23
Liverpool
GastonRoad
AB3DE4
England
10
December 2010 Dear Anna,
Thanks for your letter. I’m working very hard at school at the
moment too because I also have my exams at the end of the
year. I’m going to take eight exams in all subjects, including
English. The teachers are giving us a lot of homework and it’s hard
to do all of it, so I’m not going out very much.
After the exams, I’m going to get a job for the summer. I’d like to
have a holiday but I can’t afford to. I’m going to earn some money
for my visiting London. I’ll go to my Granny.
I hope you’re well and not working too hard. Write to me about
your lessons. Are you going to take exams at the end of the year?
Lots of love,
Jane
Writing a Personal Letter
Guides for Writing a Friendly
(Personal) Letter.
1.Write about people and events that
your friend will be interested in.
2.Express interest in what your friend is
going.
3.Arrange
in
paragraphs. Start a new paragraph each
time you change your subject.
information
your
• The heading is
written in the upper
right-hand corner.
• The heading writes in
following order:
1.house and name of
street;
2.city and post code
3.country
•
The words Flat, Block,
Street, Avenue,
Prospect are written
with capital letters.
We may use
abbreviations ( Fl, Apt,
St, Ave, Pr)
•
( Full)
35, 12
Grazhdansky Pr
St Petersburg
195299
Russia
( Short)
St Petersburg
Russia
What is the correct address?
9 Trafalgar Street, UK
London
London SW 74 NA Trafalgar Street 9 September
UK 9 September 2010 UK
9 September 2010 London SW 74 NA Trafalgar
2010
Street
9 Trafalgar Street,
London SW 74 NA
UK
9 September 2010
• Date
• Write the date after the address.
• You can write it in numbers or in letters.
• The names of the months write in capital
letters.
• According to the address you can write
British variant: date/ month/ year or
American variant : month/date/year
• Saturday, March 1st, 1999
• 9 September 1999
Greeting.
• Write the greeting on the
line bellow the heading
and begin at the left
margin. Capitalize the first
word and all proper
nouns. Place comma after
the greeting.
• Dear Sally,
• Dear Mr Brown,
• My Darling,
•
•
•
At the beginning of the
letter the author thanks
for received letter.
•
The author apologizes for
not writing.
Body. Begin the body on
the line below the
greeting. Always arrange
your information in
paragraphs. Each
paragraph is written with
a new line.
• Thanks for…, Many
thanks for…, How nice
of you …, I was
awfully glad to get
your letter…
I must apologize for
not writing…, I really
should have written
sooner….
Conclusion.
•
At the end of the
letter the author writes
about the new contacts.
Closing.
•
Say “good-bye” to
your friend. Capitalize
only the first word. Place
comma at the end.
Signature.
•
Your signature should
be written clearly. Write
your signature below
the closing.
I’ll write again soon.
•
• Looking forward to
seeing you.
• Hope to hear from you
soon.
I love you so much,
•
• Lots of love, Much
• Best wishes, All the
love,
best,
• Yours…..,
• Sally , David
Capitalize and punctuate the following words
as they were in a letter.
Example: 75 south state street = 75 South State
Street
your daughter = Your daughter,
1.108 clayton street 5. sincerely Lou
2.love sandy 6. 516 river road
3.mike larsen 7. march 12
martin
2005
4.dear uncle dave 8. love nancy
H)
• Exercise 1. Put the parts of this letter in the correct order ( A -
• A.. Anyway, I've got to go now. Loads of homework (unfortunately!)
• B. I'm sorry to hear you've had an argument with your best friend and
that you're not speaking at the moment. Yes, it has happened to me too,
and it's awful, isn't it?
• C. Carol
•
•
•
•
D. Dear Sally,
E. Write back soon!
F. Thanks for your letter. It was great to hear from you! Well done on
passing your exams!
G. I think you need to ask yourself one question: what's more important-
that argument or your friendship? I remember when I asked myself that it
all became clear. I realized my friendship with Chris was far more
important. I called him immediately and told him. We became friends
again immediately. Maybe you should do the same thing. Let me know
what happens! Good luck!
H. 23 Portland Street
•
Manchester
MN3 6YL
24th September
• Exercise 2.
• Read the sentences and decide which
are from introductions and which are
from conclusions.
on 6th May.
be able to come.
• Please let me know as soon as possible.
• I'm writing to invite you to our wedding
• I'm sure it will be fun, and I hope you'll
• Looking forward to seeing you then.
• We’re organising a fancy-dress party and
it would be great if you could come.
• We'd love it if you could come to our
house-warming party on 27th January.
Task 3. Read the short letter of invitation and correct
the mistakes in bold.
Dear Sally,
I'm write to invite you to our cottage near Wynton for the
first weekend on June, when Wynton has its annual fair. Its
always great fun, and I'm sure you are enjoy it. The fair
takes place in the Saturday, with a flower show, a funfair
and lots of others things, and there is usualy a big
dance at the evening.
The next day Barry and I am going to have a barbecue if
the weather will be fine. Most of our freinds have been
invited, so you'll meet some interesting people.
Please let us know if you can make it. Looking forward to
seeing you.
Lots of love,
Beth
Dear Sally,
I'm writing to invite you to our cottage near Wynton for the
first weekend in June, when Wynton has its annual fair. It
always great fun, and I'm sure you enjoy it. The fair takes
place on Saturday, with a flower show, a funfair and lots of
other things, and there is usually a big dance in the
evening.
The next day Barry and I are going to have a barbecue if
the weather is fine. Most of our friends have been invited,
so you'll meet some interesting people.
Please let us know if you can make it. Looking forward to
seeing you.
Lots of love,
Beth