Let's write a beginning and ending for the task that I showed you last Sunday:
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Beginning (greeting + purpose of the letter):
Dear Mr. Smith,
I am writing to ask whether you are available to help my son with some after-school Spanish lessons.
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Ending:
I hope to hear from you soon, and that you will be able to help.
Yours sincerely,
Paul Jones
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Note:
Keep the beginning and ending short, clear and simple. You can impress the examiner in your main paragraphs; we'll look at those tomorrow.
As usual, SIMPLE, CONCISE, SMOOTH, SUCCINCT and of course GREAT👍
Posted by: Shakhzod | February 02, 2019 at 17:53
Dear Simon,
Some textbooks instruct to summarize main ideas in introduction. It gives examiner a clear picture of what we are going to write about.
I would like to see your point of view about this.
Posted by: ilkin | February 02, 2019 at 18:21
FROM SIMON:
Thanks Shakhzod!
...
ilkin,
I think that would cause too much repetition. It would also be a waste of time, and a waste of space in the letter.
Posted by: Simon | February 03, 2019 at 10:04
Dear Simon,
In this letter,in second question, they asked (ask the teacher about her teaching experience and methods)
My question is
they mentioned (about her teaching experience), here her is used for a female teacher. and we are writing Dear Mr. Smith.
Is it ok to write this?
Posted by: lokesh | April 23, 2019 at 04:36
lokesh,
Well noticed! I went to my usual 'default' name Mr. Smith, and I missed the word 'her' in the question!
This wouldn't affect the score, but it shows that we all need to read the task carefully!
Posted by: Simon | April 25, 2019 at 14:07
I am writing to ask whether you are or will be available to help my son with some after school Spanish lessons.
should there be are or will be
Posted by: Puneet Singh | June 18, 2019 at 17:41