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Useful Phrases For Informal Letters

The document provides useful phrases for writing informal letters to friends and relatives, organized into sections for starting the letter, commenting on something, and moving the topic or ending the letter. It recommends using contractions to create an informal style and gives examples of phrases like "Thanks for your letter" and "How are you?" for starting, "I'm sorry to hear..." and "What wonderful news..." for commenting, and "Well, that's all for now" or "Take care" for ending the letter.

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Useful Phrases For Informal Letters

The document provides useful phrases for writing informal letters to friends and relatives, organized into sections for starting the letter, commenting on something, and moving the topic or ending the letter. It recommends using contractions to create an informal style and gives examples of phrases like "Thanks for your letter" and "How are you?" for starting, "I'm sorry to hear..." and "What wonderful news..." for commenting, and "Well, that's all for now" or "Take care" for ending the letter.

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Useful Phrases for Informal Letters

Using contractions like 'I'm' instead of 'I am' or 'she's' instead of 'she is' will help create an
informal style.

The words and expressions below are often used by native speakers when writing to
friends and relatives. Using them will help you write in an informal style and will also help
you organise your letter into clear paragraphs.

Starting your letter (Paragraph 1)

Thanks for your letter. 


Lovely to hear from you. 
How are you? 
How are things? 
Hope you're well.

Commenting on something (Paragraph 1)

I'm sorry to hear/learn ... 


I'm so pleased to hear ... 
It's great to hear ... 
What wonderful news about ...

Moving the topic on (Paragraph 2)

Anyway, the reason I'm writing ... 


I thought I'd write to tell/ask you 
Anyway, I was wondering ...

Ending your letter (Paragraph 3)

Well, that's all for now 


Write back soon 
Looking forward to hearing from you again 
All the best 
Best wishes 
See you soon 
Take care 
Yours 
Love 
Lots of love 

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