Writing Formal and Informal Letters. Part 1. Домбровская И.В - 51 стр.

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We have no particular special requirements, but one of the people in our group is a
vegetarian. There will be four of us and the child on Friday. I enclose the deposit
of £50.
We also require a twin or double room with a cot. Please let me know if we need to
bring one or whether you will provide one. By the way, thank you for your letter.
That is for two nights.
We require another single room, again for two nights, but we only need another
double room on Saturday.
I look forward to hearing from you.

Exercise 17
Read the extract from the head teacher below, together with the students'
comments, on which you have made some notes. Then write a letter to the
head teacher, suggesting improvements to facilities at the college.
 As the budget is limited to       I think we could really do with some-
 £1000, please find out            where to keep milk for coffee, be-
 from students what facili-        cause it's always going off. Otherwise,
 ties are most in need of          things are okay, though lots of the
 improvement.                      books in the library are torn and we
 P Higgs, Head teacher             could do with some new ones.
                                   Yes
 I’m getting tired of crisps and
 sandwiches every day. It would be   I hate the furniture in the students'
 so much better if we could make     room. It looks terrible. And another
 meals ourselves.                    thing, why don’t we get some class
 Suggest small cooker and fridge .   sets of books? I hate all these pho-
                                     tocopies.
 Base your reply on these notes.
1.Refer to the letter and say what you have done.
2.Discuss problems relating to the kitchen. Then discuss the students' room.
  Finally, discuss problems relating to books.
3.End the letter in a suitable way.
Letters of apology
Exercise 18
Answer the questions: a)What is the writer's problem? b)What does the
writer suggest?
Dear Mr Prescott,
  I am sorry to say that I will not be able to attend the annual club meeting on the
  st
21 of December.