Name: How to start sentences in your General Task 1
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Welcome to another Isles writing video today.

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We're looking at how to start sentences in your letter.

This is for the general task one portion of the written exam.

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Typically, a letter is written in five parts.

There is an initial greeting followed by a paragraph which states the purpose of the letter, followed by another paragraph which goes over the details of the purpose of the letter.

The fourth part is another paragraph which states a request or what the writer would like to see happen as a result of this letter.

And the final part is a sign off where the writer sort of says goodbye.

So today I was hoping we could just go over a few ways that we can write the various parts of a letter.

So, firstly, in a greeting, we can always start with something like deer, which is usually used for a letter that is being written on friendly terms.

So, for example, if we were writing to complain about something, we probably would not choose, dear dear would be for maybe our friend.

So, dear Steven, or if we're writing to a company.

But we have something positive to say we might write dear, such in such bookstore dear.

So in so restaurant on friendly terms Now, in the event that we needs to address a company and if the tone of our letter is perhaps a little bit serious or even a complaint, we would start with something like to the management of and then whatever company.

And of course, you can replace management with whatever entity fits best.

So if you were asked to write to the manager, you could write to the manager of and then whatever company or to the president of or to the owner of, Perhaps if you're writing a letter to somebody who who owns something now, sometimes we are not completely sure who were writing to.

And in cases like this we would write to whom it may concern and then common so to whom it may concern.

And then we would start her the second portion.

Okay, now, when it comes to the purpose portion of our letter, which is a paragraph, we need to state clearly why we're writing to this person.

So in the event that this is a friendly letter, we might say to our friend, I hope you have been keeping well, or I hope this lets her finds you in in good health.

So these phrases would start the purpose section if we're writing to a friend Now, if we air writing to a company, we would probably be a bit more direct and would get, um, directly to the purpose itself.

And so this would be written as I am writing to you regarding.

And then in here we would include an a noun of some kind.

So I am writing to you regarding a problem I had or regarding an urgent matter.

Okay, now, following this, we might include some kind of sentence.

Now the verb describe you can change that too.

Allow me to perhaps re create the situation for you.

So if you're writing to your friend, you might write something like, I hope you have been keeping well, I am writing to you regarding your party next week.

And then you would go on to the next section.

The detail section However, if you're writing to a company or your writing to somebody on a more serious matter, you would probably probably start with.

I am writing to you regarding a problem I had with your product.

Allow me to re create the situation for you, and then you would go on to your detail section.

So now when we get to the third section, which is the second paragraph in our letter here, we're trying to re create the details or to describe the details of her letter.

So now this, we would probably start with time.

So if we were talking about a situation we had, we might say last week, I if it's something bad that happened, I unfortunately, whatever.

Or we might start this section with something like, um, I am happy.

Two form you That so, for example, of her friend invites us to a party we might state something like, I'm happy to inform you that I am able to attend your party next week or whatever, or, um, I was, um, hoping you could share some insight weather.

Now, this is in the case that you're you're asked to write a letter requesting some advice from somebody so you might start with.

I was hoping you could share some insight as to whether I should move to London or not, or whether I should pursue a career in biology or whatever.

Okay, so a few ways to start your the details portion of your letter.

Now, let's go on to the fourth part of the letter, which is tthe e request parts.

This is the third paragraph in the letter, and typically you will need to request something.

So if you're writing a letter of complaint, you would be requesting some action if you were writing a letter to a friend, depending on the situation.

Of course, this might not entirely be a request.

This might be, um, you know, kind of Ah, a little bit of preamble before your sign off.

So perhaps if we were writing about a party, we're telling our friends that we can come to the party we might write, You know, our our feeling or our excitement about being able to see them next week or whatever.

So now here we would start our sentences, something like I would be grateful.

Then something I would be grateful if you could find time to answer my questions.

I would be grateful if you could get back to me as soon as possible on this matter.

I would be grateful if you could look into why my television is not working.

Whatever the situation is, you just plug it in here.

I would be grateful if you could and then state a verb and what you need to happen.

In the events that we are unhappy or even angry, we need to use some stronger language than this.

So we would say something like, I expect immediate action to be taken on your side, resolved this issue.

So I expect immediate action to be taken on your side to resolve this issue.

So here we, and using language that is a bit more forceful, were expecting the other side to do something because they have done something wrong.

Now, if we used to sentence like this in a friendly letter, it would be inappropriate.

But in a letter of complaint, this would be the right tone.

Okay, so here's some sentences that you can use there.

And now I usually see students using things like, sincerely, yours truly these sorts of of sign offs, which are fine.

But this is an area that you can also demonstrate your language skills to your examiner.

So instead of using just the typical sincerely, which, if your examiner is correcting letters, they're going to see the same thing 50 times, so they're not gonna think it's special.

If you write sincerely, everybody else's writing it.

You could try something like, um, if you're saying goodbye to a friend, maybe something like looking forward to your reply and then comma, and then you go to the next line and write your name.

So looking forward to your reply, maybe I'll just take us out of the bracket one second here, looking forward to your reply, Ryan Like that.

Or for another one hoping to hear back from you soon.

This is something that's perhaps a little bit more friendly.

This would not be a letter of complaint where were very angry.

These are a little bit too friendly now in the event that say we're writing about something, we feel passionate about it.

And we're set that something has been, um, done That has made us unhappy.

And we want them to do something about it.

We might sign off with something like expecting prompt action.

So, for example, if I had purchased, uh um, a snowmobile And two days after I purchased my snowmobile, it breaks down and I take it back to the store.

And I'm told you know that the warranty is not going to cover.

Ah, that's going to cover the repair of my snowmobile.

I write a letter to the head of the company and I might conclude with expecting prompt action, which just means I am hoping that they're going to do something very quickly about it.

These air a few ways that you can start the sentences in your letter.