INFORMAL LETTER

1. ( Adress of sender)
Examples:
Taman Melawati,
PO Box 221, 99808,
Tenom, Sabah.
2. Write the date bellow the address
Example: 
23 July 2017

3. Salutations with the name of the person you are writing to

Examples:
Dear Maria, Dear Aunt Alice, Dear Mum
4. Opening
Useful phrases for the opening
How are you? / How have the family been? / I hope you are well.
Thank you / Many thanks for your (recent/last) letter / postcard.
It was good . nice . great to hear from you again.
I was surprised to hear that…..
I’m sorry I haven’t written / been in touch for such a long time.
How are things / Hiw are you / How’s it going ?
5. State the purpose of your writing
Useful phrases to state the purpose of your writing

Reffering to news
Great news about … Glad to hear that… Sorry to hear about
Giving news
Listen, did I tell you about …? You’ll never believe what ….
Oh!, and another thing ….This is to let you know that …..
I thought you might be interested to hear about ….
By the way. have you heard about ….
Apologies
I’m sorry that I forgot to ……. But I was busy.
Invitations
I’m / We’re having a party on …….. ? We hope you’ll be able to come.
Would you like to come …. With me at the weekend?
Could you let me know if you can come / you’d like to join us ?
Thank you very much for your invitation. I’d like to come.
Thank you for asking but I’m afraid I won’t be able to come.
 Requests
I’m writing to ask for your help / a favour.
I hope you don’t mind me asking but could you …….?
I’d be very / really grateful if you could ….
Thank you / Congratulations / Good Luck
I’ writing to thank you for …..
I really appreciated all your help / advices.
Congratulations on passing your exams/ your excellent exam results.
Don’t worry , I’m sure you’ll do well …
Making suggestions and recommendations
Why don’t you …? / Maybe you could… ? / How about …?
I’m sure you will enjoy ….. If you like, we can ….
6. Content / Body
Write in paragraphs. Each paragraph should have new point
7. Closing remarks
Examples
Give reasons why you ending the letter:
Anyway, I must go and get going with my work.
I guess it’s time I got on with my study / revision
Send greetings and / or make reference for future
Give my love / regards to …. / Say hello to …
I can’t wait to hear from you / Hope to hear from you soon
See you soon / Write soon
8. End of letter
Write the end of letter on right hand corner
Examples :
Yours sincerely,
Your friend,
Your cousin
Your loving sister