Letter Writing: Independence Day Celebration
Letter Writing: Independence Day Celebration
ü Letters are written in two ways in nature i.e., formal and informal.
ü Formal letters are Business letters, Official letters, Applications, Letters of complaint and
letters to the editors of newspapers.
ü Informal letters are letters to friends, parents, relatives and acquaintances.
Features/Format of a letter:
I. Heading:
a. Sender’s address with comma at the end of each line and a period mark at the end of the
address. It is written at the right top corner for personal letters. Heading is common to all
kinds of letters. There is date with some space given after the sender’s address.
16-74/2-a,
Hanuman Temple Road,
Near Veg market,
Huzurabad,
Karimnagar.
b.
16-74/2-a,
Hanuman Temple Road,
Near Veg market,
Huzurabad,
Karimnagar.
To
The Head Master,
Govt. High School,
Huzurabad,
Karimnagar.
In formal letters the heading contains the addressee’s address after the date a bit lower and always written to
the left indent. The sender address and the date may be written to the right indent but the to
address should remain to the left.
To
The Head Master,
Govt. High School,
Huzurabad,
Karimnagar.
OR
II. Subject and reference:
Subject and reference are written in formal letters especially in official and business letters
only. The subject is the main idea of the letter and reference is the supporting information why you
write the letter.
III. Salutation:
Salutation is a formal greeting ends with a comma written to the left indent.
Formal salutations:
1. Sir/Madam/Sirs/Madams, (preferable)
2. Dear sir/madam/sirs/madams, etc.
Informal salutations:
1. Dear Rakesh,
2. My dear father,
3. My dear Amma, etc.
IV. Body of the letter:
The body of the letter is actual communication which is to be conveyed to the recipient. It is
written in formal language for formal letters and optional for informal letters. The body of the letter
must be organized in three or more paragraphs i.e., introduction/welfare, actual message and
closing/conclusion. But for formal letters the body of the letter should be concise restricting to the
topic only. Regarding the examinations, you will be provided some clues. Make use of them in
organizing paragraphs for body of the letter.
V. Subscription:
Subscription is the courteous leaving. A comma is put at the end of the phrase. There will be
a signature of the sender under the subscription. The first letter of the subscription must be in capital.
It is written to the right indent in both informal and formal letters. It is being practiced to write to the
left indent in formal letters now-a-day.
Sl. No. To whom the letter is written
Yours lovingly / Your
1 Mother/Father/Relatives/Near and dear
Yours loving nephew
2 Friend / Near and dear/Acquaintances Yours ever / Yours lov
3 Officer / Editors Yours faithfully / You
4 Class teacher / Head master / Principal etc. Yours obediently
VI. Superscription or Address on the envelope:
Superscription or address on the envelope which is written at the end of the letter for
informal letters only by following punctuation. No need to write Superscription or address on the
envelope for official or formal letters as it is written already under the date.
Note:
Block format: Now-a-day people are using different way of writing a letter i.e. block format. In
this format everything like heading, subject, reference, salutation, body of the letter, subscription
and even superscription are to be written to the left margin. There will be no punctuation for
heading, subject, salutation etc. There in the body of the letter starts at the left margin and leaves
a line more after each paragraph. It is more usual in business letters and common these days.
E.g.1. Write a letter to the editor of a reputed newspaper explaining your views on your new textbook
“Our world through English.”
16-74/2-a,
Hanuman Temple Road,
Near Vegetable market,
Huzurabad,
Karimnagar.
To
The Editor,
The Hans India,
Hyderabad.
Sir,
I am a regular reader of your esteemed newspaper. I am very much interested in reading the
news in “Reader’s Choice.” Every time when I have some feelings I bring to your notice. I am very
much excited to be promoted to class X and having new syllabus and books as well.
It’s really happy to be the first batch of the new textbooks. The English text book is designed
handy and full of colourful pictures. It has organized by eight units of different themes. Each unit is
compiled with three reading sections. Exercises after every section are more applied ones. The
projects are a bit difficult but we love to do them.
Thanks to the SCERT for compiling such a beautiful handy colourful “Our World through
English.”
Thanking you sir.
Yours truly,
Xxxxxxxxx
E.g.2: Write a letter to your father requesting him to send the term-ii fee Rs. 5000/-
16-74/2-a,
MG Jr. College,
Hyderabad.
My dear father,
I am fine here. I hope that all of our family members are fine too. I am studying well in all
subjects. I am very proud to have such lovely parents that no one can find all around the world.
It’s a bit difficult to me write you this time. It’s time we paid my term-ii fee Rs. 5000 to the
college. It would be pleasure to me if you send the money immediately. The Principal has ordered me
to pay the amount by 16th itself without fail.
Hope my lovely sister is fine and going to school. Do convey my regards to Mom and
grandfather.
E.g.3: You have read about Nick and you are inspired by his story. Now write a letter to your
friend explaining how you are inspired by Nick’s life.
24/301B,
Balasamudram,
Hanamkonda.
E.g.4: Write a letter to your friend explaining your feelings and showing sympathy on the baby in the
poetry, ‘Abandoned.’
H.No. 1-1-900/1,
Shivanagar,
Warangal.
To
V Srujana,
H.No. 13-74/a,
Sulthanbazar,
Hyderabad.
E.g.5: Imagine that you were the grandfather in the play, ‘Dear Departed.’ Write a letter to your
friend, Mr. Tattersall inviting him to your marriage at ‘Ring-O-Bells’ with Mrs. John Shorrocks.
Don’t forget to say why you are going to get married at this age.
You can include the following:
a. Time of wedding
b. Place of wedding
c. Details of the bride
d. Behaviour of the daughters
e. Reason for marrying at this age and
f. Cordial invitation
Ring-O-Bells,
Queensland.
To
Mr. Tattersal,
Rtd. Colonel,
Kingsland.
E.g.6: Write a letter of complaint to the sub-inspector of police to inquire and punish the
culprits of Bayyaji’s death as you are the elder son of Bhayyaji.
15-2/13a,
Ambedkar colony,
Sarangapoor,
Jagtial.
Sir,
Sub: Application of complaint to find the culprits of Bhayyaji’s death and putting the fire to
house.
I, the elder son of Mr. Bhayyaji, request you to find the culprits of my father’s death and the reason for
our house caught fire.
Our father had retired from the work and returned home this year. He wished to build a storeyed
house. But many of our village heads warned him not to build a storeyed one. They ordered to build a regular
portioned house instead. We, daliths, afraid of them constructed a concealed storeyed house. They did not
tolerate this and our house caught in fire when we were celebrating the house warming ceremony last night.
Unaware of the reason our father wailed and caught by the fire.
We doubt on the Patils and the heads of the village that put fire or appointed others to put fire to our
house.
We request you to kindly inquire it and find the culprits behind our father’s death and who put fire to
our house. Do please take necessary action against them according to the acts of penal.
Thanking you sir.
Yours truly,
Xxxxxxxxx
E.g.7: Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper about the harmful effects of reckless driving. In your
letter you have to explain why reckless driving poses great danger to lives and property.
Door No. 35,
Vishal Enclave,
Nampally,
Hyderabad.
To
The Editor,
The Times of India,
New Delhi.
Sir/Madam,
For the last two or three months there has not been a single day when road accidents
did not occur in Hyderabad. Most of these accidents were caused by reckless driving. Truck
drivers and those who drink and drive are notorious for rash driving.
The other day I was horrified to witness a dreadful accident. A young biker and his
wife were crushed to death when a speeding truck that came from behind ran over them. They
died on the spot. I am sure that it was not an isolated incident. Countless innocent lives are lost
on the roads.
The concern with reckless driving is that it possesses a significant risk to the people
in the surrounding area as well as the driver. Reckless drivers could kill children, animals and
pedestrians. A car that spins out of control can harm other vehicles on the road. In addition,
reckless driving can cause significant damage to property. Thus, it goes without saying that
reckless driving is a public safety issue that must be properly addressed.
Yours faithfully,
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
E.g.7: There is an advertisement about the post of management trainee on the notice board of your
college. Now write a letter of application to apply the post addressing the Personnel Manager of the
firm.
Room 354, Block 6,
Mogilipet Village,
Suryapet,
Nalgonda.
Dated: 22nd August, 2020.
To
The Personnel Manager,
Usha consultancy,
PO Box 232,
Hyderabad.
Sir,
Sub: Application for the Post of Management Trainee
I am writing to apply for the post of Management Trainee, which was advertised on the notice board of
the Govt. Polytechnic College Nalgonda on 19th August, 2019.
I have my graduation in Commerce from Kakatiya University Warangal and got gold medal for my
performance. I have submitted essential documents along with this letter for your kind information.
I am available for interview at any time. I can be contacted most easily on the mobile phone number
given above. I look forward to meeting you.
Yours sincerely,
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Enclosures: Certificates of Xerox copies and Resume
E.g.8: Write a letter to your friend telling him about your new school you joined recently. Make use of the
following points.
Name of the school – infrastructural facilities – surroundings –
experienced teachers – incentives – scholarships, free text books –
playground – games and sports – science experiment –
moral education – yoga, meditation – computer education.
32-A2/1,
Market Road,
Huzurabad.
To
Mr. M Kumar,
H-No. 1-1-900/1,
Jhansi Road,
Koratla.
E.g. 9: You are Archana a resident of Sai Amrutha Apartment, Tarnaka, Hyderabad. Recently you have been
escaped from a grave danger of falling to a man hole during rainy season. Open man holes have become a
source of danger for the pedestrians and vehicle owners.
Now write a letter to the Municipal Commissioner about the problem of dangers of man holes.
Cautions to be taken
Necessary action to be taken
From
Archana Guduri,
Sai Amrutha Apartments,
Tharnaka,
Hyderabad – 22
To
The Commissioner,
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation,
Hyderabad - 05
Sir/Madam,
I shall be highly obliged if you would kindly react towards the manhole issues.
It has caught the attention of the pedestrians walking through the city streets that the open
manholes are found almost everywhere which are the death traps for the people especially at night and
during rainy season when the streets are inundated with water covering the manholes unnoticed. Cases are
plenty that these open manholes have claimed lives of many people in the recent past.
In order to avoid recurrence of such incidence in future I would appeal to the city Department of
Municipal Affairs to take appropriate action in covering the open manholes and arrange to check-up the
manholes at regular intervals so that the pedestrians can walk freely through the footpaths at night and
during rains.
Yours faithfully,
(Archana Guduru)
Practice Questions:
1. Imagine that you happened to watch the movie, ‘BahuBali-2’. You are much impressed with the
performance of the artists and technicians specially director’s efforts who brought fantastic effects on the
theatre.
Now write a letter to your friend explaining him/her about the movie.
2. Write a letter to your friend telling him/her how you have celebrated the Independence Day in your school
this year. You can use the following points:
· Prabath Bheri
· Flag hoisting
· Messages
· Cultural activities
· Your participation in the celebrations
· Chief guest
· Prize and distribution etc.
3. Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper expressing your concern about air pollution in the country. You
may use the following clues.
· Air pollution
· Worst in big cities
· Cause of many diseases
· Measures to prevent / control it
· Reducing private vehicles on roads
· Reforestation – plants at factories etc.
4. Write a letter to the editor of a new paper complaining about unsanitary conditions in your locality. You
may use the following ideas.
1. Municipality is not cleaning the dust bins and sewages
2. Street lights are not working properly
3. Roads are full of pits and holes
4. Water is stagnating in the pits. They cause Chicken-Gunya and Malaria and Dengue.
5. You are aware of the ill-effects caused by the pollution, particularly air pollution, and the unfair methods
being used. Vehicles are releasing Carbon monoxide; heavy vehicles are not properly conditioned.
Garbage is thrown in open-streets which releases poisonous gases. Deforestation methods are used
everywhere which effect climatic conditions.
Now write a letter to the Director of Pollution Control Board, describing him how air pollution is
affecting our lives. You may suggest possible solutions to solve this problem.
5. Advertisement appeals to children, luring them to buy the products, putting pressure on parents. As a
result, children demand the clothes, shoes, food, etc. advertised on the TV or other media. Now, write
a letter to the editor of a daily newspaper highlighting the negative effects of advertisements on children.
You may make use of the following ideas:
· Nature of advertisements which attracting children
· Children demand for the products
· Influence of peer group
· Pressure the parents to buy things
· Suggestions to control the TV advertisements
6. You have noticed that your locality worsened as the garbage with uncontrolled usage plastic and hazardous
material all around the public places like school, market, temples etc. and you felt it is responsible to bring
the same to the notice of the municipal authorities of your town. Now write a letter to the municipal
commissioner to take necessary action in this regard. You may make use the following hints…
7. The roads in your village are in a very bad condition. The recent rains have further aggravated the
problem. It has become impossible to ride vehicles on them. The concerned authorities have not responded
despite many complaints. Now write a letter to the M.L.A. complaining about the same and request him to
address the problem immediately. You may use the following hints.
8. Recently the ‘SHE’ team has visited your school and explained what activities to be taken and how they
counsel youngsters those who tease girls or women in the society. So, write a letter to your friend about
the purpose of the ‘SHE’ teams in your locality.
· What steps to be taken for girl safety
· How the police will help through helpline100
· How it is helpful for the school girls
9. Your teacher of English has planned to start a kitchen garden at your school and he explained all the things
about to be done, every student is very keen to start this kitchen garden. But he wanted to take the support
of local people. So, he asked you to write a letter to the local Sarpanch about the importance of the
kitchen garden in the school. You may include …
10. You have celebrated ‘Teacher’s Day’ in your school on 5 th of September this year. All the students
felicitated the teachers with garlands and mementoes. Students gave speeches on this occasion. Now, write
a letter to your friend who lives in Warangal explaining the way you celebrated the day. You can use the
points…
11. Imagine that your sister has recently joined in IIIT Basara for her higher studies. Her birthday is in the
following week. Now write a letter to her wishing on her birthday and ask her to take care of her health
and studies. You may enquire about the faculty, food, friends etc.
12. You know that our state government has recently launched a grand welfare programme name ‘Kanti
Velugu’. As a part of this, all the people of our state, especially the poor and the downtrodden get a free
chance to get their eyes checked and necessary treatment will be given immediately free of cost. Eye
operations also being done by efficient doctors to the needy people without any cost.
Now write a letter to your friend describing the importance of eye care in one’s life. Also
include the highlights of ‘Kanti Velugu’ programme.
13. Imagine on the occasion of ‘Teacher’s Day’ you have organized Self Governance Day in your school. The
roles of the headmaster, the teachers and the staff were played by the students. On that day the students
took up the duties of the teachers and taught various subjects to the students. Your teachers observed the
classes of the students and appreciated the well-acted student teachers. You all enjoyed well.
Now, write a letter to your friend who is living in Karimnagar discussing the programme.
14. In the past couple of months many people in your locality have been suffered from diseases like Malaria
and Chikungunya. A few people almost died of the ailment. Lack of proper sewage system causes the dirty
water to stagnate around the houses in your locality. This causes the mosquitoes to breed. The local
authorities have not taken any action despite many complaints.
Now write a letter of complaint to the MRO explaining him/her the problem and request to take
appropriate measures to reduce the problem.
15. You have noticed that your locality worsened as the garbage with uncontrolled usage of plastic and
hazardous material all around the public places like school, market, temples etc. and you felt it is
responsibility to bring the same the municipal authorities of your municipality. Now write a letter to the
municipal commissioner to take necessary action in this regard. Make use of the following hints
· No sweepers
· Heaps of garbage on roads
· Drainages blockage – water logging – breeding of mosquitoes
· No use of dust bins
· Immediate steps to be taken
· Regular visits of authorities
· Meetings of the residents etc.
18. There are several instances of robberies of ATMs in cities and towns now-a-days. The bank authorities
failed to arrange proper security at them. People face a lot of problems in drawing money from ATMs
especially during the non-banking hours.
Now write a letter to the editor of a newspaper about this problem suggesting a few steps to
prevent such incidents in future. You may include the hints….
· Problem
· Increasing security personalities at the ATMs
· What happens if ATMs are robbed?
· Increasing strongest machines that cannot be broken etc.
19. The school going teenagers of today can be seen talking and playing on cell phones for hours together in
buses, on bikes while riding, colleges, schools, on roads etc., thus, wasting their precious time and
neglecting their studies and sometimes even risking their lives and other lives also due to accidents. You
felt that it is a bad habit. Now write a letter to a local newspaper on the disadvantages of unnecessary use
of mobiles and give a few suggestions on controlling the mobiles usage. You may use the following hints.
Hints: 1. Parents supervision should be there 2. Time limit in usage 3. School and colleges should be
treated as no mobile zones 4. heavy fine on use of mobiles on school/college campuses.
20. Imagine you are interested in the Olympics, you are inspired by Sindhu’s superb performance in the
Badminton woman’s singles at the Rio-Olympics 2017. It was a moment of pride for every Indian to watch
tri colour flags waved by ecstatic (emotionally sensitive) Indian spectators during the Olympic final. Now
write a letter to your friend in Hyderabad describing the performance of PV Sindhu at the Rio-Olympics
2017. Also include that Sindhu’s receiving the Khel Rathna Award from Indian National Government.
21. The roads in your village colony are not being swept regularly. There is a lot of garbage everywhere
emitting foul smell. Write a letter to the Secretary of your village to take necessary steps and also suggest
some measures.
22. You are aware of the ill-effects caused by the pollution, particularly air pollution, and the unfair methods
being used. Vehicles are releasing Carbon Monoxide; heavy vehicles are not properly conditioned.
Garbage is thrown in open streets which release poisonous gases. Deforestation methods are used
everywhere which effect climatic conditions. Write a letter to the Director of Pollution Control Board,
describing him how air pollution is affecting our lives. You may suggest possible solutions to solve this
problem.
23. You have read about Nick and you are inspired by his story. Now write a letter to your friend explaining
how you are inspired by Nick’s life.
24. You have read the lesson ‘I will do it.’ Now write a letter to your friend explaining the greatness of Mr.
Murthy.
25. Imagine that you were the grandfather in the play, ‘Dear Departed.’ Write a letter to your friend, Mr.
Tattersall inviting him to your marriage at ‘Ring-O-Bells’ with Mrs. John Shorrocks. Don’t forget to say
why you are going to get married at this age.
You can include the following:
a. Time of wedding
b. Place of wedding
c. Details of the bride
d. Behaviour of the daughters
e. Reason for marrying at this age
26. Cordial invitation: Think that you are the son in the lesson ‘The Journey’ and was not interested to leave
home for a week more. Now write a letter to you manager requesting him to extend the leave for one more
week.
27. Write a letter of thanks to Aunt Jane on her generosity in place of Jack and Jill.
28. Write a letter of complaint to the sub-inspector of police to inquire and punish the culprits of Bayyaji’s
death as you are the elder son of him.
29. Write a letter to your friend explaining what happened to the baby and showing sympathy on the baby in
the poem, ‘Abandoned.’
30. You have seen an advertisement in “The Times of India” related to new batches of “Astronomy Club”
initiated by Birla planetarium, Hyderabad, starting from January 1 st. You wish to join the club. Now write
a letter to the Director, enquiring about the venue, duration, fee structure, activities, transportation etc.,
add other necessary details.
31. You are Archana a resident of Sai Amrutha Apartment, Tarnaka, Hyderabad. Recently you have been
escaped from a grave danger of falling to a man hole during rainy season. Open man holes have become a
source of danger for the pedestrians and vehicle owners.
Now write a letter to the Municipal Commissioner about the problem of dangers of man holes.
You may include … Greetings… Dangers of manholes… Cautions to be taken… Necessary action to
be taken
32. Write a letter to your friend telling him about your new school you joined recently. Make use of the
following points.
Name of the school – infrastructural facilities – surroundings – experienced teachers – incentives –
scholarships, free text books – play ground – games and sports – science experiment – moral
education – yoga, meditation – computer education. (TS – SSC March 2016)
33. You are the student of a Z.P. High School. Your village is far away from the town where you study. There
is no proper bus service to your village. This has adverse effects on the school going children of your
village. The poor bus service also affects the life of residents.
Now, keeping in view the above problem, write a letter to the Editor of a local newspaper highlighting
the problems faced. You can also suggest few possible solutions. You may use the following ideas: How
many school going children are there? Frequency of the bus service… Problems of the villages… Your
suggestions (TS SSC March 2019)
34. Suppose you have visited a tourist place in your summer vacation. You have seen the beautiful sceneries
and historical places of the tourist place.
Now write a letter to your friend describing the places you visited. You can include the details …
Name of the place where you visited… Number of days you stayed there… Your feelings on visiting the
place… The place you liked the most etc.