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Finding A Job: Group Leaders Wanted
Finding A Job: Group Leaders Wanted
7 Do receptionists at the Willow Hotel always GROUP leaders to work at our children’s summer camps
in the UK. Four-month contract: June–Sept.
LEADERS
work from Monday to Friday? If you love outdoor sports, have lots of energy
and enjoy working with children, we would like
to hear from you. No experience needed.
WANTED
8 How many hours do sales managers at For an application form,
Thompson and Noble work a week? email Dave Jones at
d.jones@natureadventures.com
or download from
9 What is the website of the Willow Hotel? www.natureadventures.com/forms
2 Read about these people. Match them to the job adverts A–C.
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HELP WITH WRITING A formal letter
47 Market St
4 a Notice how we write a formal letter. Match 1–5
A Brighton
to A–E on the letter.
BN4 3SG
1 A your address (but not your name)
B 22nd April
2 your full name
Mr D Jones
3 your signature
Nature Adventures Ltd
C Dartmoor 4 the date
Devon
5 the name and address of the person
EX22 6KH
you are writing to
Dear Mr Jones
b Notice how we begin and end a formal letter.
I would like to apply for the job of summer camp group If we know the person’s name:
leader.
● we begin the letter with:
I am a student in my second year at university and I am Dear Mr/Mrs/Ms + surname
looking for work for the summer. Last year I worked at
● we end the letter with:
The Highland Outdoor Centre in Scotland for three months.
I like working with children and I enjoy all sports, Yours sincerely
particularly horse riding and windsurfing. If we don’t know the person’s name:
● we begin the letter with:
Could you please send me an application form and any
other information about your company? Dear Sir/Madam
● we end the letter with:
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully
Yours sincerely
c Notice what we say in formal letters.
D W Moody ● We don’t use contractions:
E Wayne Moody I would not I’d, I am not I’m
● We use polite phrases:
I would like not I want
Could you please … ? not Can you … ?
● We often end the letter with:
I look forward to hearing from you.
3 Read the letter. Are these sentences true or false? d Underline the phrases in 4c in the letter.
1 T Wayne Moody wrote the letter.
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