Formal Letter for Class 10 ICSE Topics, Format, Samples

Formal Letter: Formal letter is undoubtedly one of the most challenging letters to be written. When putting it together, often you are addressing a person or organization with whom you are not familiar and the quality of your content, including spelling and grammar will be strongly scrutinized. In general what you put together will have one of the following purposes:

• Make a complaint
• Make an inquiry
• Applying for vacancy
• Asking apology
• Giving Invitation

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Formal Letter for Class 10 ICSE Topics, Format, Samples

What should be kept in mind is that the tone of the letter should be formal and the letter should be to the point.

Layout of Formal Letter

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Any one format may be followed.

Your/Sender’s Address
The address is written on the top left or right of the page along with your city and pin code.

Date
The date should be written under the sender’s address. Leave a gap and then write the date in the format – date/month/year, e.g., 10th August, 20 ……..

The date should always be written in full form and no short cuts are to be followed, e.g., 10/8 or August 10.

Receiver’s/Recipient’s Address
This address is of the person the letter is being addressed to, the receiver. The address is written on the left side of the page after the date. It can be addressed to a particular person or organization.

Subject
It is written below the receiver’s address and its purpose is to state the main objective to the receiver in a short sentence.

Salutation
Since it is usually a business letter that falls under formal letters, you would not know the receiver personally. Hence, the titles for salutation are put in the following manner followed by their surname along with a ‘Dear’:
Mr. – Male receiver who is married/unmarried.
Mrs. – Female receiver who is married.
Ms. – Female receiver who is unmarried.
Dr. – Male/Female receiver who is a doctor by profession.
You can also write ‘Dear Sir/Madam’.

Opening Sentence
It should be strong but not rude or straightforward, as that would only create a negative impact to the receiver. It must clearly state your purpose, whether it is to lodge a complaint, make an enquiry or to request something.

Body
It is where you write the content/subject of the letter. It should not be more than two paragraphs depending on the type of business letter you intend to write. You must avoid using casual terms and abbreviations, so as to keep the style of the letter intact. It should be clear and precise, ensuring that all the major points are covered and is also not lengthy at the same time.

Closing
It should be a conclusion of your main body and in not more than two to three lines that must convey the action/response you expect the receiver to take/provide.

Subscription/Complimentary close
It is written on the left or right side of the letter below the closing, leaving some gap. It usually ends with ‘Yours faithfully/sincerely/respectfully’. Only the first letter will be in capital.

Signature/Name of Sender
This comes only after the subscription and includes both the signature and name of the sender, unlike informal/personal letter. You should put your signatures first and then write your full name with your designation, if any, within brackets under the signatures.
Example:

Yours faithfully,
(Full name)
(Designation, if required)

Sample Letter 1

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