Letter Writing

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 5,6

Letter Writing

Tips & Tricks

Your own address:

(Name optional)

Street Name + Number

Postal Code + City

Country

EXAMPLE

(Joost Austen)

Parallelweg 56

6231 CJ Meerssen

the Netherlands

Layout

Recipient's Address

Recipient's name

(Organisation)

Number + Street Name

Postal Code + City

Country

EXAMPLE

Harry Potter

4 Privet Drive

WC2N 5DU London

United Kingdom

Lay-out

Date

Day/Month/Year

EXAMPLE: 7 September, 2020

7 September 2020

Write down your own address for the purpose of a formal letter.

You write a letter to James Bond, who works for MI6. Write his information down. Make up the address.

Salutations & Closings: Option A

Condition: No specific name is known

Salutation (aanhef): Dear Sir/Madam,

Closing: Yours faithfully,

Signature

First & Last Name

Salutations & Closings: Option B

Condition: Name recipient is known

Salutation: Dear Mr Brown, / Dear Ms Brown, / Dear Mrs Brown,

Closing: Yours sincerely,

Signature

First and last name

Create a salutation and closing for the letter to James Bond.

Frequent mistakes

Capital Letters:

i is wrong, it is always “I” 

Days of the week, months : Monday, Tuesday, August, October

Frequent mistakes

Confusing Couples

There – they’re – their

Your – you’re 

It’s – its 

Two – to - too 

with - whit

Frequent mistakes

verry - very

mutch - much

realy - really

gonna, wanna  - going to, want to 

I don't know where ... going

1. there
2. their
3. they're

I don't get it. ... going to have to explain it to me.

1. your
2. you're

I am sure it is autumn because the tree lost all ... leaves.

1. its
2. it's

I love you ...

1. to
2. two
3. too
4. 2

Dear Sir/Madam,

Yours sincerely, / Yours faithfully, 

Jouw adres en het adres waar je naar toe schrijft

Inhoud formele brief

datum

Layout

Dear XXX,

Introduction (I am writing you this letter because.., introduce yourself if you don't know the person)

Body paragraph (Describe situation, give examples)

Conclusion (What are your plans for the future)

Kind regards, yours sincerely,

Your name (Include your last name if you don't know the person)