A short building block with no exam task: the language you need in these parts of the exam.
Schreiben · Aufgabe 3
Schreiben · Aufgabe 1
This lesson
You choose Sie or du to suit the person, write the greeting and sign-off correctly, ask politely, apologise and say thank you, and keep the same tone to the end.
7 min
Two emails, two tones
In Schreiben you write two emails: in Aufgabe 1 to a friend (du), in Aufgabe 3 a short, polite email, usually to someone you call Sie. Together they are worth 60 of 100 points.
Whether the tone suits the person is part of the criterion Erfüllung (task fulfilment). The sheet for Aufgabe 3 even says: “Vergessen Sie nicht die Anrede und den Gruß am Schluss.” (Do not forget the greeting and the sign-off.)
one coin = 1 point
40pointsAufgabe 1: email to a friend (du)about 80 words
20pointsAufgabe 3: short, polite email (usually Sie)about 40 words
40pointsAufgabe 2: discussion postnot an email, so no greeting or sign-off
