Informal Letters & Postcards Section 1

* Informal or personal letters are those you write to people you know – friends, cousins,
aunts, uncles, etc.
Formal Letters Section 2
* Informal letters should be friendly, chatty and relaxed as though you're talking to
the person.

* You sign an informal or personal letter using phrases like – Best Wishes, Love,
Yours truly, Lots of love etc.
Formal Letters Section 2
* You must, however, obey the rules for all letters. Look back at page 2 and check
these out.

* Look at the example of an informal letter below and do the exercises

that follow.
Formal Letters Section 2

rk,
46 Riverview Pa
Your address Glentown,
Keywords Dublin 23. 3
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15th February 2
The date

reeting
The opening g
Dear Jim,
ded to
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baby
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My sister, Sandr from ba by -s it ti n g a nd
be a bl e to m a ke some money Paragraph 3
will
in to visit you.
down on the tra
s.
on and let me know all the new
Write so

The closing
Your friend,

Your signature
Martin

Junior Certificate School Programme 7