(Inviting a friend to attend the birthday.

)
27 South Street,
Karachi 74100
18 January 2022

Dear Rashida,

My birthday is on 27 January and I shall be very pleased if you could come to my birthday party. We plan to play
interesting games. My mother will bake a chocolate cake for us, just the way we like it—with layers of cream! There will
also be a lot of other good things to eat.
Talha, Junaid will be joining. I’m sure we shall all have a very enjoyable time. Please confirm that you can come.

Your loving friend,

Aimen
(replying to the invitation)

12 Street,
Karachi 74800
20 January 2022

Dear Aimen,

I was delighted to receive your invitation. I am really looking forward to the party and all the fun that we shall have. I
shall bring some DVDs that both of us enjoy. I am sure that the others will like them too.
My father will drop me at your place around 5 o’clock. I have made him promise that he will not collect me too early!

Yours affectionately,

Rashida
(letter to a friend, with an invitation to spend a day with the writer)

C-96 New Avenue Apartments,

Dear Haseeb

We have not met ever since the holidays began and I am missing you and Riaz already.
It would be great if you could come and spend a day with me next week. Why don’t you write to me and tell me which
day would be convenient for you? Then I could telephone Riaz and check him if he too could join us.
I have got DVD’s of Kung Fu Panda 1 and 2 which I know none of us have seen. We would watch the films and chat for
the rest of the day. We’ll have a great time! If you want a bonus, Mom promises a Chinese lunch whenever you and Riaz
come. So, write soon, or, better, call me if your phone is back in order.
I really look forward to meeting you and Riaz again.

Your loving friend,

Asad
(Letter to a friend thanking her for the gift she sent for your birthday)
36 Oak Street,
Lawrence Road,
Lahore
2nd May 2010
Dear Saleem,
How I miss you and your jokes and pranks during break in school! Hope you have settled down in your new school and
made some new friends. Good news! Mummy says she may permit me to visit you in Islamabad during the summer
holidays.
Saleem, it was so kind and thoughtful of you to remember my birthday. Your card and parcel arrived just as I was getting
ready to cut my cake. I was delighted to get the personal notebook and stationery set. Just what I needed! And the lock
and key means I can keep it safe from my snooping little sister. Now I shall be able to jot down all my thoughts and day-
to-day experiences.
Mummy, daddy and all our friends join me in sending you, their love. Hope my plans for the Islamabad trip this summer
materialize.
With love,
Raheel
(Letter to father)
Hill View School,
North Nazimabad.
22 August 2022
Dear Baba,
You will be pleased to know that the results of my First Term Examinations are out and I have done quite well. You will,
of course, receive the Report Card by post. Baba, I need some more pocket money. My friend Raza’s birthday is coming
up and I would like to give him the last book of the Harry Potter series—‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’. I think
the book costs around Rs 700.
Raza is my special friend, and his parents always remember to send me a gift on my birthday and some extra tuck with
him to share with me after the holidays.
I am sorry that I have spent almost all the pocket money that you gave to Mateen for me at the start of the term. I have
been treating myself and my friends at the school canteen. I promise to be more careful from row on and will buy
whatever I need without asking for more. Mateen has also scolded me for being so careless with money.
How are Mummy and Rabia? I do miss you all, but school is a lot of fun, too.
Your loving son,
Abdullah
(letter to your father explaining why you have not done well in the term at school.)
Sunrise Public School
Allama Iqbal Colony
Rawalpirdi 46000
December 27, 2022
Dear Baba,
Hope you and Mummy are in good health. How are Saima and Rubab? They must be enjoying their winter break now.
Here, at school, we have been busy with our first term examination and, before that, our Inter-House Play Competition.
Well, the results of the exams were given out yesterday, and I’m afraid I haven’t done as well as I had expected. In fact,
there has been a noticeable slide in Mathematics and Urdu.
Baba, I am sorry about the disappointing results, but prior to the exams we were kept extremely busy with our play
competition. I was in charge of the play practice, props, direction, and other details, and all this left me with little time to
study. But I assure you this term I will not be negligent of my studies and will work hard to make up for the present
disappointment. I am sure you have confidence in your son’s resolve.
Give my love to Mummy, Saima, and Rubab. Tell them I miss them all.
Your loving son,
Bashir