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Year 6 English — The parts of a friendly letter

Name the parts of a friendly letter and set them out in the right places on the page.

Name: ________________________

Before you start

Here is a friendly letter with its six parts drawn as blocks. Find out what each block is called and where on the page it sits.

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  1. 1. Your own address
  2. 2. The date
  3. 3. The greeting
  4. 4. The body of the letter
  5. 5. The closing
  6. 6. Your name

Every part starts hard against the left-hand edge — that is the block format — and the body of the letter takes up more room than all the other parts put together.

  1. 1.Which greeting is written correctly?

    • a) Dear anna,
    • b) dear Anna,
    • c) Dear Anna,
    • d) Dear Anna

  2. 2.What is written on the line just below your own address?

    • a) The greeting
    • b) The date
    • c) Your name
    • d) The closing

  3. 3.Match each part of a letter to the job it does.

    • the greeting
    • the date
    • the body
    • the closing
    • your own address
    • says where a reply should be sent
    • says who the letter is to
    • says when it was written
    • carries the news itself
    • comes just before your name

  4. 4.One word, please. The line that names the person you are writing to is called the ____.

  5. 5.One word, please. The part of the letter that carries your actual news is called the ____ of the letter.

  6. 6.Which mark comes straight after the name in the greeting?

    • a) A full stop
    • b) A question mark
    • c) No mark at all
    • d) A comma

  7. 7.Sort each line by where it belongs in a friendly letter.

    Groups: It greets the reader · It closes the letter

    • Dear Anna,
    • Dear Grandmother,
    • With love,
    • Your loving friend,
    • Yours affectionately,
    • Dear Ravi,

  8. 8.Sort each part by whether it is written near the top of the page or near the bottom.

    Groups: Near the top · Near the bottom

    • the greeting
    • your own address
    • the closing
    • your name
    • the date

Answer key — Year 6 English — The parts of a friendly letter

  1. 1. c) Dear Anna,
  2. 2. b) The date
  3. 3. the greeting → says who the letter is to; the date → says when it was written; the body → carries the news itself; the closing → comes just before your name; your own address → says where a reply should be sent
  4. 4.
    • greeting
    • salutation
  5. 5. body
  6. 6. d) A comma
  7. 7. Dear Anna, → It greets the reader; With love, → It closes the letter; Dear Grandmother, → It greets the reader; Your loving friend, → It closes the letter; Dear Ravi, → It greets the reader; Yours affectionately, → It closes the letter
  8. 8. your own address → Near the top; the date → Near the top; the greeting → Near the top; the closing → Near the bottom; your name → Near the bottom