Session 2

Types of Personal Letters

1. Invitation
By an invitation letter, you invite a friend, a relative, some honorable guest, … to your wedding,
dinner, graduation, birthday, etc.
Invitation should be polite, sincere, and attractive.
The answer to an invitation could be positive or negative.
For example:
1010 Mabini Street (St.),
1004 Manila

3 October, 2023
Dear Sara:
Mother’s birthday is on Thursday, October 26. The whole family is going on a picnic to Munting
Buhangin Beach in Batangas. We would like you to go with us.
We’ll leave in a big bus at seven o’clock in the morning of Wednesday, so come to our house
before that time. We’ve rented a cottage there; we’ll sleep overnight, and come back in the afternoon of
Friday.
We look forward to your presence.

Yours with love,

Mary
a. Heading
b. Salutation
c. Body (Reference, Purpose, Conclusion)
d. Subscription
e. Signature
 2. Thank-you or Appreciation
In this kind of letter, you thank someone for sending you a gift, providing you with warm hospitality, and
so on.
For example:
No. 81, Yas Alley, Noori Blvd.,
South Kargar St., Azadi Sq.,
Enghelab Ave., Tehran

3 October, 2023
Dear Sahar:
I just came back home to discover a beautiful flower pot with a note from your side. Thank you
so much for such a lovely and thoughtful gift.
Thank you so much for being so caring and keeping my passion in mind. I would like to tell you
that I am deeply touched by your gift.
Thanking you once more for the lovely gift.

Best Wishes,
Ghazal
 3. Congratulation
In this kind of letter, you would congratulate someone for marriage, graduation, birthday, etc.
For example:
No. 81, Yas Alley, Noori Blvd.,
South Kargar St., Azadi Sq.,
Enghelab Ave., Tehran

8 October, 2023
Dear Sahel:
Congratulations on your recent graduation from [Learning Institution].
I know how hard you have worked for this achievement. With your family and friends, I share my
pride for your many accomplishments. The hard work and dedication that brought you to this day will
undoubtedly take you far in life.
All my best wishes for the future.

Sincerely,
Tara
 4. Condolence/ Sympathy
When something horrible happens to someone dear to you, for example, a death, you would sympathize
with the bereaved person by sending him / her a condolence letter.
For example:
No. 81, Yas Alley, Noori Blvd.,
South Kargar St., Azadi Sq.,
Enghelab Ave., Tehran

8 October, 2023
Dear Elham:
You have my deepest sympathy for the loss of your father.
I understand he had been ill for some time; it must have been difficult for you during these past
months.
My thoughts are with you at this time. Your father was one of the kindest men I ever knew. You
must miss him very much.

In Sympathy,
Nahid
Assignment:
1. Write your friend / cousin / nephew / Niece an invitation letter to a birthday party, graduation
party, good-bye party, etc.
2. Write your aunt a thank-you letter, thanking her for the beautiful gift or the warm hospitality.
Choose one of them.
_Social Letters
By social letters, we mean those correspondences that are reciprocated between a person and a
company, an institute, a university, or an organization.
Style
Characteristic:
They are more formal than personal letters.