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A FORMAL LETTER
1. Go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/english/writing/
and choose
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2. Click on Activity. Read the interactive explanation
and answer the questions.
3. Complete the instructions for writing a formal letter.
When you write
a formal letter
List your address at the ______________
Write the ___________ underneath
Begin Dear...
Explain your __________ in the first paragraph
Go into _____________ in the middle paragraphs - try to link your
__________ together.
Round off at the end - perhaps by returning to the ______________.
Add a ____________ before your signature, eg. I look forward
to hearing from you soon.
Write your name at the ___________, after the signature.
Only use slang if you know the reader won't mind.
Writing to someone whose name you don't know?
Begin Dear __________, or Dear __________, and
Finish with Yours __________, or Yours truly,.
Writing to someone unfamiliar whose name you know? Begin
Dear Mr/Ms (and the person's name),
End with Yours __________..
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4. Do the Test.
5. Go to http://readwritethink.org/materials/letter_generator/
6. Follow the instructions to write a formal letter. This
is the situation:
You bought a DVD in the USA, and although you ordered
the right system, they sent the American format. Now you can't watch it.
Complain about it and ask for a replacement.
7. Print your letter and hand it to your teacher.
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