Writing Formal and Informal Letters. Part 1. Домбровская И.В - 30 стр.

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Letters of invitation
Exercise 14
Read the following letter, in which Graham invites Simon to go on holiday
with him.

Dear Simon,
     Thanks for the birthday card and accompanying letter. It was so nice to hear
all your news. I’ve been meaning to write to you for ages but somehow just ha-
ven’t been able to find the time.
     Anyway, I had a lovely birthday. Paula, Mark, Brian, Sally, Keith and I had an
enormous meal at a new Italian restaurant which has just opened in town, Viareg-
gio I think it’s called, and after that we went on to a disco in Leeds. What a shame
you couldn’t come back to Bradford for that weekend!
     You know in your letter you were wondering if I had made any holiday plans
for the summer. Well, Paula’s uncle and aunt in Cornwall have just asked her if
she’d like to go and stay down there for two weeks so that she can after their cot-
tage for them while they’re away on holiday in the States. They’ve said that she
could bring three or four friends too, since it’s quite big and there are four bed-
rooms.
     Apparently, the cottage is out in the country so we ’d be able to go on lots of
long walks. What’s more, it’s only about fifteen minutes by car to the coast, so it’d
be handy for the beach too, weather permitting. Sounds to me like a really good
idea for a holiday, especially as accommodation wouldn’t cost us a penny!
Analysis
Using the underlined words to help you, complete the following sentences
about the letter above.

1 Graham hasn’t written to Simon because________________________________
2 Viareggio is ______________________________________________________
3 Paula’s uncle and aunt have invited her to Cornwall for two weeks to_________
4 During those two weeks they will be __________________________________
5 The cottage is quite big so Paula ______________________________________
6 It’s right out in the country and it’s ____________________________________
7 Graham’s playing squash in half an hour so _____________________________

Exercise 15
Link each of the following pairs or groups of sentences together using one of
the connectors underlined in the letter above. In some cases you will need to
omit certain words or change the word order.
e.g. It was so nice to see you last weekend. It was lovely to see the children, too.
     It was so nice to see you and the children last weekend.