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LETTER

Formal letter
Types
of
Letters
Informal letter
also known as
personal letter

Personal letters are the letters that are
written to people we know such as
friends, parents, siblings, cousins.
Letters are not only written to inform but
to strengthen the bond between two
people writing to each other.

Some useful expressions for letter
writing
 Gratitude
- I'm just writing to thank you for ...
- It wasvery kind of you to...
- Thanksvery much for ...
- I am very grateful for ...
 Giving advice
- Well, I thought about it and if I were you, Iwould ...
- Haveyou thought about ...
- In your last letter you said you weren't sure what course of action
to take, I suggest...
- I think you shouldn't...
- In your last letter you askedme about ..., I think ...

 Delivering good news
- I'm sure you will be happy to hear that ...
- Bythe way,did you know that ...?
- OMG!! You'll never guesswhat happened!
- I am totally ecstatic to hear about ...
- I was happy beyond limits to read that ...
 Delivering bad news
- I'm sorry but I have to tell you that ...
- Badnews, I'm afraid but no way to avoid it, sohere it goes ...
- I'm extremely sorry to hear that ...
- It washeart wrenching to read about ...

Asking for help
- I wonder ifyou could help me.
- I hope it's not too much to askabout...
- I wonder if I could askyou afavor. Couldyou...?
Apologizing
-I would like to apologizefor...
-I'm sosorry that...
-Words are not enough to erasethe pain I havegiven
you but I want to sayhow sorry I am for...

STRUCTUREOF PERSONAL LETTER
1. Sender’s address
2. Date
3. Salutation and Name
4.Introductory
paragraph/Introduction
5. Body paragraph/the
content of theletter
6. Closing
paragraph/closure
7.Complementary
close
8. Signature
9. P
.S.(postscript)

The sender’s address
Place where you are writing
from. All that is needed your
street address, city,
province/state and post
code.

Date
Date when the letter is written

Salutation andName
Greeting and the recipient’s name
“Dear”, “My dear……”,“My Love”,“Sweetheart”

Introductory paragraph/Introduction
Theopening of the letter usually startswith
“how are you?” or refers to previous letter.
“How are you?”
“How are things?”
“Hope you’rewell”
“Sorry for answeringlate”

Body paragraph/the content of the
letter
Themain part of the letter. It includes what
you want to write to the other person.

Closing paragraph/closure
This part indicates the letter is going toend.
“Reply soon”
“I’m waiting for aquickreply”
“see you”

Complementary close
Short expressions like “love you”,“sincerely
yours”, “love”, “kind regards”

Signature
Signature or initials of thewriter

P.S.(postscript)
If you want to add anything to the letter, you
write aP.S.(postscript) and the messageafter
that.

Sender’s address
The introductory paragraph
The body paragraph
The closing paragraph
Complimentary close

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