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1 There are 10 mistakes in this letter. Find and Starting a formal letter
оorrect them.
Usе a foгmaIgгееting (DесrМs smjth).
Staгt by еxplaining why you aге wгiting' е.g.l om writing
Dеar Мr White
to tellloskуou obout '..
l recevftLу find oшt about а comPаnу is cаLLed Аdventure Intгoduсе thе topiс in thе fiгst oг sесond sеntеnсе, and
Тrфs. lt havo scИooL trфs to interosting nаturа|, plaсes. ltЪ сovег thе fiгst point.
mу opinion, thе seasido trip is best boсause wе} re уerg far
МiddIe seсtion
frorn the sea here' АLl' in the class сan swim realLg good, so Covегthе main points f,rom thе quеstion. Тгy to givе as
we couLd Loаrn how to surling, аnd Lфs of us aIreadу \ihe muсh infoгmation as you сan.
fishing, also шs lrlouLdLove to stag near to аbeaсh. lf one of the points is vегy shoгt, try to makе the othег
points longer: Givе геasons oг еxamplеs, oг еxplain youг
l hope gou agrеe пitИ me'
opinion oг aгgumеnt. Тhink about this bеfoге you staгt
Best шishes,
wгiting,
Leo
Makе suге you геspond to all thе bullеt points.
Don't usе сontraсtions and infoгmal or stгong languagе
2 Can you make these sentences and phrases in a formal Iеttеr:
more formal?
Finishing your formal Ietter
a I wanted to tell you about a really сool
lf you havе enough words lеft, inсludе a phгasе likе /
оompany.
hope to heor from you soon' But it's flnё not to usе this if
b Why don't we go on one of them? you've alгеady wгittеn aгound 90 words.
о Hi Ms BIack lnсludе a foгmal way to say goodbye (Yours sinсеrе/y),
d lt'd be so cool! End with youг namе,
e We could learn new things like fishing and
surfing.

3 Ghoose the best words from the box to Whеn you finish writing, usе this сhесkIist.
сomplete the gaps in this letter. There are
two words you do not need. Range
Havе you usеd somе diffегеnt tеnsеs?
cIeaner оounсil make Нavе you usеd a гangе ofvoсabulaгy?
more responsible oppoftunity persuade Нavе you usеd somе intегеsting sеntеnсе stгuсturеs?
proteсt time
Aссuraсy
Arе youг vеrb tеnsеs сoггесt?
Нavе you сheсkеd youг pгepositions?
Dear Ms Brown
Do youг vегbs and nouns, or nouns and adjесtivеs,
l аm writing Ьeсause my сlass is doing a very interesting go togеthег?
projeсt aЬout the environment. We are сreating ideas Coherenсe and сohesion
to (a) ...... ............... young people to put their trash in the Aге youг idеas wеll-oгganisеd?
garЬage сan. This will help to make our hometown Have you сovегеd all thе bulIet points?
(b)...................... and to (с)...................... nature. ls youг messagе сlеaг?
Doеs youг lettег makе sеnsе?
Would the (d)...................... be interested in using our ideas
in our hometown? It wouId be an exсellent (e)...................... orthographiс сontrol
to make the town more attraсtive and to help young ls youг spеlling and punсtuation сoггесt?
people to feel (f)........ ls youг letleг сoггесtly laid out?
ls your lеttег сlеaг and еasy to геad?
Yours sinсerely, Havе you'wгittеn 70* 90 woгds?

Tobiаs Green

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