NALD: Fulltext Documents - The Companion to SARAW: An Exercise Workbook

Now that you know what kinds of things to write in your friendly letter, here is a list of things you have to have in your letter:

Date
Heading (your return address)
Greeting: In a friendly letter, you usually use Dear... but you could use Hello... or Hi...
Body: this is the meat of your letter. It includes the purpose of your letter.

Use good sentences (both short and long for variation). Each separate thought should be in its own paragraph.

Closing: this is where you tell your friend that you're saying good-bye. The closing may include:
Affectionately yours,
Fondly,
Yours truly,

Signature: your name

Examples

January 27, 1999               (Date)
2213 Hill Avenue
Regina, Saskatchewan            (Heading)
S4S 2V4

Dear Melissa,               (Greeting)
I was excited to receive your letter last week. How are you enjoying living in Vancouver? Regina is still the same, snow, snow snow. But we did have some warmer weather than we did last year, thank goodness.

There's nothing much new here but I finally got a new wheelchair. You should see it. Does it ever go!

Your two cats are doing fine at my place. They seem to miss you though. Marty stopped eating for awhile, but now he's settled right down. He even caught a mouse last week!

Sorry, I have to run now. Please write soon.

*Affectionately yours,*	(Closing)
*Neil*	(Signature)

(Date) January 27, 1999
2213 Hill Avenue
(Heading) Regina, Saskatchewan
S4S 2V4

Dear Melissa,               (Greeting)
       I was excited to receive your letter last week. How are you enjoying living in Vancouver? Regina is still the same, snow, snow snow. But we did have some warmer weather than we did last year, thank goodness.

       There's nothing much new here but I finally got a new wheelchair. You should see it. Does it ever go!

       Your two cats are doing fine at my place. They seem to miss you though. Marty stopped eating for awhile, but now he's settled right down. He even caught a mouse last week!

       Sorry, I have to run now. Please write soon.

(Closing)	*Affectionately yours,*
(Signature)	*Neil*

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