Loads of pdfs, teaching ideas and useful phrases
for formal and informal emails,
starting and ending emails, etc.
If you find anything useful here and would like even more,
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Teaching emailing e-book
Teaching Emailing: Interactive Classroom Activities 2nd Ed (over 350 pages of photocopiable materials) – NEW EDITION
Teaching emailing articles
Emailing phrases lists
(for students or for teachers planning classes)
The 100 most useful emailing phrases
The 100 most useful phrases for starting emails
The 100 most useful phrases for ending emails
Emailing index pages
Opening and closing emails page
Email error correction worksheets page
Email paragraphing and punctuation worksheets page
Emailing vocabulary worksheets page
Formality/ politeness in emailing worksheets page
Emailing functional language worksheets page
Email and telephone worksheets page (comparing and contrasting the two)
Other photocopiable emailing classroom activities
and see index pages above for more specific ones and the e-book above for many many more
IELTS General letters add the punctuation and formatting – NEW
Dealing with email complaints chain writing game
Emailing on personnel topics practice
Emailing problems and solutions
Emails about insurance roleplays
Emailing rotating revision board game
Email enquiries disappearing text memory game
Enquiries about Zoom emailing lesson
Emails from other countries guess the place
Emailing prepositions and determiners pairwork
Business emails tips and useful phrases
Emailing phrases Which is more common?
Acceptable but rare email expressions
Business chain emails game lower level version
Use and continue the common email phrases
Match the email phrase startings and endings
FCE (First Certificate in English) Writing- Application Letter Tasks
Email and letter phrases key word sentence transformations
Key words in business writing Word formation games
Emailing roleplays and brainstorming useful phrases
Completing email phrases brainstorming
Open cloze practice of emailing phrases (for FCE Writing and Use of English, but useful for other classes)
Emails to academic staff Tips and useful phrases
Opinions on emailing (with strong and weak opinions)
Give advice on emailing and other business communication (with useful phrases for advice)
Teaching emailing lesson plans
Fun with formal letters (easily adaptable for emailing, an interactive lesson on asking for information and negotiating with writing in class that is fun- a lesson of mine on Onestopenglish lesson share)
Emailing 1 Lesson plan and Worksheets (also mine on Onestopenglish, this one on making arrangements and an introduction to formality differences)
Related pages
Useful functional language for emailing
Business functional language reviews
Enquiries and dealing with enquiries page
Complaints and dealing with complaints page
Other related pages
Updated 12 February 2026
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Thank you so much for these resources! I especially like “The 100 most useful emailing phrases”. I don’t think I could come up with a list that thorough, plus email examples would only demonstrate a handful of the phrases.
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