Transcript writing tip 2 - Biblioteca Colegio y Liceo Sagrado Corazón (Reducto)

WRITING TIP 2:
WRITING AN INFORMAL LETTER
Teacher: Natalia Delbono
Colegio Sagrado Corazón
WRITING AN INFORMAL
LETTER
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Informal letters are personal letters, postcards,
notes and messages
Characteristics of an informal letter:
Shorter sentences
 Personal tone
 Shortened verb forms
 No specially polite phrases
 Active verbs
 Some slang could be included
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LAYOUT
Your
address
The date
Dear…..,
…….………………………………………..…
……………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………
Ending
Your name
Write your address in the
top right hand corner
Write the date directly
below
Write the first line next
to the left hand margin
Begin the next line
under the name
Let’s have a look to an example…
22 York Street
Bridewell
Never put your name before
your address
BR8 4SO
24th Nov 19
Dear Ken,
Many thanks for your letter and for the photographs –
they brought back very happy memories of our holiday.
I’m glad to hear that your new job is going so well. It
must be very exciting for you to have the chance of working there.
I’m very happy for you.
Do let me know when you’re coming to England. It
would be lovely to see you and you’re most welcome to stay here –
there’s plenty of room!
Hope to hear from you soon.
Best wishes,
Sue
Write the house number first,
followed by the street, town
(and post code, if you know
it)
Never begin with Dear Friend.
Always use a name
With closer friends, you could
just put Write soon
Best wishes and Yours are
useful general endings. For
close friend, you can end
with Love
Some vocabulary and expressions
you can use…
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Beginnings…
Many thanks for your letter
 It was very nice to hear from you recently
 I was glad to hear that…
 I hope you ….
 It seems ages since I last wrote
 I’ve been meaning to write to you for ages
 I’m writing just to let you know…
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Some vocabulary and expressions
you can use…
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Thanking…
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Thanks for the invitation
Thanks a lot for inviting me…
Thank you so much…
I’m writing to thank you / Thank you so much for (+noun/-ing)
It was very kind of you to …
Apologizing
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I’m sorry but I can’t …
Sorry, I can’t make it
I’m sorry to say I can’t…
I’m writing to apologise about…/for the fact that (+clause)/ for not
(+ing)
I’m terribly sorry that…
Some vocabulary and expressions
you can use…
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Requests…
I’m writing to / I wonder if I could ask you a favour
 I wonder if / I was wondering if you could help me?
 I’d be terribly grateful…
 Please don’t hesitate to say no if you can’t manage it.
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Endings…
Looking forward to hearing from you / seeing you
 Hope to hear from you soon / see you soon
 Write soon / See you soon
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Good luck
in your writings!