Writing a Formal Letter

“Hi!
I’m going to be late for my lecture-
please tell the students not to worry-
I’ll come ½ an hour late,
Simon”

“Hey! I heard you need a manager, and I

need a job- so ????
When can we meet?
-Roger”
 A formal letter- The top right hand
corner:
Your address: Edgeware Road 55
London
NW7 RT6
Telephone
E-mail

The date
Example:
Thorn Alley12
Portsmouth
PS7 OJK
2.5.1996
 Underneath that…
• On the left hand side, write the address of
the person or company you’re writing to:
Edgeware Road 55
London
NW7 RT6
Mr. Smith
Manager of Essex branch
‘Fish and Chips- Yum Yum’
West Hebrides
 Example:
Thorn Alley12
Portsmouth
PS7 OJK
2.5.1996

Mr Jones
Blacksmith Road 24
Manchester
M45 TR
 Beginning the letter:
Do Not use:
• Hi!
• Hey!
• What’s up man?!

• How’s it going mate?!

• David!!! How’re you???!!

 “Dear Mr….. “Dear Mrs….
• Dear Sir….
-Very formal.
-When you don’t know the name.

Dear Mr. Brown…(use the name)

-Formal yet more personal
 Example…
Thorn Alley12
Portsmouth
PS7 OJK
2.5.1996

Mr Jones
Blacksmith Road 24
Manchester
M45 TR

Dear Mr Brown,
I would like to….
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• Leave a margin. On both sides.

• Leave a space between the addresses,

and the letter itself.

• Sometimes write the subject of the letter

before beginning to write, or at least after
“Dear Mrs. Jones….

• Indent the first line of writing after ‘Dear

Mr Brown…” so that you begin writing
underneath where the first line ended.
 Example…
Thorn Alley12
Portsmouth
PS7 OJK
2.5.1996

Mr Jones
Blacksmith Road 24
Manchester
M45 TR

Applying for the managerial Job

Dear Mr. Jones,

I would like to apply for the new
Job……
NOT:
• See you later….
• Ok? James…

Do Use:
• Yours sincerely,
• Yours truly,
 Thorn Alley12
Portsmouth
PS7 OJK
2.5.1996
Mr Jones
Blacksmith Road 24
Manchester
M45 TR

Applying for the managerial Job

Dear Mr. Jones,

I would like to apply
for the new job……jhkjgh
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Sfjghalskjfhglakjsgha;jgha;sjgha;sjgh
Aslfhlsghasgjhlgj,
Yours sincerely,
Mabel White
 class work!

• Write a letter to your landlord

Mr. Smythe- On-The-Water, who lives in
Puddlehood Lane number 3, in a village called
Middle-Of Nowhere, postcode: MN3 JH8
complaining about the curtains in the house you
are renting from him.

Use your name and address in China.