Formal Writing: Application Letter

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Formal Writing

Application Letters

Structure the application letter 

Formal Expressions

I am writing to you to apply to the post of part-time job assistant.

My responsibilities there included serving customers as well as shelf-filling.

I consider myself to be trustworthy, hardworking and enthusiastic.

If necessary, I can supply you references.

I would be grateful for the opportunity to visit your shop

I will be available to start work on 22 July.

I am enclosing my CV

• Use adverbs and adjectives to make your writing come alive

What are personality traits that will get you hired?

Most of those heroes have spend half there lifes trying to be ordinary people. (3)

Ones they where traveling threw South America whit some friends when too of them were kidnaped. (6)

Those lady’s were trying to get some potato's, tomato's and loafs of bread for free. (4)

Their are five books about wit here; this one is a lot funnyer then the other once, don’t you think so too? (4)

Write down 3 mistakes from the previous letter

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