INFORMAL LETTER
Steps to Write an Informal Letter
Informal letters consist of following parts
1. Sender’s Address and Date
Sender’s address and date of writing the letter (sender’s name is
never written in the heading part).
2. Greeting Salutation
This consists of greeting and name of the recipient or the sender’s
relation with the recipient e.g. Dear Ashi.
(a) For Parents
Dear/My dear father/mother etc.
(b) For Relatives
Dear uncle/aunty etc.
(c) For Brother/Sister/Cousin etc.
Dear/My dear (name) etc.
(d) For Acquaintances
Dear Mr (last name)/Ms (name)
3. Body of the Letter/Message
(a) Introduction/Opening
• This may begin with enquiring howabouts, e.g. ‘How are you?’, ‘How
are you (Akshay/Rahul)?’ or ‘I hope you are hale and hearty’, ‘I hope
you are doing well’, or ‘It’s been long time to have heard from you.’
• The letter may begin with acknowledging/thanking for the previous
letter/gift received, e.g. ‘Thank you for such a precious gift of
yours’ or by apologising if you are writing/replying after too long. e.g.
“Hi Preeti. I received your letter, but I was so busy with my new
project that I could not reply earlier.”
(b) Main Body of the Letter
Here you write about the actual purpose of your letter, sharing
the current events happening in your life, school, college etc.
Try to write your message according to the theme of the
question asked.
Divide your message into paragraphs.
While you share your experiences, your feelings, ask questions
in between to arouse interest of the reader of the letter. This
will give your letter a touch of live conversation.
Also, give replies to the questions of the recipient if he/she
has written to you earlier.
4. Closure/Concluding Sentence
Even if you are writing an informal, friendly letter, you cannot end it
abruptly. So, give your letter a proper closure with the consent of
the reader, e.g. ‘Hope to see/hear from you soon’ or ‘You take good
care of yourself Or ‘I will have to stop myself now as …..Also, you
may convey love to family members and good wishes to friends and
acquaintances, e.g. ‘Convey my regards to aunty and uncle’, ‘Love to
little Chinu’ etc.
5. Subscription or Leave-Taking
As informal letters, in case of informal letters too, it needs to be
courteous and also with due respect to the relationship with the
person you are writing to. Below the subscription, comes the
signature or name of the writer as Example:
Family Members and Relatives Your affectionate/loving
son/daughter/ brother/sister/nephew etc.
Close Friends Yours lovingly/loving friend.
Acquaintances Yours faithfully.
Format
1. Sender’s Address
Leave a line
2. Date
Leave a line
3. Salutation
Leave a line
4. Body of the Letter
Leave a line
7. Complimentary Close
8. Sender’s name
SAMPLE LETTER
1. You are Aakriti/ Abhinav. Write a letter to your friend
describing your boarding school in about 120-150 words.
B-32, sector-11
Rohini
New Delhi-110085
March 15, 20XX
Dear Muskan
How have you been? I hope my letter finds you in best of health and
spirits. It has been almost a month since I transferred to the
boarding school. I am very happy in my new school. The classes and
dormitories are very spacious. There are well equipped science
laboratories and a library with a great collection of books. The
school has amazing sports facilities such as swimming pool, horse
riding track and archery range.
I believe my life here will be interesting and enjoyable. Although I
have made many new friends, I still miss you and the other friends.
Please, pay my regards to your parents.
Yours lovingly
Aakriti
ASSIGNMENT
1.You are Sara/Sid. Write a letter to your friend congratulating him for
his new job offer in about 100-120 words. He just graduated from college.
