1. KEY COMPETENCES
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2. WRITING A POSTCARD

3. PARTS OF A POSTCARD Standard postcards have five simple parts.
The greeting
A sentence about where you are
Some sentences about what you are doing or have done
A closing
A signature

4. When we follow this formula, the postcard should look like the following:
Dear _____,
I am in _________. We are having a great time and we’re meeting___________. We have done a lot of things since we arrived. We have visited ______________ . We have also _________________. Yesterday we __________. On Monday we’re going to visit ______________________. Wish you were here.
Love, _________

5. VERB TENSES
When we write a letter we normally use the present perfect, the present continuous, the simple past and “going to” for the future.
I am in _________. We are having a great time and we’re meeting… We have done a lot of things since we arrived. We have visited ______________ . We have also _________________. Yesterday we went __________. On Monday we’re going to visit ___________. Wish you were here.

6. LET’S PRACTICE!
Go to the following site to learn some more about how to write a postcard. Do the exercises. A postcard from New York

7. SOME EXAMPLES

8. In this example you have to put the verbs in the postcard into Present Perfect Tense.

11. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN!
Write a postcard to a friend. You can use one of the examples as a model.