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Writing: Transactional letter (informal)
Plan of the letter:
1. Your address at the top right hand corner (in exam papers should be omitted)
2. The date placed below the address in format day/month (Br)
3. Greetings: Dear Name ,(don’t forget comma after name)
4. A few words of thanks for the received letter:
o Thanks for your letter – it was great to hear from you.
o Thanks for your letter about …
o Thanks for your letter, it was so nice to receive the last news from you.
o Thank you for your letter. I was very glad to hear from you.
o Many thanks for your last letter.
5. Say sorry in case you haven’t written for a long time
o I’m sorry I haven’t written for ages/sooner/for so long, because I was ….
6. Describe why are you writing: In your letter you asked me… Well…
7. Give answers you were asked in the previous letter (or according to your task). Be sure you have mentioned all required items.
8. Ending:
o I’m looking forward to hearing from you soon
9. Farewell: Take care, Cheers, Yours, Love, With best wishes then a comma and your name
Example 1
A task for the example is taken from [1, p. 29].
The letter should be to your friend Sam. In his last letter to you, he asked you some advice about English language courses.
Required items:
a) which school?
b) number of hours a week?
c) how many weeks of being there will be enough
d) accommodation?
e) excursions?
221b Baker Street
London
Great Britain(UK)
8th May 2006
Dear Sam,
Thanks for your letter. It was great to hear from you. In your letter you asked me about what choice in language courses
would be better for you. I’ll give you some tips about it with pleasure.
Firstly, if you prefer active and bright nightlife, of course you should choose the school which located in London. About your lessons schedule I definitely suggest you don’t study at a very intensive pace but for too short a period of time. Usually it brings only tiredness and low results. So, don’t overload yourself and take lessons for 15 hours a week and during at least 4 weeks. Two weeks would be far too short to get involved in active speaking.
About accommodation, living with a local family is better because you’ll have a great chance to improve your everyday spoken language level. And the last piece of advice about excursions.
If I were you, instead of paying high prices for that, I’d buy a nice map of the city, take my photo camera and go round all the places of interest walking or riding a bicycle which you can rent there.
I’m looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Best wishes,
Andrew

USED RESOURCES:
1. Fast Track to FCE by Longman, Workbook
2. Quiznet, Topic: Formal letters vocabulary
3. Writing strategies
4. Example of an informal letter
5. FCE (First Certificate in English)

Надіслано вчителем Міжнародного ліцею Гранд Зобнін В.П.