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Writing help

School leaving examination

Personal / Informal Letter

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date

Dear .... ,

1. Opening expressions

... Thanks for your letter. How are things ? Have you repaired

your motorbike ?My dad still will not let me have one.

2. Reason for writing

Anyway, I am writing to tell you about what I am doing at the

moment. I am in the school play – we are doing Hamlet.

3. Closing expressions

Well, I must finish now because I have got a test tomorrow.

Sign off

All the best,

Jack

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Opening Expressions : �How to start a letter

Thanks for your letter.
It is lovely / great to hear from you.
Sorry for not writing earlier.
I hope you are doing well.
I hope you and your family are well.
How are you ?
How have you been ?
How is everything going ?
What is the new ?

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Responding to news ...

I am so pleased to hear ...
It is great to hear ...
Glad to hear that you are all well
What wonderful news about ...
Good luck with ...

Sorry to hear about ....
Hope you feel better soon
I am sorry to hear / learn ....

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Reason for writing ...

Anyway, the reason I am writing ...
Anyway, I was wondering ...
I am writing because ...
I wanted to ...
I would like to ...
I thought I would write to tell / ask you ...

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Closing expressions

I must finish now because ...
Well that is all for now ...
Hope to hear from you soon ...
Looking forward to hearing from you soon...
Take care
Best wishes / All the best
Regards/ Send my regards to ...
Love / Lots of love from ...
Stay in touch / Keep in touch
Bye for now
See you
Write back soon
PS. Please send me the photos of your last trip

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Téma: My Favourite Book

Write a description of a book you like very much to your best friend (160–180 words).

�Include:

the title and the writer;
the reasons for your choice;
a short description of the plot;
the characters you admire in the book;
why you would recommend it to your best friend.

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April 23, 2020

Dear John,

Thanks for your letter. How are things ? I hope you are well. Sorry for not writing earlier but I am very busy with my studying. It was great to hear that you won the short story competition. You must have been very happy. Send me your story. I would like to read it !

Well, here I am in Australia. I have been here for about three weeks now, studying at the South Pacific college. It is very modern and the teachers are really friendly, although it is not always easy to understand their accents. They have got lots of equipment and we even have computers in the classroom for surfing the Internet. I think that is my favourite one. Sometimes, the teacher gives us a question and we have to find the answer online. It is great for my English!

It is not all fun, though. The thing I really do not like is that they give us lots �of homework ! I probably do about three hours every night. At least we are free at the weekend. This weekend, we are going on a trip around Sydney harbour. Should be a lot of fun.

I have to finish now because I have a test tomorrow and I have to study. Write soon and tell me all your news. Send my best regards to your parents. Keep in touch.

Love,

Paulo

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Thank you for your attention