1)Which of the following is used to start a very formal
letter?
Dear John Hi
Suzy My Dear Elaine Dear Sir or Madam
(‘Dear Sir or Madam’ is a standard way of beginning a
letter to someone whose name you don’t know.)
2)Which
of the following is a way of starting a formal letter?
Thank
you for your letter dated 26th August 2019.
Thanks
for your letter, it was great to hear from you.
Thank
you for your letter about...
Thanks
for dropping me a line...
(‘Thank
you for your letter dated 26th August 2019’ is a formal opening sentence)
3)Which
would be a suitable way to introduce some bad news in a formal way? I feel
really bad about this but...
I'm
sorry to have to break the bad news but...
I
regret to inform you...
I'm
so sorry about...
(‘I
regret to inform you...’ is very formal.)
4)Which
of the following is an expression suitable for a formal letter?
Regards to Jane
Please
give my regards to Jane
Say
hi to Jane
Give Jane
my best wishes
(Regards
to Jane’ is a semi-formal expression).
5)Which
of the following is NOT a suitable final sentence for a formal letter?
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Hope
to see you soon.
Looking
forward to a swift response.
Looking
forward to meeting you.
(‘Hope
to see you soon’ is something you could say to a friend in an informal letter)
6)Which
of the following is NOT a suitable way to end a formal letter?
Yours faithfully Yours sincerely
Best wishes Love
(‘Love’
should be used with friends and relatives. )
Homophones
Identify
the pairs of homophones from the following clues.
7)One
word means a place for keeping aircraft; the other word means a shaped piece of
wood, metal, etc. on which you can hang clothes. Hangar/hanger.
8)One
word means simple; the other means an aircraft: plain/plane.
9)One
word means expected; the other word means condensed vapour: due/dew.
10)
One word is nautical; the other is central to the body: naval/navel
11)
One word means connections; the other is an animal: links/lynx.
12)
One word means an occasion; the other is a herb: time/thyme.
13)
One word means to hit; the other is a vegetable: beat/beet.
14)One
word means permitted; the other means audible: allowed/aloud.
15)One
word is a singer; the other is a sum of money. tenor/tenner.
16)One
word is an animal; the other is an undercover fighter: gorilla/guerrilla.
17)One
word means kind; the other means searched for: sort/sought.
18)One
means excluded; the other is a poet: barred/bard.
19)One
word is a day; the other is a sweet: Sunday/sundae.
20)One
word means pursued; the other means pure: chased/chaste.
21)One
word means a woolly South American animal; the other means a Buddhist monk in
Tibet or Mongolia: llama/lama.
22)These
are the names of two particular people; one is a macho man; the other is a
poet: Rambo/Rimbaud.
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