writing Formal Letter
To whom of the following may you write a formal letter? Mark all that are correct. A friend The school principal A company manager A family member A dean of a university Look at the letter layout (the picture). What should you write in the assigned parts? Copy and paste the correct answer:ending ( yours _ )Writer's addressaddress of recipientreference to previous contact or reason for contactwriter's name and positionDatesubject heading (where appropriate)main message of the correspondenceclosing remarkssignaturereference to future contactgreeting (Dear _) reference to previous contact or reason for contact greeting (Dear _) subject heading (where appropriate) main message of the correspondence closing remarks reference to future contact ending ( yours _ ) signature writer's name and position Features of formal letters Decide what is true and what is false about writing a formal letter. True A formal letter should always have a date. You should end a formal letter by signing it and typing your name and position under your signature. False You put the address of the person you are writing to directly under your address. In formal letters, you should use idiomatic phrases and short forms such as I’m, we’re, isn’t, aren’t. Formal and informal language Decide which of the following are formal expressions or informal. Formal It gives me a great honour I should like to ask you gently As you mentioned I am writing in response to Yours sincerely I would be so grateful I really acknowledge You kindly stated Informal Anyway, As you said You already said I’m very happy Thanks for I want to ask you about Formal and Informal Language Match each informal expression with its equivalent formal expression. Anyway, However, As you said, As you mentioned, I should like to ask you gently, I want to ask you about, It gives me a great honor, I'm very happy Choose the best phrase to complete fill in each blank Dear Mrs BloomfieldI am writing in response to your invitation letter dated on 21st August. It gives me a great honor to accept your invitation as a guest speaker in your panel discussion on Digital Learning Resources. I acknowlege the receipt of this invitation. However, there are some points I need to clarify.Firstly, as you mentioned in your welcomed letter that I am going to share my knowledge about digital learning yet I need to be clear if there are specific points to talk about. Secondly, you kindly stated that there would be three other experts on the panel and a student representative. My question is, how are we going to coordinate? Is there any sort of a coordination meeting before the discussion?Moreover, I should like to ask you gently to send me some information about the airliner and the travel tickets. I would be so grateful if you provided me with information about the accommodation. I would also like to know about the transportation and how I will go to and from the discussion venue. Finally, I would like to know something about the expenses of the stay there.Thank you again for your kind invitation. I look forward to hearing from you.Yours Sincerely,Richard Kim