AULA DE

AUTOAPRENDIZAJE

CURSO ACTIVIDAD SOPORTE FICHA Nº

2º C.E.

INGLÉS

EXPRESIÓN

ESCRITA

05

DIFFERENT KINDS OF LETTERS

1. In A there are seven kinds of letters. In B, there are expressions that can be found in these

letters. Match the expressions with the letters. An expression might go with more than one letter.

A B Informal letters 1 Giving news 2 Inviting 3 Accepting an invitation 4 Thank-you letter after a weekend visit Formal letters 5 Thanks and requests 6 Inviting 7 Paying a bill

a. Thank you for inviting me to… b. Please find enclosed a cheque for…

c. George and I are having a party on

Saturday, and we’d love you to come. d. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

e. Just a quick note to say thank you…

f. Sorry I haven’t written for so long, but I’ve

been terribly busy. g. RSVP

h. I’d love to come. See you then!

i. Could I please have a receipt?

j. Give my regards to…

k. Let us know if you can make it.

l. It was lovely to see you after so long…

m. International Shippers request the pleasure

of your company at a buffet supper to be held on…

n. You very kindly sent me a brochure of

holiday cottages. Unfortunately you forgot to include a price list. I would be most grateful if you could send me one.

Departamento de Educación y Ciencia

Escuela Oficial de Idiomas nº 2 de Zaragoza

2. Choose one of the following outlines for a letter and write it out in full. Use the expressions in exercise 1 if appropriate.

Giving news Write to a relative. Give news of a recent holiday you have had. Say where you went, who with, and what you did. Give some news about what you are doing at school, and how your parents are. Finish by sayin ‘I hope to see you…’ Inviting Write to a friend who lives in another part of Spain. Invite him/her to stay at your house for a weekend. Suggest some dates. Say what you’d like to do during the weekend. Suggest how the friend could travel, and offer to meet him/her at the railway or coach station. Finish by saying ‘I do hope you can come.’ Accepting an invitation Reply to the invitation above. Your friend has invited you to come to stay for a weekend in two weeks’ time. Accept the invitation, and say thank you. Give some information about how you’ll travel, and when you expect to arrive. Finish by saying ‘Thanks again for the invitation! See you on…! Thank-you letter The parents of a friend of yours lent you their house in the country for a week. Write to them to thank them. Say how kind they are, and describe what you did during the week’s holiday. Thanks and requests You recently stayed at the George Hotel, Oxford. You left a coat in the wardrobe in your room. You wrote to the hotel, asking them to send you the coat, and also asking for a brochure for the hotel. The hotel sent the coat but not the brochure. Write to the hotel again, thanking them for sending the coat and asking for the brochure. Paying a bill and requesting A bookshop has sent you some books by post, and the bill. Write to the bookshop enclosing a cheque, and asking for a receipt. Also, a friend has recommended a cookery book called The Italian Kitchen but could not remember the author. Ask if the bookshop has this book and can send it to you. KEY

a. Accepting an invitation b. Paying a bill c. Inviting d. Giving news / inviting e. Thank-you letter f. Giving news g. Formal invitation h. Accepting an invitation i. (Thanks and) request j. Any informal letter k. Informal invitation l. Thank-you letter m. Formal invitation n. Thanks and request

From Headway Workbook Preintermediate, p. 73. © O.U.P. This material may only be used for individual study; multiple copying and distribution are prohibited.