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English Banana.com Test Your Writing Skills Writing Informal and Formal Letters 1 We write informal letters to friends, family members and people that we know well, for example, a letter to an old school friend. We write formal letters to people that we don’t know well, for example, a letter to the local council to enquire about childcare facilities. Say whether the following phrases come from informal or formal letters. Write either ‘informal’ or ‘formal’ next to each one: 1. Dear Mr. Williams 2. See you later 3. Yours sincerely, Alan Stewart 4. Hi, how’s it going? 5. Lots of love, from Jermaine 6. Yours faithfully 7. Dear Madam 8. Dear Jeff 9. Take care 10.I look forward to hearing from you soon 11. Sorry I haven’t written for a while 12. Please can you send me an application form? 13. Best wishes, from Tracey 14. Please say hi to Pardeep for me – thanks! 15. We are writing to inform you that… __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ For more fun tests, quizzes and games log onto www.englishbanana.com now! This worksheet can be photocopied and used without charge © English Banana.com 2004 English Banana.com Test Your Writing Skills Writing Informal and Formal Letters 1 Answers: 1. Dear Mr. Williams 2. See you later 3. Yours sincerely, Alan Stewart 4. Hi, how’s it going? 5. Lots of love, from Jermaine 6. Yours faithfully 7. Dear Madam 8. Dear Jeff 9. Take care 10.I look forward to hearing from you soon 11. Sorry I haven’t written for a while 12. Please can you send me an application form? 13. Best wishes, from Tracey 14. Please say hi to Pardeep for me – thanks! 15. We are writing to inform you that… formal informal formal informal informal formal formal informal informal formal informal formal informal informal formal For more fun tests, quizzes and games log onto www.englishbanana.com now! This worksheet can be photocopied and used without charge © English Banana.com 2004