· Sender’s Address
· Date
· Addressee’s address
· Salutation
· Subject
· Body of the letter
(content) (preferably in three or four paragraphs)
· Complementary ending
· Sender’s signature
& name
Note: Formal letter must be written in fully blocked format
as per board curriculum.
Format
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Sender’s
address
Date
Addressee’s
address
Dear
Sir/Mam
Subject:
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Body of the letter
Your’s
faithfully / sincerely
Signature
Name
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(i) Letter to the Editor ( a letter to the editor could be written
to:)
· Express an opinion
· Complaint against a
social problem
· Refer to the
situation/viewpoint that you wish to highlight
· If it is a social
problem the three major areas to be included are-
1.
causes
of the problem
2.
effects
of the problem
3.
solutions
to the problem
· conclude politely
Sample:
Q. Write letter to the Editor of a newspaper suggesting how the
problem of begging can be ended. You are Sumit of Civil Lines, Kanpur
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Civil Lines
Kanpur
20th January ‘2011
The Editor
The Hindustan Times
New Delhi
Subject: Regarding the problem of begging
& how it can be ended.
Sir,
I shall feel obliged if you kindly public
the following few lines ‘Letters to the Editor’ column of your esteemed
paper.
Some beggars, no doubt, deserve our
sympathy. They are handicapped. They are unable to earn their living. But the
pity is that most of the beggars are able-bodied. Begging has become a
profession for them. They find it the easiest way to earn their living. Some
of them are criminals. They beg only to hide their crimes. This large-scales
begging is a slur on the fair name of our country.
Begging should be abolished by law. It
should be made a punishable offence. The government should open asylums for
those beggars who are really helpless. Able-bodied beggars should forced to
work. If they go without work, they must also go without food. We should have
no sympathy for such impostors. We should not encourage them by giving alms.
People can thus play a big role in ending this evil.
Yours faithfully
Sumit
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