4HV Formal letter

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Today

Recap info about a formal letter, you know the structure of a formal letter without needing help

Linking words, you will learn how to use them in a formal letter

Time to work on your writing file

Your own address

The other person's address

Salutation

Date

Closure

Introduction

Body

Conclusion

Signature

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1. Your own address without your name, with the country

  Marinus Postlaan 1

 8264 PB Leeuwarden

 Netherlands

You should include a name with the addresses

1. True
2. False

There is only one specific way to write the date

1. True
2. False

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2. Date of writing

 

 15 December 2020

 December 15, 2020

 December 15th, 2020

 15th December 2020

All options are correct; the first one is the easiest. Remember to write months with capital letters in English!

Please do not write 15/12/2020!

When I do not know the person I am writing to, I use ....

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4. Salutation

 Dear Mr Jones / Mrs Jones, (if you know who you are writing to)

 Dear Sir/Madam, (if you do not know who you are writing to)

• Use capital letters
  
• Never use a first name.
  
• Do not write ‘Mister/Missus’
  
• Always end with a comma
  

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5. Three paragraphs

   

More information later on

What is a sentence you close your formal letter with?

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6. Final sentence

 " I look forward to hearing from you soon. "

This is a sentence you can almost always use.

Which one do you use when you know the name of the person you are writing to?

1. Yours sincerely,
2. Yours faithfully,

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7. Closure

   Yours sincerely,  (name is known)

   Yours faithfully,  (name is unknown)

I know the structure of a formal letter and can use this without having to ask any questions, or having to look anything up

-210

apart from structure, what else do you need from me to write a good formal letter?

Well done!

Put your phones away but do not close the browser

Otherwise you will lose your score

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8. Your signature and full name

  [signature]

 Amarins Jager

Linking words

Signaalwoorden

Why?

To give a better flow to your writing

To link everything together

To easily go from one idea to another

However, do not overuse them!

Addition: to add, to put things together

Sequence: order of things that follow each other

Consequence: something is caused by something else

contrast: the difference between things

certainly: something without doubt

reason: a motive, a why, an explanation

condition: something that has to be done to be able to do something else

summary: the main points of something

Drag and drop

For the upcoming exercise you have to drag the linking words towards the theme it matches

Tekst

Sequence

To add more points

Contrast

Reason

however

in contrast

another reason

furthermore

nonetheless

following with

on the other hand

leads to

to begin with

also

moreover

in addition to

because

due to

since

owing to

as well as

although

earlier

I'm awesome at Maths, ______ my brother really sucks at it.

1. because
2. however
3. since
4. therefore

____ the bus was late, we still made it in time for school.

1. finally
2. because
3. even though
4. furthermore

Have you ever been abroad? _____, to Spain, France or Germany?

1. However
2. In conclusion
3. For instance
4. Previously

_____ we stayed up late yesterday,
I didn't feel tired at all this morning.

1. As a result
2. although
3. Nevertheless
4. Due to

I live in a really small town, ____ my nephew lives in a big city.

1. generally
2. as a result
3. whereas
4. in order to

If you want to pass your test you should study. ____, you should also ask more questions and check your work.

1. Moreover
2. Previously
3. Despite
4. Compared to

I think Larry is the worst baseball player ever. _____ he should be taken off the team.

1. While
2. Therefore
3. Even though
4. Including

Which linking word is the odd one out?

1. as well as
2. furthermore
3. also
4. for example

Which linking word is the odd one out?

1. in addition
2. additionally
3. however
4. moreover

Which linking word is the odd one out?

1. as a result
2. consequently
3. besides
4. therefore

Which linking word is the odd one out?

1. therefore
2. such as
3. for instance
4. for example

Fill in the correct linking word:
Climates are changing ______ global warming.

1. in spite of
2. as a result of
3. in order to
4. although

Fill in the correct linking word:
We don't take global warming seriously enough ________ rising ocean levels and floods.

1. though
2. as a result of
3. because of
4. in spite of

Fill in the correct linking word:
He could read and write
______ being blind.

1. despite
2. as a result of
3. although
4. besides

Fill in the correct linking word:
They lost the match ______ poor physical preparation.

1. despite
2. after
3. because of
4. even though

I feel confident I can use linking words

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