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Class 5 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.Match each part of a letter to the job it does.

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

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

  4. 4.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

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

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

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

  6. 6.A letter that begins "Dear Grandmother," should end with which of these?

    • a) Respectfully submitted,
    • b) Yours faithfully,
    • c) Yours obediently,
    • d) With love,

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

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

  8. 8.Put these four parts of a friendly letter in the order they come down the page.

    • Ravi
    • With love,
    • Dear Grandmother,
    • The news you want to tell

Answer key — Class 5 English — The parts of a friendly letter

  1. 1. d) Dear Anna,
  2. 2. 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
  3. 3. body
  4. 4. 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
  5. 5. d) A comma
  6. 6. d) With love,
  7. 7. d) The date
  8. 8. 1. Dear Grandmother, 2. The news you want to tell 3. With love, 4. Ravi