Writing a DIARY ENTRY
- You write it:
Ich-Perspektive
- Watch out! Past tense!
Element | phrases |
|---|---|
The date of that day | 1st March 2025 |
Greet the diary | Dear diary, |
Event Tell what happened | |
Feelings When it happened | |
Interact with the diary | Can you believe it? |
Feelings Now, looking back | All in all it was a great \ awesome \ fantastic \ unbelievable \ bad \ horrible \ terrible \ sad \ ... day |
Say bye! | Yours, your name |
Who was with you?
Where did it happen?
What did you do?
When did it happen?
Today, I went ...
This morning, ...
This afternoon, ...
Past Tense!!
We had so much fun, when ...
I was so excited to ...
I hated it, when ...
I was really annoyed, when ...
I was so nervous, but she ...
I can't believe that ...
I felt terrible\ horrible\ strange\ weird
I was so angry\upset
Present Tense!!
Useful Phrases: Writing a DIARY ENTRY
Translate them!
Start a sentence with...
English | German | English | German |
|---|---|---|---|
Hopefully | Lately | ||
Fortunately | Recently | ||
Unfortunately | Incidentally | ||
Luckily | Curiously | ||
Unluckily | Eventually | ||
Thankfully | Anyway, ... | ||
I wonder if ... | At least ... |
Speech like phrases
By the way, ... | I imagine that ... |
To tell the truth ... | I should have told you that ... |
I must tell you ... | I am (not) looking forward to ... |
Right now I'm very ... | I am (not) worried about ... |
You will never believe it but ... | I expect that ... |
I hope that ... | The best bit is ... |
To be honest, ... | The best\worst part\bit is ... |
Rhetorical questions
English | German |
|---|---|
Can you believe that ... | |
You know what? | |
Can you imagine it? | |
Have you ever ...? |
