Carte postale

Carte postale

Example:

Postcards are very similar to informal letters as you normally send them to someone you know well and they are often sent from a holiday destination.

1. Address of who you are writing to on right hand side of postcard

2. Place and date you are writing from in top left corner

3. Greeting

• Salut/Bonjour Philippe

• Cher Philippe (masculine name)

• Salut/Bonjour Sophie

• Chère Sophie (feminine name)

• Chers amis (plural masculine)

• Chères amies (plural feminine)

4. Content

Must match the question prompt given. Write about what they ask for in the question.OFTEN: where you are, who you are with, what you are doing, what the weather is like, what activities you did/do, will do, what you think of the place, when you will return, etc.

***Tenses

Pay close attention to the question as it may guide you to which tense to use.If not, decide which tense you want to use: past, present, future. You can use more than one tense if you use time indicators.

• Aujourd’hui

• Hier

• Demain

• La semaine dernière

• La semaine prochaine

5.Closing

Informal-sometimes you would mention that you miss the person or wish they were there with you.

• Tu me manques (I miss you)

• Vous me manquez (I miss you – more than one person)