• Useful phrases Diary entry
  • HerrSauer
  • 30.06.2020
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Wri­ting a DIARY ENTRY

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First you need to know the struc­tu­re of a diary entry, then read and use the use­ful phra­ses:
  • You write it: Ich-​Perspektive
  • Watch out! Past tense!

Ele­ment

phra­ses

The date of that day

1st March 2025
2nd Oc­to­ber 2030
3rd May 2010

Greet the diary

Dear diary,
- today I feel great \ bad \ ter­ri­ble \ awe­so­me \ lo­ne­ly \ sad \ ...
- You won't be­lie­ve what hap­pen­ed to me today ...
- Let me tell you, what hap­pen­ed today...
- Today was a spe­cial \ weird day. \ ... the best\worst day of my life.

Event

Tell what hap­pen­ed









Fee­lings

When it hap­pen­ed



















In­ter­act

with the diary

Can you be­lie­ve it?
Do you re­mem­ber when ...
What do you think?
What could I have done!?
What should I do now?

Fee­lings

Now, loo­king back

All in all it was a great \ awe­so­me \ fan­ta­stic \ un­be­lie­va­ble \ bad \ hor­ri­ble \ ter­ri­ble \ sad \ ... day

Say bye!

Yours, your name
Until to­mor­row, your name
See you, 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

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Awe­so­me phra­ses for an awe­so­me 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 ...?

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