Formal Letters

B1 · Intermediate57 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 4 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: write a formal letter to a stranger or a company — complaint, request or enquiry — with total register discipline and one precise, justified request.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Formal means zero slips

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: What a formal letter is judged on

    Read a 198-word text about What a formal letter is judged on

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Formal Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: The finished Band 7 letter

    Read a 259-word text about The finished Band 7 letter

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Fix the Formal Letters

    Error-correction exercise, 5 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Informal to Formal

    Matching exercise, 5 items

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Formal, start to finish

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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enquireregardingherewithpromptinconvenienceaforementioned

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