ТРЕНИРОВОЧНЫЕ УПРАЖНЕНИЯ
(раздел
«ПИСЬМО»)
Сакович Татьяна
Сергеевна
Ex.
1
1. In A there
are seven kinds of letters. In B, there are expressions which can be
found in these letters. Match the expressions with the letters. An expression
might go with more than one letter.
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A
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B
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Informal
letters
1
Giving news
2
Inviting
3
Accepting an invitation
4
Thank-you letter after a weekend visit
Formal
letters
5
Thanks and requests
6
Inviting
7
Paying a bill
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a.
Thank you for inviting me to…
b.
Please find enclosed a cheque for…
c.
George and I are having a party on Saturday, and we’d love you to come.
d.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
e.
Just a quick note to say thank you…
f.
Sorry I haven’t written for so long, but I’ve been terribly busy.
g.
RSVP
h.
I’d love to come. See you then!
i.
Could I please have a receipt?
j.
Give my regards to…
k.
Let us know if you can make it.
l.
It was lovely to see you again after so long…
m.
International Shippers request the pleasure of your company at a buffet
supper to be held on…
n.
You very kindly sent me a brochure of holiday cottages. Unfortunately you
forgot to include a price list. I would be most grateful if you could send me
one.
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2.
Choose
one of the following outlines for a letter and write it out in full. Use the
expressions in exercise 1 if appropriate.
Giving
news
Write
to a relative (uncle, aunt, grandparent). Give news of a recent holiday you
have had. Say where you went, who with, and what you did. Give some news about
what you are doing at school/college, and how your parents are. Finish by
saying “I hope to see you…”
Inviting
Write
to a friend who lives in another part of the country. Invite him/her to come to
stay at your house for a weekend. Suggest some dates. Say what you’d like to do
during the weekend. Suggest how the friend could travel, and offer to meet
him/her at the railway station or airport. Finish by saying “I do hope you can
come.”
Accepting
an invitation
Reply
to the invitation above. Your friend has invited you to come to stay for a
weekend in two weeks’ time. Accept the invitation, and say thank you. Give some
information about how you’ll travel, and when you expect to arrive. Finish by
saying “Thanks again for the invitation! See you on …”
Thank-you
letter
The
parents of a friend of yours lent you their house in the country for a week.
Write to them to thank them. Say how kind they were, and describe what you did
during the week’s holiday.
Thanks
and requests
You
recently stayed at the George Hotel, Oxford. You left a coat in the wardrobe in
your room. You wrote to the hotel, asking them to send the coat to you, and
also asking for a brochure for the hotel. The hotel sent the coat but not the
brochure. Write to the hotel again, thanking them for sending the coat and
asking for a brochure.
Paying
a bill and requesting
A
bookshop has sent you some books by post, and the bill. Write to the bookshop
enclosing a cheque, and asking for a receipt. Also, a friend has recommended a
cookery book called The Italian Kitchen but could not remember the
author. Ask if the bookshop has this book and can send it to you.
Ex.
2
Match
a greeting with a suitable ending.
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Dear Sir or
Madam
Darling Rosie
Dear Ms
McDonald
Dear Helen
Dear Philip
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Yours
Bob
Yours faithfully
Robert J.
Fleming
Lots of love
Bobby xxx
Yours
sincerely
Robert Fleming
Love
Bob
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Ex.
3
Look
at the formal expressions on the left and match them with their less formal
equivalents on the right.
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1
I am writing
2
such a large number of
3
I/we find it difficult to believe
that
4
express my disagreement
5
is seriously under-funded
6
inaccurate
7
a significant percentage
8
it is a well-known fact
9
opportunity
10
entitled
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A
say how much I disagree
B
chance
C
I thought I’d drop you
a line
D
everyone knows
E
which was called
F
so many
G
it can’t be right that
H
wrong
I
doesn’t have enough money
J
a lot of people
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Ex.
4
Match the beginnings and the endings of
letters. Then say which letter:
·
is
informal ......
·
is
to a newspaper .…
·
is
applying for a job ……
A
Dear Mr Wooster,
I am writing in my capacity as secretary of the college social club to say how
concerned we were to read about the decisions taken at the committee meeting
held on the fourth of last month.
B
Dear Mark,
I am writing to let you know about a marvelous opportunity that I have heard
about and that I think is exactly what you’re looking for.
C
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to express my interest in the position of part-time library
assistant that I saw advertised in your newsletter dated 13th June.
1
As I’ve said,
this really is too good chance to let slip by. I honestly don’t think it will
be very difficult for you of all people to qualify. So why not give it a go?
Write and let me know how you get on.
Say hello to everyone for me,
Lots
of love,
Jill.
2 I hope that you will
consider me for the post. I enclose a copy of my CV, together with two letters
of reference. I look forward to hearing from you and having the opportunity to
discuss this matter further.
Yours
faithfully,
Kate Loue
Kate
Lowe
3
I trust you
will give this issue your urgent consideration and will take the opinions of
the students into account. Thanking you in anticipation for your cooperation on
this matter.
Yours
sincerely,
Graham
Wiseman
Graham
Wiseman
Ex.
5
Here
is a jumbled letter of complaint, without an opening or closing paragraph. Put
it the correct order, and paragraph it appropriately.
Which
of these opening and closing paragraphs do you think is the most appropriate?
Say why.
Opening
1 The time has come when I have
really had enough of all this bad workmanship and the bad service you have to
take as a consumer in this country.
2 I feel I must complain to you
about the service I have received from both your shop assistants and your
office staff.
3 I am very angry and fed up, and
being a student I do not have much money anyway.
Closing
1 So get in touch soon or they
will cause you a lot of trouble.
2 Please help me soon, because all
my friends said how much that style of shoe suited me.
3 I hope to hear from you before I
have to write them.
1 Since then I have written to you twice, and
have tried to phone on several occasions, but I have had no reply.
2 Naturally I took them back to the shop.
3 They cost $34.99, which I do not think is
cheap.
4 This organization often prosecutes shops
that sell faulty goods.
5 However, after only three weeks I had to have
them re-heeled.
6 If I do not hear from you in the next two
weeks, I will get in touch with the Consumer Advice Bureau.
7 I bought a pair of shoes from your Oxford
Street branch on 17 September last.
8 I said that I did not want to choose another
style, and that I wanted my money back.
9 For a pair of shoes at this price, one would
expect them to last several years.
10 There I was told that I could have another
pair of shoes, but that particular style was out of stock.
11 Not only that, but they began to leak in
rainy weather.
12 The shop assistant informed me that she
could not do this, and that if I wanted a refund I had to write to your office.
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