Example situations
Formal:
- Write a letter to a newspaper complaining that the only cinema in your town is going to close.
- You want to become a doctor. Write a letter to a local surgery asking for advice on the best way to achieve your ambition.
- You bought a CD player a month ago that has now stopped working. Write a letter of complaint to the shop, insisting that they replace it.
- You are interested in a summer course studying English abroad. Write a letter to a school in England asking for information on courses.
- Write a letter to a local company asking about work experience opportunities in the summer.
- Write a letter to a newspaper complaining that there is too much traffic in your town.
Informal:
- Write a letter to a friend, thanking him/her for his/her help when you were in trouble recently.
- Write a letter to a good friend, asking them to spend the New Year’s holiday with you.
- Write a letter to a friend you met on holiday inviting him/her to stay with you.
- Write a letter to your cousin apologising for forgetting her birthday.
- Write a letter to a friend, saying you will not be able to accept his/her invitation to stay with him/her this summer, and explain why.
- Write a letter to a friend, apologising for your brother’s behaviour at your friend’s party.