case you want any help from my family please do not hesitate from asking for the same. My mother also wants to know if you need her help in the house while your mother is not well. Since we are friends, I would like to be of help to you when you need me.

Ashu keep heart I know how important Mummy is to all of us, but sickness is also a part of life. I am sure Aunty will soon be on her toes once again. Please do inform as to what happened to her and how she is progressing. My parents and I will come to see you one day very soon. Till then keep your nerves and pray to God. HE always helps us all, in times of worries.

Hoping that Aunty Recovers soon convey my regards to her and uncle

With best wishes your friend

Rana

Answer 2

Answer:

Part 1

You begin the email by asking them short questions about how they are, what they've been doing etc... Between asking them questions, apologise for not contacting them in a long time.

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How to write an email to a friend you haven't contacted in a long time exercise

Writing a good email to a friend you haven't spoken to in a long time should be easy. Because you haven't been in contact in a long time, you should have a lot of interesting things to say or questions to ask them. So why do many people struggle when writing one and end up writing a boring one, a very short one or not writing one at all?

The main reason is because they don't plan before they start writing the email. Doing two things at once (thinking about what you are going to write at the same time as trying to write it) is never a good thing. So you need to sit down (or walk the dog) and just think of things to ask and tell them.

But to plan well, there are two things you need to know before doing it:

1. What type of things to write about.

2. How to organise what you write.

It is important that you know what type of things you should write about. There are some things that you should include in this type of email (e.g. a funny event, ask them what they are doing etc...) and some things you shouldn't (e.g. ask them to do a big favor, tell them how perfect your life is etc...).

To learn more about what type of things you should and shouldn't write in an email to a friend, read my article on 'how to write emails to friends'.

When you know what types of things to write about, you need to know how to structure this (know where to write these things in the email). Having a good structure not only makes the email easier to read for your friend, but it also makes it a lot easier and quicker to write for you.

So let's now look at the structure you should use when writing an email to a friend you haven't had contact with in a long time.

Structure of the email

Part 1

You begin the email by asking them short questions about how they are, what they've been doing etc... Between asking them questions, apologise for not contacting them in a long time.

Part 2

In this part, tell them about experiences and situations that have been happening to you or plans that you have in the future. I would also recommend that you ask them questions connected to what you've written about yourself (e.g. 'Are you still working at .....?').

Part 3

In this part, write about and ask them questions about shared interests (e.g. football, music etc...) or about people you both know.

Part 4

If you are going to invite them to something (e.g. a birthday party etc...) or you want to meet them, do it here at the end. If you are going to ask them to do something for you (and only things which they can do very quickly!), you should write it in this part.

Part 5

Finish the email by saying that your are looking forward to hearing from them. At the very end, pass on a greeting from somebody else (if you have one) if that person has asked you to (e.g. 'Simon says hi' or 'Sarah gives her love').

Explanation:

Hi, another day I heard from Rakesh that your mother is not keeping well these days.

I tried to call you a number of times, but your phone was out of reach. Anyways, how is your mother? What had happened to her? If you need any help, please feel free to contact me without any hesitation. Reply asap.