FORM OF THE LETTER

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FORM OF THE LETTER
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Greeting
The most common salutation in an informal letter
is Dear.. -Note that it is followed by a
comma. Dear Andrés , However, some go extremely
informal and use Hey! or Hi! You should use
your discretion. Obviously if you are writing to
your father, you would not use Hey! unless
of course you are extremely close.
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The opening
Is the reason for writing (happiness at receiving
letter, apology for not replying faster)

• Opening Remarks
• It was great to hear from you / to get your
  letter!
• How are things?
• Sorry I havent written for so long.
• Thank you so much for
• I was happy / sad to hear that
• Congratulations on

Fue estupendo saber de ti/recibir tu carta
Cómo van las cosas?
Siento no haberte escrito en tanto tiempo
Muchas gracias por
Estaba contento/triste de escuchar que
Felicidades por
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The Body
Information, news or details
Ask questions It is always a good
idea to ask questions in the body of the letter
that you would like the person to answer in their
reply. Questions work as a good base on which to
write a letter, and they give the recipient
motivation to reply -How are those wonderful
brothers of mine? -Did I tell you that I am
librarian too, eh? -Have you made any
arrangements yet? -What about your suitcase? Be
careful using the correct verb forms Future, past
pefect, present perfect continuous..
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The Body
Result (resultado de) So asi que Therefore
por lo tanto Consequently en consecuencia
  Time Firstly en primer lugar Secondly en
segundo lugar Later después Finally
finalmente   Despite / due to   Despite non
ing the Fact that cause   Due to
noun ing the Fact that cause  
Connectors   Contrast (contraste) Although
aunque Whereas mientras que Despite a pesar
de   Addition (suma) In adittion en
resumen Moreover además Furthermore
además   Cause (por alguna causa) Because
porque Due to debido a As cómo, cuándo,
porqué    
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The closing
Questions directed to friend

• Closing Remarks
• Cant wait to hear from you!
• Write soon!
• Thats all for now.
• Give my regards to
• Looking forward to seeing you.

No puedo esperar a saber de ti!
Escribe ponto!
Eso es todo por ahora
Dale recuerdos a
Estoy deseando verte.
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Signing Off
This is where you sign off Take care, Michael In
informal letter writing, the complimentary close
is always very friendly Love, Lots of love, Best
wishes, Missing you lots, Yours
forever, Regards,etcetera Remember, a comma
always follows the complimentary close.
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Post Script

• Use P.S. to add a short message after the
  complimentary close. Use it especially to write
  down something that you may have forgotten in the
  body of the letter
• P.S please reply

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Activities
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5th Juny, 2010 C/Perú, nº 13 Gandía
_______ Raphael, _______________ ? I hope you
are fine. Sorry______________________ but Ive
been pretty busy with my term exams. In two weeks
time all this ___________(be over) and we will be
enjoying our summer holidays. Thats what I
wanted to talk about. I remind you it was you
who suggested travelling to Ibiza,
_________________________? I hope so , ________
its too early. ____________ suitcase? If I were
you I would start packing ________ youre so
slow!!. I havent bought new clothes yet I have
been thinking about going shopping once there.
Im so excited !! _________________________!! Se
e you in August, Lots of Love, Alonso. XX P.S.
_________
First Paragraph
How are you? Dear
I havent written for so long

will be over
because
What about your
Althought
Second Paragraph
Have you made any arrangements
Please reply
Last Paragraph
Looking forward to seeing you
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CARLOS PEIRÓ GONZALEZ BORJA MORAGUES MARTÍNEZ
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APPLAUSE!