Advanced Writing with English in Use

Unit7 • Informalletters

CPractice

Read theformalletter, written by a job applicantto the head teacher of a school,

and use the i nformation to fill the gaps in the informalletterto a friend whoworks

in thatschool. Usenomorethantwowordsfor each gap. Theexercise begins

w ith an example(0). Thewordsyou needdonotoccurin the informalletter. See

page 11 forinformat ion andadvice aboutt his exercisetype.

Formalletter

DearDrCox,

I very muchregret tha t,as theresultofan injury,I shall not be able to

atte nd the inter view on A ugust 15th for the post of SportsTeach er.

Havin g suffe redan injuryon July 1st while playin g tennisin the

Wimbledontournament ,I am at pre sentunder goin ghospitaltreatment

to my knee. C onseq ue ntly, I fear that I shall not besufficientlymobile

tomakethe journeyto Sevenoaks until lateAugu st.

Doubtl e ssthis will be mostincon veni en t for you,andI willofcourse

underst andif you are unable toawait myrecoverybeforeappointing

so meo ne to thepost. Neverthe less,sho uldyoure maininte rested in my

applicatio n, Ifullyexpec t to beavailab lefo r interviewby September1st

at the latest.

I l ookforwardto hearin g fro myo u.

Yours sincerely,

Informallette r

reallyearry butit iaoke asifI won'tbe abieto

(I) tothejob interviewatyourschoolin August.

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  • ---- - ---I'llseeifIca npers uade themt o intervie wmeinSeptember
    ;:~tead.A pityif I'vemis sedmycha nce,becaus eI'msureitwouid've beenfunworking
    . Th h'. I( "') hurtpiayingtennisatWlmbiedon,
    Withyou. et mgIS, oJ k
    a nd(4) I'minhospital(5) ,my nee.
    sortedout(6) I'm(7) Imnotgomg
    f
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tocome downtoSevenoakstilltheendofAugust.

t o be t

Asfar astheinterviewgoes,thisisobviouslygoingtobea

(9 )1 for them.Iexpectthey'll (10)' _

someoneelsethe(11) withoutwaitingt oseeme.

(12) ,I'll tryand persuadeyour Dr Coxtointerview me in

Sept-atworst,s he'll say no.

SeeyouatChristmasifnotbefore.

(1.3)I ~

Dear Pat,

I'm(0)

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