Dear students!
Please read my letter to you and write an answer where
you describe yourself as carefully as you can.
You can use these questions and look at my letter to
you as a help or come up with your own things.
What is your name and how old are you?
Where do you live? Describe your home!
Tell me something about your family!
Do you have a pet?
What do you like to do in your spare time?
What do you like to do? Why?
Which is your favorite subject in school? Why?
Do you like the subject English? Why/Why not?
What are you good at when it comes to English and what
do you need to improve?
Make a mind map or write a plan before you start
writing and decide what you are going to include in your letter. Before you
hand in your text, go through the pre-handing in checklist on the last page.
Good luck!
Kind regards,
Lavdije
Halmstad, August, 2025
Dear students,
Welcome back to school after your summer holidays! My name is Lavdije
Sylejmani and I will be your English teacher. I’d like us to get to know each
other a little bit better and that’s why I have written a letter to you.
First of all, let me tell you a little about myself. I was born in Kosovo
and raised here in Sweden. I moved a lot when I was young. I have lived in
Boden, Östersund, Ludvika, Helsingborg and Kristianstad. I grew up with my mum,
dad, two brothers and two sisters. I am the oldest.
Today I live with my family here in Halmstad. I have 5 children, four
boys and one daughter. What about you? Have you lived in Halmstad all your
life? Do you have any siblings? I live fairly close to school so it takes me a
few minutes to get here. How do you get to school? Tell me a little bit about
where you live. Do you have any pets?
In my spare time I spend a lot of time with my family. I am also
interested in reading and travelling when I get a chance to do that. What do
you like to do in your spare time? Have you got any hobbies or interests?
In school, I teach English. When I was in school, languages were my
favorite subject. What about you? Do you like English? Why or why not? What are
you good at when it comes to the subject and what would you like to practice more?
Well, that is all for now. Now it’s your turn to tell me about yourself.
I look forward to reading your letter! You can use the questions in my letter
and answer them, and you can also come up with ideas of your own.
Kind
regards,
Lavdije
Sample
letter: structure
Before you start writing we need to take look at some
useful phrases.
Place
and date
Greeting phrase: Dear X/Hello/Hi
Starting your letter (Paragraph 1)
Thanks for your letter.
Lovely to hear from you.
How are you?
How are things?
Hope you're well.
I'm so pleased to hear ...
It was interesting to read about…
Moving the topic on (Paragraphs 2-4)
Now I am going to tell you a little bit about myself...
Ending your letter (Last paragraph)
Well, that's all for now
Write back soon
Looking forward to hearing from you again
Greeting
phrase to end
All the best,
Best wishes,
See you soon,
Take care
Yours,
Love,
Lots of love,
Best regards,
You don't use all the phrases in the same letter.
Choose those that suit your letter the best.
Pre-handing in checklist
Read through and answer the
questions before you hand in your letter.
Does my letter have…
A greeting to start?
A comment on what you have read?
A paragraph about you & your family, a paragraph
about your hobbies and a paragraph about school?
An ending?
A final greeting?
· Any
spelling mistakes?
Avoid making these mistakes:
There: där, their: deras, they’re = they are: de
är
Much: mycket, many: många
How: hur, Who: vem
No: nej, Know: veta
Want to: vill, will: ska
Where: var (plats), were: var
Mind the spelling of these words: with, because, of
course, beautiful, couldn’t, wouldn’t
· Any
grammar mistakes?
Det finns: There is (1) There are (2->)
Det fanns: There was (1) There were ( 2->)
