Exercises. Exercise 1Read the letters and identify colloquialisms and units of a formal character

Exercise 1 Read the letters and identify colloquialisms and units of a formal character.

Exercise 2 Group the words expressing such functions as greet­ings, gratitude, encouragement.

Exercise 3 Read the letters below and discuss which of the purposes are covered in it. (Are some purposes more important than others? How do you know?)

11, North Road

Southdown

Surrey

A beautiful sunny 19-th of November

Dear Diana,

At last I have found a quiet moment (Sally snores away upstairs) to write and enclose some photos and to say thank you for the fantastic jumper. It looks great - all my friends want one just like it.

Life goes on at 107 much the same as when you left. My work is now finished and so I find I never know what to do with myself in Sally's sleep times - will I sew, garden, write letters, do my tax (boring!), clean the house (more boring), etc. Of course, Sully is usually awake before I've done any­thing

Guess what - I've become involved in local politics - can you be­lieve it - ME? It's to do with high-rise buildings in the suburb. Unfortu­nately, the meetings start at 9.30 p.m. (yawn). If I stay awake they're very interesting.

Bruce has taken up Judo! We try not to laugh when he gets into "pyjamas" (as Sally calls them). Anyway he loves it.

Ah. There's Sally must go. Look forward to seeing you on the long weekend in January. Hope all is well. Thanks again for the jumper^-.

Love, Sarah.

P.S. The photos were taken in September at the lake.

Exercise 4 Discuss the questions:

1. How is the date unusual in the above letter?

2. What other ways of salutation have you come across?

3. How does the writer of this letter set the scene? What purposes does she mention?

4. What is the topic of each paragraph in this letter?

5. What punctuation marks seem unusual?

6. What are the closing phrases in this letter? Have you seen others?

7. Where does the information in this P.S., belong to?

Exercise 5 Sometimes you need to write very short letters which have only one purpose. Decide what is the purpose of these letters (Use the list given the introduction.)

Study t he underlined words, they will be useful in your own letters.

a) June 12, 2008

Dear Chris,

Thank you so much for your hospitality and kindness last weekend. It was very kind of you to give me a bed at such short notice. I hope i can repay you in the same way.

Regards,

Nick.

b) 2 Short St,

New Town

6/6/87

Dear Mary and family,

I was very sad to hear about your Mother's sudden death. Please accept my deepest sympathy. I only met her briefly, but remember her as a warm and generous person.

I am sorry I was unable to come down for the funeral. If there is anyway I can help out, please let me know.

Your sincerely,

Graham

c) Dear Anna,

Just a short note to let you know that I won't be able to meet you at the station. I’ve arranged for a taxi to be there at12 a.m. If it doesn't arrive - don't panic! Ring Tim at work (67023) and he can arrange something. Sorry about all this.

See you soon.

Love F.

d) 60 Stacey St,

Banksias

6/ 5/ S8

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Price,

Hello. I’m writing to introduce myself. My name is Katherine Peters, and I’m staying in Australia for about 6 months. I’m a friend of Mark’s and he told me to look you up. I’ll be in Brisbane on the 24th and I wondered if you’d mind if I called in. I shall ring first. I hope this doesn't do, inconvenience to you at all, as I'm looking forward to meeting you both.

Best wishes.

K.Peters

e) 26th Feb

Dear Erika and Jo,

We just heard the news! Congratulations on the birth of Joanna. We're all delighted. Glad to hear that everything went well and that you’re back at home already. 1 will send something suitable soon. Till then, take care of yourselves and of Joanna, оf course.

Much love,

Tim and Jane

Exercise 6

This paragraph from a personal letter needs punctuation. Read it first for general meaning.

Perhaps Gail has told you about the new man in my life Paul Schleger sometimes I cant quite believe that there is really Someone in the world like him of course the problem is that he's may be moving back to Brisbane while I am in Brisbane Now but moving to Perth why is love always so difficult.

Exercise 7 Below are five extrac from personal letters. The have been divided into two parts. Match the parts on the left (news) with parts on the right (related questions).

I) Well, I've finally done it - I've got my license. I was sick of everyone nagging me

II) The big news is - I’m in love! I’m

the happiest! I’ve ever been

III) Gina is now at school. She loves it

thank Goodness!

A) Have you been back lately? Lots of changes. You wouldn't recognize Xavier St.

В) How was yours? I bet you beat that for excitement!

C) How about you? Have you changed your mind about it? I remember how you hated the lessons

IV) I've just returned from a weekend in Perth had a great time

catching up on all the news.

V) Xmas was exciting in
Tower this year. We had a baby born in the next door flat on Xmas Eve, a surprise over­ seas visitor for Xmas dinner, and then, on Boxing Day the dog had 6 pups!

D) Has William started yet or is he still only 4 (I’ve forgotten)?

E) Which reminds me, how’s Maura? Are you still together?

Exercise 8 Think of someone you would like to write to at the moment.

Think of the areas of his or her life that you would like to know: something about sport, study, family, other friends, etc.

- Write a paragraph asking questions about these ar­eas.

- Finish your letter

Well. I must stop now. What's your news?

That’s all the news from this end. What about you?

No more news to tell. Write soon and tell me yours.

Anyway - I must finish now. What’s happening in your life?

Exercise 9 a) The letter below is a reply to another letter. Find the parts that tell you about this. It will be helpful to you in (b) and exercises 10 and 11.

Dear Ella,

As usual, I’ve taken to reply - SORRY! It was great to hear from you аt Christmas - hope you a good one. I stayed with Kim and Mike again at Marray Bridge - lots of swimming, lazing about in the sun and so on.

All seems a long time ago now - I've been working for 6 weeks. I really enjoy it - though it's very busy. Glad to hear you've got some part-time work how's it going?

What great news! You may be hack at the end of the year! I'll keep on the lookout for jobs - would you like me to send you some advertisements?

Pleased to hear that Katy is her old self. I must write to her soon.

Must stop now - I'm at work and have lots to do.

Write soon,

Vin

PS Thanks for those newspaper clippings - they were very interesting.

PPS You mentioned Tim Payne- what a surprise him living like that - had any news lately?

b) Sometimes you might begin a letter by referring to all the news contained in the letter you received. Look at this writer's first paragraph.

Dear Rosa,

Thank you for your long, long letter. What a lot of news you had to tell Congratulations on your terrific pass - well done! But what's this about popping work I was shocked think carefully about it, won't you? Great news about Ch.M. - I look forward to seeing her.

с) look again at the letter to Ella. Imagine that you are Ella and that you are replying to the letter. Note down the points you will mention in your letter.

-Draft the first paragraph, referring to all points (ask questions, make comments, express gladness, etc.).

- Revise your paragraph as needed

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