Writing Formal and Informal Letters. Part 1. Домбровская И.В - 32 стр.

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Exercise 17
First read the letter below, and then fill in the gaps and write a suitable last
paragraph.
Dear Mandy,
     ____________________ I wasn’t able to come to your party last weekend
________________I had to ____________________________________________
Unfortunately, ______________________________________________________
_____________________________. I was wondering if _____________________
_____________________________ favour. You know I applied for a job with
________________a few weeks ago. ____________________, believe it or not,
they want me to come ____________ in London next ___________________. The
problem is that it’s first thing in the morning, at nine o’clock.
____________________I’d have to leave Warwick at half-past five in the morning
__________________ interview in time _____________________ I’d be quite
tired by the time I arrived.
     So, do you think ________________ at your flat on Wednesday night
________________ I can get a good night’s sleep before the interview. Don’t
worry about _________________ a bed for me. I can sleep anywhere – on a sofa,
on the floor (or even in the bath!). Also I’d bring my own sleeping-bag,
_________________you          wouldn’t        have      to     provide      any
______________________or _____________________.


                                                  Debby
Thank you letters
Exercise 18
Below is the letter that Paul wrote to Jane to thank her for letting him stay in
her flat in London while she was away on holiday. First read Paul’s letter and
then fill in the gaps and write a suitable last paragraph.

Dear Jane, _________________________________________________________
your flat while you were away on holiday. I expect you’re looking disgustingly
tanned and healthy after a week in the sun. It’s all right for some, isn’t it?
____________________________, the reason I’m writing, as I’m sure you’ve
guessed, is to ___________________ breaking the antique Chinese vase
___________________________ was on the chest of drawers by the window in
my bedroom. This is how it happened: _______________________ I got back to
the flat on the Monday evening I realised that I didn’t have the door keys on me.
You see, I’d left the flat in rather a hurry that morn-
ing_________________________ I didn’t want to be late for my first appoint-
ment. So in my hurry to leave I must have forgotten to put ___________in my