Sentence building
Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce a
complete letter.
I. Dear Mr. Brown.
a. I be happy / get / letter / offer job / your company.
b. You/ not tell / when / want me / start work / for you.
c. My present employer / expect me / stay him / end month /
d. We think / about buy / house / the office.
e. My wife / be anxious / find / good school / children / attend.
f. She worry / not be able / continue / study / same subjects.
g. Let hope / problem / not take / long solve.
h. I look forward / start work / you.
Yours sincerely,
John Smith
III. Dear Mrs. Brown.
a. I write / tell / how much / I enjoy / few hours I spend / you
and your family yesterday evening.
b. I be / England since / beginning / October and this be / first
invitation to dinner / English family.
c. I find / conversation most interesting and I be glad / practice
/ English.
d. I also like / congratulate you / excellent cooking.
e. I be very grateful / all / helpful information you give me /
courses / English.
f. I hope / find / suitable school / next few days
g. You give / best wishes / husband and children?
h. Thank you again / extremely pleasant evening.
i. I look forward / see you next month.
Yours sincerely,
Maria.
V. Rewrite the following letter with correct
punctuation
Dear mary thanks for your letter ive got som good news
ill be able to come to paris next month im worried about hotel
what was the name of the hotel you used to stay at ther are a
lot of things I want to see in paris the eiffel tower the louvre
museum notre dame cathedral and the palace of versailles are
you at school all day I hope not do you remember bill kinghes
the one whos studying french at manchester university hes
been giving me some lessons he says I should buy a cassette
player so I can listen to real french voices may be my french
will be better than yours see you soon all my love john.
II. Dear Mr. Johnson.
a. A friend / mine / recently / return / England / advise / me /
write / you.
b. I / hope / come / England / next year / spend / some months
Cambridge.
c. Perhaps / recommend / suitable English family / me stay.
d. While / I three / take / part-time course / improve / my
English.
e. Be / part-time course / your college?
f. I / be grateful / your send / application form.
g. Please / tell / much / fees / course / be.
h. I / like / know / date / course / begin.
Yours sincerely,
Giovanni Bianchi.
IV. Dear Bill,
a. I write / cancel our meeting / tennis club / Wednesday 13 th
b. As you can see / this notepaper I be still / Madrid.
c. I arrive / Monday 4th / expect / return / London / Thursday
7th July.
d. Things not go according / plan / I have / stay several more
days.
e. I meet Mr. Matinez / Tuesday 5th July / visit his factory /
inspect / new products.
f. However, we not yet reach agreement / prices / delivery
dates.
g. The contract not sign yet / I must stay until it be.
h. Difficulties I enjoy visit / Prado museum / eat excellent
restaurants here.
i. I phone you / I be back / London.
Yours,
Bob.
Key to sentence building
Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce a
complete letter.
I.Dear Mr. Brown.(Practice test 1 Book 1-Cambridge)
a. I was//am happy //when I got// to get your letter // in which
you offer me// offering a job in your company.
b. You did/do not tell me when you want me to start to
work//working for you.
c. My present employer expects//is expecting me to stay with
him until//till the end of this month .
d. We are thinking about buying a house near the office.
e. My wife is anxious to find a good school // which// that the
children can//could// might attend// for our children to
attend.
f. She is worried they will// may// might not be able to
continue to study// studying the same subjects.
g. Let’s hope the// these//those//our problems will not take
long to solve.
h. I look forward to starting to work //working with// for you.
Yours sincerely,
John Smith
III.Dear Mrs. Brown. (Pr. Test3 B. 1-Cambridge)
a. I am writing to tell you how much I enjoyed the few hours I
spend with you and your family yesterday evening.
b. I have been in England since the beginning of October and
this is the first invitation to dinner with an English family.
c. I found our// the// your conversation most interesting and I
was glad to practice my English.
d. I would also like to congratulate you on your excellent
cooking.
e. I am// was very grateful for all the helpful information you
gave // have given (to) me about courses in English.
f. I hope to find// I will find a suitable school in// within next
few days
g. Would// Will// could you (please) give my best wishes to
your husband and children?
h. Thank you again for an extremely pleasant evening.
i. I look forward to seeing you next month.
Yours sincerely,
Maria.
V. Rewrite the following letter with correct
punctuation
Dear Mary,
Thanks for your letter I’ve got some good news. I’ll be able to
come to Paris next month. I’m worried about the hotel. What
was the name of the hotel you used to stay at? There are a lot
of things I want to see in Paris: the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre
Museum , Notre Dame Cathedral and the Palace of
Versailles.Are you at school all day? I hope not .Do you
remember Bill King? He’s the one who’s studying French at
Manchester University. He’s been giving me some lessons. He
says I should buy a cassette player so I can listen to real
French voices. May be my French will be better than yours.
See you soon.
All my love.
John.
II. Dear Mr. Johnson. (Pr. Test3 B. 1-Cambridge)
a. A friend of mine (who) (has) recently returned from
England (has) advised me to write to you.
b. I hope am hoping to come // that I can come// I can come to
England next year to spend // and spend some months at//
in Cambridge.
c. Perhaps you can// could recommend a suitable English
family for me to stay with.
d. While I am there I will// would like to take a// some parttime course//_s to improve my English.
e. Is there a part-time course// Are there any part-time courses
at// in your college?
f. If so// If there is// there are I would be grateful if you
would// could send me an application form.
g. Please tell me how much the fees for the// a// one course //
the courses are// would // will be.
h. I would like to know //what date on what date// the date on
which the course begins// will begin// the course begin//
will begin// the date of the beginning of the course(s)
Yours sincerely,
Giovanni Bianchi.
IV. Dear Bill,
a. I am writing to cancel our meeting at the tennis club on
Wednesday 13th
b. As you can see from this notepaper I am still in Madrid.
c. I arrived on Monday 4th and (I) expected to return to London
on Thursday 7th July.
d. Things have// are not gone// going according plan and// so I
have to stay several more days.
e. I met Mr. Matinez on Tuesday 5th July and (I) visit his
factory in order to inspect his new products.
f. However, we have not yet reached (an) agreement on//
about// concerning (the) prices and (the) delivery dates.
g. The contract has not been// is not signed yet and so I must
stay until it is.
h. Despite (all) difficulties I have enjoyed visiting the Prado
museum and eating in the// some excellent restaurants here.
i. I will phone you when// as soon as I am back in London.
Yours,
Bob.