Writing Formal and Informal Letters. Part 1. Домбровская И.В - 38 стр.

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E. I saw your advertisement in today’s Guardian newspaper and would like to ap-
   ply for a job as a representative in Europe this summer.
F. I look forward to hearing from you.
G. I am currently taking the first year of a European Studies degree course at Bath
   University.
H. Therefore, I would be free to work for your organisation from the beginning of
   July until mid September, as required.
I. As you will see from my curriculum vitae (enclosed), I obtained good ‘A’ level
   grades in both French and Italian.
J. This course includes French language and literature as well as Italian conversa-
   tion classes so I am keeping up my languages.
                   Yours sincerely
                   Tricia Adamson

Exercise 2
Find the examples of formal language in the letter above which have more or
less the same meaning as the following more informal phrases.

INFORMAL                             FORMAL
I want to apply                      I would like to apply
As for when I can start work __________________________________________
I could come for an interview __________________________________________
As for my Italian I want _______________________________________________
Write soon _________________________________________________________
So I could work _____________________________________________________
As you like _________________________________________________________
It says on my c.v. ____________________________________________________
I got A levels _______________________________________________________

Exercise 3
Look at the following sentences. Decide which of the four connecting words or
phrases below could be used instead of the highlighted word to express the
same idea as in the original sentence.
In some cases it will be necessary to put the connecting word or phrase in a differ-
ent position in the sentence. In other cases it will be necessary to make two sen-
tences where previously there was only one or to join two sentences together.
                                                                      Therefore/so
                                                          th       st
e.g. Finally, as I expect to be in Manchester for the 27 April-1 May √ it would
be convenient for me to attend an interview during this time.
A. therefore √         B. so √                 C. for this reason D. furthermore
1.Firstly, there was no representative of your company to meet us at the airport.
Moreover, the taxi-drivers were on strike so we had to walk half a mile to the
nearest bus-stop…