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Set out below is the order that a formal business letter is written.

Below the formal business letter you will find randomly mixed paragraphs of a business letter by William Smith.

Put these paragraphs in the right order.

Click on the paragraph itself (it will change colour) and then on the right position (A, B, C,...) for this paragraph in the Letter.

The letter will appear in the right order at the end of the worksheet.
Formal Business Letter
A
 
Your address in full

B
 
Name of the person you are writing to

C
 
Their full company address

D
 
Date (when you wrote/typed the letter)

E
 
Dear ? (Dear, then their name again)

F
 
Opening paragraph

G
 
Body of the letter
(the main bit - may be more than one paragraph)

H
 
Closing paragraph

I
 
Yours sincerely (then leave quite a few lines gap)

J
 
Your name
(typed, then, once printed out, hand write it in the gap above)

A

Dear Mr Jones


I am currently looking for a position in the Administration Department.
I am interested in the possibility of working for your company because of its excellent reputation and particularly because of the work you have done with homeless people.


10 July 2001


William Smith


Yours sincerely


As you can see from my enclosed CV, I am an experienced administrator.
I am flexible in my approach to work and have held several part-time posts in the past.
I have also worked part-time for my local library, researching local history between the World Wars.

Any of the organisations I have worked for would be happy to confirm that I am a reliable and hard worker, quite capable of working unsupervised and to tight deadlines.

I feel sure I can bring excellent skills and experience to your company and would welcome the opportunity to meet you to discuss the possibility of working for you in the future.
I will call in the next few days to see if we can arrange a mutually convenient date and time.


179 Tavistock Terrace
London
W11 2BC



Any Business
Stamford Street
London
SE8 2YZ


Thank you for your time. I look forward to speaking to you soon.


FAO: Simon Jones

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Core Curriculum Reference:
Rt/E2.1, Rt/E3.8