CBSE Class 8 English Writing Skills Formal Letters

Formal letters include Official Letters:

   1)Letter to Editor of Newspapers

   2)Application to the Principal

FORMAT

EXERCISES
1. You are  Raj / Raji Gupta, a resident of 45 Niti Bagh, New Delji – 110049. Write a letter to the Editor of Hindustan Times expressing your concern regarding the increase in incidents of crime and violence against the Senior Citizens. ( 100-120 words)

2. Write a letter to the Editor of The Times of India, complaining about the poor condition of public parks in your locality. You are Sonu/Sonam Sharma, a resident of C/102,Sunlight Colony, Delhi-32.(120 – 150 words)

3. You are Piyush/Piyusha Singh, a resident of F/111, Ansari Road, Daryaganj – 110002. Write a letter to the Editor of Hindustan Times, expressing your concern over the problem of begging on Delhi roads. (120 – 150 words)

4.You are Sara/Sarim Khan , a resident of A/123, MotiBagh– 110042. Write a letter to the Editor of  Hindustan Times, raising your concern about the trash left behind at the sites of religious functions, weddings and cultural events. (120 – 150 words)

5. Write a letter to the Editor of Hindu, requesting him to raise the issue of the menace of stray dogs in your locality. You are Raj/Rajni Khurana, a resident of 12C,Sundar Nagar, Mathura Road, New Delhi-110003 (120-150 words)

Letter Writing

• There are 2 types of letters: Formal & Informal.
• Nevertheless, for both of them, the tone must be appropriate and up to the point given, like you can’t go overboard while writing informal letters.
• Formal: Formal tone+Format+Body=10 marks
• Informal: Gentle tone+Format+Body=10 marks

Sample Formal Letter:

(1) Write a letter to the Resident Welfare Association (RWA) team regarding the plantation of new trees around your locality.

H. No. 563
Charter Road
Lucknow–226001
3th January, 20XX
The Resident Welfare Association Team
Resident Welfare Association Office
Lucknow–226001
Dear Sirs/Madams,
This is to bring to your notice that I, Tarun Tripathi, a concerned citizen of Ashok Colony near Charter

Road, am writing this letter to you regarding the plantation of new trees around our locality.
Our locality has provided us with numerous facilities without a doubt but for the sake of the environment, it's high time now to take a step. The area around our locality lacks greenery and its provision would be great. Trees serve as natural climate modifiers, they work as filters to clean the polluted atmosphere we have today, and they also give shelter to stray animals, and birds as well. It would also add beauty to our society.
I will be highly obliged if you pay heed to my suggestion and undertake steps for the same. I anticipate a positive response from the department.
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely,
Tarun Tripathi

NOTE: In the above letter, the format has been followed correctly, the formal tone is maintained and there are suitable reasons given for the plantation; resulting in a 9.5/10 score, because still the formal tone be fixed a little bit.

(2) Write a letter to the Principal complaining about the poor working of the smart boards and request him to get them repaired.

H. No. 577
Charter Society
Lucknow–226001
5th June, 20XX
The Principal
La Martinier School
Lucknow–226001
Dear Sir,
This is to bring to your kind notice that I, Noah Smith, a student of class X C, am writing this letter to you concerning the poor working of the smartboards in our classrooms.
Our classrooms are provided with modern ways of teaching us. However, the smartboards in our classes haven't been working properly recently. They get switched off all of a sudden during lectures and important notes written by the teachers disappear, causing us to lag behind. Even teachers had to put in extra effort for the same and rewrite the keypoints again. Also, their visibility has become too low which cannot be perceived easily.
For the rise of such consequences, I kindly request you to look into the matter and get them repaired. I will be highly obliged if you pay heed to my request.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
Noah Smith
X C

NOTE: In the above letter, the format has been followed correctly, the formal tone is maintained and there are suitable reasons given for the plantation; resulting in a 9.5/10 score, because still the formal tone be fixed a little bit.