PERSONAL LETTER

To make clear how to write a personal letter, below is some elements should be
included when writing a personal letter. They are:

1. Date: It is the month, day and year that the letter is written on.
2. Greeting: Some times we call it “salutation”. It is the introductory phrase. It
can be a phrase like:
▪ Dear Tono, Dear My friend, Dear My Brother, etc
▪ Body: All kinds of letter formal or informal have the letter body. This is the
complete text of the letter or the subject matter content.
3. Closing: It is the farewell phrase. That is a word that precedes the signature
and is followed by a comma. The phrases can be like; Yours truly, with love,
Best Wishes, Regards, etc.

4. Signature: This the place where you write your name and signature.

Examples of Personal Letter for Various Purposes

After understanding the generic structure of how a personal letter is organized,
now we see some sample below.

October, 16th 2019 (Date)

Dear Michael, (Greetings)

Thank to you for letter. It is a great pleasure to have a true the friend.My best
friend is Helen. We study in the same class and spend a lot of time with together.
We often go to the cinema or to the park. What's more, we just to stay at the
home and have tea. (Body of letter)

Of course, we have a lot of topics to talk about and too we interested in cycle
racing. Yesterday we spent the whole day together. We went to the park and in
the evening we watched a play in the theatre also. (Body of Letter)

Keep in touch!

With love, (Closing)

(Signature)

Tanya (Typed name)

ASSIGNMENT

Your best friend, Ani has written you a letter. Part of it says : “What is your
favourite day of the week?”

Write a letter of 200 words in reply!