Free practice on Letter Writing for Class 5, following the Cameroon primary school curriculum (English subsystem). Every answer is explained, so a parent who is not sure of the answer can still help.
Informal letters are to family and friends. Format: your address top-right, date under it, greeting ('Dear Uncle,'), body, closing ('Yours truly,') and your name.
Formal letters are to strangers, businesses or officials. They have BOTH your address AND theirs, plus a subject line. Greeting is 'Dear Sir/Madam,' and closing is 'Yours faithfully,'.
A letter to your best friend is:
Answer: B. an informal letter
Letters to friends and family are informal.
A letter to the headteacher asking for permission is:
Answer: B. formal
Letters to officials are formal.
What do we write at the top right of a letter?
Answer: B. our address and the date
Which closing fits a formal letter?
Answer: A. Yours faithfully,
Formal letters end with 'Yours faithfully' or 'Yours sincerely'.
Which greeting fits a letter to your uncle?
Answer: B. Dear Uncle Ndip,
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