Unit 6 • Formalletters
6C Otherformalletters
1.0 Letters to the editor
Sometimespeoplewho are notjournalists wishto expresstheir opinionsin a
newspaper or magazine,and theydothis by writing aletter to the edit or.
Althoughtheir letters speak to the readers of the paper, theconventionis that
the letter is act ually addressedto theeditor.This means that the wordyoumust
beused withcare(and courtesy), as it addressesthe editorin person.
A 1Decidewhi chword(A, S, C orD) bestfits each spacein themodel below.
Write theletter i n the gap.Theexercisebegins withanexample (0).See
page gforinformation andadviceabo ut this exercisetype.
2 The writerofthis letter has at l east two purposesin mind. What are they?Sir,
me to (O)~
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my dau g h ter wa s
BRecent letters in your columns about insur ance
this example. Some months ago a c a r ( 11 t o
outside her house i n Birmingham.
As a doctor in daily ( 3) of her car, she was surprised when her ( 4) said
she would have to wait six weeks for (5).
To her annoyance they managed, by all k i n d s of ( 61 , to drag this out to
three months; and then only a f t e r a (7) of lengthy, rather unpleasant phone
calls would they pay a pen n y.
My daughter wa s th e n (8) t o find that there wou l d be no refund, o r no
extension of the period of i nsura n c e, to ( 91 the three mont h s lost. A full
premium (no ( 1 01 s u m for ( 1 1) cover in Birmingham), had to be paid for a
quarter of a year, wh e n no cover was (1 2) at a l l.
Surely this is another e xample of the way insurance companies ( 13) money,
perhaps legally but to my mind immorally, which gives them such a bad image.
If any of your r eaders know of a wa y (1 4) this difficulty, I would ( 1 5) __
their advice.
Yours faithfully ,
R .R.E. Potter0 A instance B cite Cresurrec t Dsav
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2 rsto le n robbed nicked b roken
3 usc ne c e s sity utilization ne ed
4 ussure rs insurer s e nsu rers insurance
5 retrib uti on premium c o mpensatio n paym ent
6 rc luc ta n ce slown e ss haste procrastination
7 numbe r range lots heap(^8) appalled intimida te d sho cking impressed
9 refund cov er retu rn reward
10 little had le sse r mean
II c o mp le te integral comprehe nsib le co mp rehensive
12 do ne made provided affected
13 o bt ain exto rt c am win
14 wi th round about a\"o iuing
15 receive welco me take embrace
Taskbank: Tasks13 and 28
98 • Tasktypes