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Formal Letter

Write an application to your school principal asking for permission to take part in an event
that will require you to stay away from school for two days.

The Principal
Derby High School
Dehradun

21 August 20XX

Dear Sir,

Subject: Request for permission to participate in National Aquatics Meet

This is a request to grant me two days of leave and permission to take part
in National Aquatics Meet to be held in Mumbai on 30 August 20XX.
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I will be representing my school and hope to bring the honour of a medal.
Kindly grant the two days’ leave.

Yours faithfully,

Arvind Rao
Student of VII A

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Rememberemember

If you begin your letter with Dear Sir/Dear Ma’am, you should conclude your letter with Yours faithfully.
If you begin your letter with proper names such as Dear Mr. Ankur Sharma/Dear Ms Rukmani Sharma,
you should conclude your letter with Yours sincerely.

Write the following letters in your notebook (word limit, 100-150 words).
1. You are Smita Divedi staying at 349, Byculla Road, Mumbai. Write a letter to your school
principal requesting him/her to grant you a week’s leave so that you can attend your
sister’s wedding in Chennai.
2. Write a letter to the Environment Minister, requesting him to ban the production of plastic
polybags. Writing Skills

3. Write a letter to the editor of a local newspaper, informing him/her about the increasing
menace of stray dogs in your locality.
4. Write a letter to your cousin in the USA about how a cat strayed into your classroom, and
how the students and teachers reacted to it. Try to be as humourous as possible.

5. Write a letter to your classmate who is down with a fractured leg. Give him updates on
what is going on in class and try to cheer him up.

6. After shopping, you come out to see an old woman begging for food and money. Write
about it to a friend of yours.
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