Writing the Letter
Here’s our plan again with all our notes added in.
1) Dear .....
2) Paragraph 1: Purpose – to tell your friend about your trip
3) Paragraph 2: give a brief update of your life since last in touch
Got engaged, bought flat
4) Paragraph 3: explain why you will be travelling to his/her town
Coach tour of Scotland
5) Paragraph 4: say what you plan to do when you visit their town
Visit Edinburgh Castle
6) Signoff
We’ve already decided on the greeting so we’ll start with paragraph 1.
Paragraph 1
In the first paragraph, you must state the reason for writing the letter, that is, its purpose.
Paragraph 1: Purpose – to tell your friend about your trip
Many students make the mistake of missing this purpose sentence out but it's very important. Including it will gain you marks.
It only requires one sentence. For example,
I’m just writing to let you know that I’m going to be visiting Edinburgh in a few months' time.
Top vocabulary tip: One of the easiest ways to show the examiner that you know you are writing an informal letter is to use contractions, e.g.
I’m, I’ve, you’ll, we'd, they're
Do not use contractions in formal letters. They are informal language.
Paragraph 2
In the second paragraph, you write about bullet point 1. Remember to keep the language informal for this question.
Paragraph 2: give a brief update of your life since last in touch
Got engaged, bought flat
You could write something like this.
So much has happened since I last wrote so I’ll quickly bring you up to date before telling you about the trip. The big news is that Jamie and I have finally got engaged. He even got down on one knee to propose which was so romantic. The wedding is planned for June next year and we do hope you can come. We‘ve also bought a flat and we moved in together last month.
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