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    Useful Phrases For Informal Letters

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    This document provides useful phrases for different sections of an informal letter, including openings, paragraphs, main bodies, apologies, invitations, thanks, and closings. It offers greeting phrases like "Lovely to hear from you" as well as ways to give news ("Guess what!"), refer to the news of others ("Glad to hear that"), make apologies ("I'm sorry I didn't write to you earlier"), extend invitations ("I'm having a party on Saturday and hope you can come"), offer requests ("I'm writing to ask for your help"), and make suggestions ("Why don't you...?"). Transition words are also provided to help structure the letter coherently and introduce new topics.

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    This document provides useful phrases for different sections of an informal letter, including openings, paragraphs, main bodies, apologies, invitations, thanks, and closings. It offers greeting phrases like "Lovely to hear from you" as well as ways to give news ("Guess what!"), refer to the news of others ("Glad to hear that"), make apologies ("I'm sorry I didn't write to you earlier"), extend invitations ("I'm having a party on Saturday and hope you can come"), offer requests ("I'm writing to ask for your help"), and make suggestions ("Why don't you...?"). Transition words are also provided to help structure the letter coherently and introduce new topics.

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    This document provides useful phrases for different sections of an informal letter, including openings, paragraphs, main bodies, apologies, invitations, thanks, and closings. It offers greeting phrases like "Lovely to hear from you" as well as ways to give news ("Guess what!"), refer to the news of others ("Glad to hear that"), make apologies ("I'm sorry I didn't write to you earlier"), extend invitations ("I'm having a party on Saturday and hope you can come"), offer requests ("I'm writing to ask for your help"), and make suggestions ("Why don't you...?"). Transition words are also provided to help structure the letter coherently and introduce new topics.

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    This document provides useful phrases for different sections of an informal letter, including openings, paragraphs, main bodies, apologies, invitations, thanks, and closings. It offers greeting phrases like "Lovely to hear from you" as well as ways to give news ("Guess what!"), refer to the news of others ("Glad to hear that"), make apologies ("I'm sorry I didn't write to you earlier"), extend invitations ("I'm having a party on Saturday and hope you can come"), offer requests ("I'm writing to ask for your help"), and make suggestions ("Why don't you...?"). Transition words are also provided to help structure the letter coherently and introduce new topics.

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    Useful Phrases for Informal Letters

    Начало / Opening

    Стандартное начало письма обычно Dear + имя. Но варианты могут быть


    так же My dear…, My dearest, Me darling… .

    Первый абзац / Paragraph 1

    Приветствие:

    Lovely to hear from you. / It was great to hear from you. / Thanks for getting in
    touch. / I was so surprised to hear that… /
    How’re things going? / How’s it going? / What’re you up to nowadays?
    It’s been ages since we last seen each other. / It’s ages since I’ve heard from
    you. /
    I hope all’s well. / I hope you (and your family) are well.
    I’m sorry I haven’t been in touch for such a long time. / I’m sorry I didn’t write
    to you earlier.
    I hope this letter finds you well. – Надеюсь, письмо дойдет.

    Основная часть / Main body

    Сообщаем новости / Giving news:

    Listen, did I tell you about…? / You’ll never believe what… / Guess what! /Oh,
    and another thing… / This is just to let you know that… / I thought you might be
    interested to hear about/to know about… / By the way, have you heard about /
    did you know that…

    Высказываем свое мнение поп поводу новостей, о которых нам


    сообщили / Referring to news

    Great news about… / Glad to hear that… / Sorry to hear that… / I was sorry to
    learn from your letter that…

    Извинения / Apologies

    I/m writing to apologise for… but I’m afraid … / I’m really sorry that…

    Приглашение / Invitation

    I’m/We’re having a party on Saturday 4th and I/we hope you’ll be able to come.
    Would you like to come/go to see … with me at the weekend?
    We would like you to join us…
    I was wondering if you’d like to come on holiday / to go to the cinema with us?
    Nataly Krykun
    www.nkrykun.com.ua
    Could you let me/us know if you can come/you’d like to join us?
    Thank you very much for your invitation. I’d love to come.
    Thank for you asking/inviting me to … but I’m afraid I won’t be able to …

    Просьбы / Requests

    I’m writing to ask for your help / you (if you could do me) a favour.
    I wonder if / I was wondering if you could help me / do me a favour.
    I hope you don’t mind me asking but could you (possibly) …?
    I’d be very / really / terribly grateful if you could …

    Выражение благодарности / Thank you

    I’m writing to thank you for your hospitality / the wonderful present.
    It was so kind of you to invite me to stay with you.
    I really appreciated all your help / advice.

    Поздравления / Congratulations

    Congratulations on passing your exams / your excellent exam results!


    I wish you good luck / Good luck in / with your exams / your driving test / your
    interview.

    Пожелание удачи / Good luck

    Don’t worry, I’m sure you’ll do well / pass.


    Do be on time, won’t you, and don’t forget to …

    Предложение и рекомендации / Making suggestions and


    recommendations

    Why don’t you …? / Maybe you could …? / How about… / Why not… / You
    should… / It would be a good idea to/if… / Have you thought/considered… / If I
    were you, I’d… / I think the best thing would be to/if… / The best advice I can
    give you is to…

    NB! Не забудьте объяснить что поменяется к лучшему если человек последует


    Вашему совету:

    This will/would mean that… / Then,… / That way,… / If you do this… / The result
    of this would be …

    You can’t leave New York without (...doing sth)


    I’m sure you will enjoy (...doing sth). If you like, we can…
    Do visit ... / Don’t forget to…

    Завершающий абзац / Final paragraph

    Nataly Krykun
    www.nkrykun.com.ua
    Причина почему завершаете письмо / Reasons for ending you letter

    Anyway, I must go and get on with my work! / I guess it's time I got on with
    that studying I've been avoiding for so long.

    Передайте привет и/или договоритесь о будущей встрече / Send


    greetings and/or make reference for future contact

    Give my love/regards to... / Do give my love and regards to… / Say hello to...

    Anyway, don't forget to let me know the dates of the party. / I'll try and phone
    you at the weekend to check the times. / We must try and meet up soon. / I’ll
    keep you posted when I find out more. (Я буду держать тебя в курсе.) /

    I can't wait to hear from you. / Looking forward to seeing you again. / Looking
    forward to hearing from you. / Hope to hear from you soon. / Why don’t you
    drop me a line and let me know…? / See you soon. / Write soon.

    Подпись / Signing of

    Love, / Lots of love, / All the best, / Take care, / Best wishes, / Kind regards, / All
    my love, / All the best, / Much love, / See you soon, / With love and best wishes,
    / With love to you all,

    Затем следует Ваше имя с новой строчки. Напр.:

    Love,
    John

    Также не забывайте о вставных словах которые сделают


    Ваше письмо логично-структурированным.

    Для введения новой темы:

    Well, you'll never guess who I bumped into yesterday.


    I know how much you love tennis, so I've got us some tickets to Wimbledon.
    By the way, did you know that John's got a new job?

    Что бы сослаться на предыдущую тему:

    Anyway, as I was saying earlier, I really wasn't very happy there.


    Now where was I? Oh yes, I nearly forgot, Mary asked me tell you about the
    cinema.

    Рассказывая о новостях:

    Nataly Krykun
    www.nkrykun.com.ua
    Actually, he came to the party after all.
    I'm really sorry but I can't make it.
    To tell you the truth, I don't really like sports much.

    Что бы под суммировать что было сказано ранее:

    Anyway, we had a really nice time in the end.


    Well, to cut a long story short, we didn't get there on time.

    Nataly Krykun
    www.nkrykun.com.ua

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