This document provides information about the parts of a letter and includes a sample letter. It discusses the heading, opening, body, and closing of a letter. It also provides context about the sample letter including details about the sender, date, news about grades and plans for the Lunar New Year festival.

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6. What is a letter?
A letter is a message sent by mail. It is
a piece of handwritten or printed text
addressed to a recipient and typically sent
by mail.

8. Parts of a Letter

9. 12 Tran Hung Dao St.
Ha Noi
February 10, 2015
Dear Tim,
Thanks for your letter. I’m pleased to hear you had an enjoyable Christmas
vacation.
We received our first semester report a few days ago. I got good grades for
Science, English and History, but my Math results was poor. My math teacher
asked me to spend more time on it. I must study harder next semester.
It is almost Tet. That’s the Lunar New Year Festival in Viet Nam. I think I told
you about it in my last letter. We’re going to Hue tonight to celebrate the
festival with my grandmother. I’ll send you a postcard from there.
Write soon and tell me all your news.
Regards,
Hoa
Heading
Opening
Body
of the
letter
Closing

10. Heading
The heading of
the letter usually
includes the address
and date at the top
of the letter.

11. Opening
This usually begins
with Dear_________.
The blank is for the
name of the person you
are writing. After you
write the person's name
you put a comma ( , ) .

12. Body of the letter
The body is
the heart of the
letter. This is
where you write
your message or
the information
you are writing in
your letter.

13. Things to remember in writing the body of
the letter:
a.Be courteous.
b.Write simply and naturally.
c.Make your letter interesting.
d.Make your letter coherent
and easy to read.
e. Review your letter

14. Closing
The closing is
the ending of your
letter such as
“Sincerely yours”,
“Regards”, “Truly
yours” or “Love”
and followed by a
comma (,) .

16. Sample
of a
letter

17. Let us try this!


18. 1. Your loving cousin,
Belinda
The following are parts of a letter. Identify each part.
2. 121 Libertad St.
Pasay City
November 21, 2012
Closing
Heading

19. 4. Dearest Joanna,
3. Hello! How are you? I am excited to share the
current happenings in my life. High school
life is exciting and challenging. My classmates
are friendly and kind. The subjects are
interesting too. I discovered that Math and
Science were easy to understand if you would
only put your heart and mind on them.
Body of the letter
Opening

20. Now help Lan write a letter to her pen pal
Donna in San Francisco. Use the information in
the box.
• Mother’s Day
• second semester report / last month
• good grades / Geography / Physics / Math
• teacher / tell / improve English / History
• in a few weeks / Mid-Autumn Festival / moon festival
• Ha Long Bay / aunt and uncle / bus / this afternoon
• send you / postcard

21. Now help Lan write a letter to her pen pal Donna in
San Francisco. Use the information in the box.
• Mother’s Day
• second semester report / last month
• good grades / Geography / Physics / Math
• teacher / tell / improve English / History
• in a few weeks / Mid-Autumn Festival / moon festival
• Ha Long Bay / aunt and uncle / bus / this afternoon
• send you / postcard

23. To: (name of a teacher)
• Teachers’ Day
• Celebrate / next month
• visit / beautiful places / Tra Vinh, Vietnam
• near / ride our bicycles
• first / picnic at a park/ next /karaoke / last / coffee shop
• hope / you will enjoy