Презентация Writing an informal letter

AN INFORMAL LETTER

Receiver?

• Boss
• Friend of mine
• Colleague
• Director
• Mom

• Aunt
• Granny
• Customer
• Partner
• Teacher

WHAT’S AN INFORMAL LETTER?

• This letter is mainly written for family, friends, relatives, and other close people.

• In this type of letter, an easy conversation and tones are followed.

Why should we study

• In many competitive exams this type of letter is given in order to test your English skills.
• Olympiads are not an exception.

Ready… steady…go

• It starts with the sender’s address. the address is generally written on the top right side of the page according to today's block style letter.
• The address must be written in 3-4 lines only. In address, don’t forget to write your Post-code.
• If you are writing a letter to anyone who lives abroad then the country’s name must also be mentioned.

The date

• At the end of the address, the date must be written.
• The date can be written in the following ways:
• 28th February 2021
• 28 February 2021
• February 28, 2021

30 Cross road,

Bandra,

Mumbai 400051,

28th February 2021.

Salutation

• Leave a gap of one line between the date and salutation.
• “ Dear ” is the most common prefix that is used.
• After you should write a person’s name. If he is your family member or relative you can also use their pet name (Dear mom).
• For older people use Mr\Mrs (Dear Mrs. Cherepakhina)

30 Cross road,

Bandra,

Mumbai 400051,

28th February 2021.

Dear sister,

Opening part (2-3 sent.)

• asking about the well-being
• the reason for writing – 1 sentence

30 Cross road,

Bandra,

Mumbai 400051,

28th February 2021.

Dear sister,

How have you been? I hope you are doing well. I am writing this letter to you for inviting you and your family to my birthday party.

Body of Content

• write in detail about the reasons for writing a letter.
• Is bigger than the first and last paragraph.
• use only simple and straightforward sentences.

The Closing

• conclude the entire letter.
• can invite the receiver for the reply

Signature

• Yours lovingly , 
• Yours sincerely
• Best withes
• put a comma (,) .
• After write your name and then put a full stop (.)

30 Cross road,

Bandra,

Mumbai 400051,

28th February 2021.

Dear sister,

How have you been? I hope you are doing well. I am writing this letter to you for inviting you and your family to my birthday party.

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I look forward to seeing you again soon.

Yours lovingly,

Kate.

USEFUL PHRASES

• Thank you for your letter
• It was nice to hear from you
• I'm sorry I haven't written for so long
• Hoping to hear from you before too long
• I'm afraid to say that I won't be able to…
• Do you think you could…?
• I regret to inform you that we are unable to…
• I am writing to ask whether it is possible…

  Opening Expressions: How to start an email / letter  

How are you? How have you been?   How’s everything going?   I hope you are doing fine. Hope you are well. What’s new?   

Reason one is writing:

I am writing because … The reason I am writing is because … I wanted to … I would like to …

Opening Expressions when we answer an email / letter

Thanks for you email / letter It was great to hear from you It was so nice to hear from you. Sorry for not writing earlier I hope you and your family are well

Responding to news

Sorry to hear about… Glad to hear that you’re all well Good luck with … Hope you feel better soon

Closing expressions

  Anyway, / Well that’s all for now Hope to hear from you soon / Looking forward to hearing from you soon Send my regards (love) to… Take care / Best wishes / Regards / (Lots of) love from… Sincerely, Stay in touch / Keep in touch Bye for now See you

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