LETTER WRITING

FORMAL LETTERS

Titles

You know the person you are writing to:

Dear Mr Smith, Dear Ms Brown

→end the letter:

Yours sincerely, Sincerely yours, Yours truly, Best regards…

You don’t know the name of the person you are writing to:

Dear Sir, Dear Madam

Dear Sir or Madam

To whom it may concern

→end the letter:

Yours faithfully,

Beginning your letters

Following our telephone conversation this morning,

I am writing in reply to your letter dated…

I am writing in response to your advertisement…

I am writing to inform you of…

I am writing to request more information on…

Ending the letter

I hope to hear from you in the near future

I will wait to hear from you…

I look forward to hearing from you in due course…

I can be contacted at the above address…

Please do not hesitate to contact me…

EMAILS AND INFORMAL LETTERS

Start with:

Hi Alice

Alice

Dear Alice

→end the email:

Take care, Best wishes, Love,…

Openings

How are you?, How have the family been?, I hope you are well

Thank you for the letter and …

It was great to hear from you again…

It was no surprise to hear that…

I’m sorry I haven’t written for so long…

I have so much to tell you…

Closing

I must go and…

I guess it’s time I got on with…

I can’t wait to hear from you.

Don’t forget to let me know…

PS…