英语日记由书端和正文两部分组成。书端是专门用来写日记的时间、星期和天气的。英文日记的日期通常写在正文上方的左边(顶格)，天气情况写在日期之后。
日记多采用第一人称I或we展开叙述，时态多采用一般过去时态。如果事发表议论、谈看法、谈理想等，则用一般现在时，有的用一般将来时。
因为日记是记叙所发生的事情或对该事情进行评论、抒情，所以写日记时语言应通俗易懂，表达应准确到位，叙事应条理清晰，具有生活气息。在写作过程中可以采用一些表渐进、递进关系或发表观点的词汇。如：at first/last,also,besides,what's more,as a result,in one's opinion等。
日记必须包括所表现的主要内容,可适当增减细节,使其完整、连贯;
[范文一]
时间：2003年5月4日,星期五;天气：阴;
词数：100-120.
may 4th, 2003 monday cloudy
after school i went home for supper. when i got home, i found my mother lying in bed. she was ill. my father was away from home on business. “what shall i do? ”i thought to myself.
since mother was ill, i must take good care of her. so i decided to try cooking by myself. i did the cooking with great difficulty and it got burnt at last.
i had thought mother would never like it. but i had to ask my mother to have supper. to my joy, mother praised me for the meal i had cooked. she said, “it tastes delicious. i’m very pleased with it. ”
i know that mother is encouraging me to do more by myself.
[范文二]
Today Mailehaoduo clothes, and parents take to the streets is happy, the parents have to pay to buy things. Unlike in their street to buy things they like to take a long time but saw the price, Ha-ha, is really very happy. I love my parents, I too thank them for the care and love.
[范文三]
I was very sleepy in the morning, so i didn't go running as usual. I had something for breakfast. My new day has begin. The results would come out today. My classmates all felt very nervous, so did I. Then one of my classmates called me, and invited me to play basketball in the afternoon. I like playing basketball, though I'm really poor at playing it.
I and my parent visited a farm last Saturday,the environment is so good.The horse was leaded into the stable and each was put in a stall.Cows and sheep depends forage to feed.this so lifelikeness, we're got a lot of enjoyment from our journey.
英语日记最重要的就是要正确书写日记的格式，尤其是在考试中，日记的格式相当重要。英语日记的格式与汉语日记的格式大致相同，在每篇日记的第一行写上日期、星期和天气，接下来写内容。日期、星期和天气的书写要注意以下几个方面：
1. 年、月、日都写时，通常以月、日、年为顺序，月份可以缩写，日和年用逗号隔开。例如：December 18, 2003或者Dec. 18, 2003。
2. 如果要写星期，星期要紧挨日期，它既可以放在日期前面，也可以放在日期后面，星期也可以省略不写。星期和日期之间不用标点，但要空一格，星期也可缩写。例如：Thursday Dec. 18, 2003或Dec.18，2003 Thursday
3. 天气情况必不可少。天气一般用一个形容词如:Sunny, Fine, Rainy, Snowy等表示。天气通常位于日记的右上角。
英语日记范文：
I was very sleepy in the morning, so i didn't go running as usual. I had something for breakfast. My new day has begun. The results would come out today. My classmates all felt very nervous, so did I. Then one of my classmates called me, and invited me to play basketball in the afternoon. I like playing basketball, though I'm really poor at playing it.
i and my parent visited redstart farm last Saturday,there're environment is so good.we're scavenge the hourse,The horse was leaded into the stable and each was put in a stall.Cows and sheep depends forage to feed.this so lifelikeness,we're got a lot of enjoyment from my job. in the end.owner preparative feasted on me.