Language development

Exercise 1. Types of letters

Match each statement(1-10) with the proper term.

Exercise 2. Letter Layout

Here are the beginnings and endings of three letters:

P. O. Box No. 82, New Place Liverpool L69 3HS   8/9/98   The manager Browne & Green Ltd. 5 High Street Hereford HR1 2CD   Dear Sir   Yours faithfully F. Waite (Miss) Assistant manager, Claims

2 Elm Avenue Southland SS4 7BD   Dr D. Black, Principal Globe School of Languages 66 Grimshaw Gardens Folkestone Kent CT20 2PY 3/8/94   Dear Dr Black,   Yours sincerely John White

A Information

As you can see, even the beginnings and endings of the letters contain information about the following:

1. When the letter was written and sent.

2. Who wrote it.

3. Where they can be contacted.

4. Who the letter is written to.

5. Where they are.

Answer the following

a) Who lives at Churn Farm?

b) Where does John White live?

c) Who is the manager of Browne & Green's?

d) Where is the head office of Life Royal?

e) Who is in charge of the Globe School of Languages?

f) What is the job of F. Waite?

g) Does she know the person she is writing to?

h) Where is the Globe School?

i) Are all three letters business letters?

j) Which two writers know each other best?

B Formality

The three letters are not the same. They use different forms of greeting and different types of presentation. They are written with different degrees of formality, depending on how well the writers know each other.

Arrange the letters in order of formality:

a) Most formal (letter )

b) (letter )

c) Least formal (letter _)

Date: 2015-12-11; view: 869