Kinds of letter: love thank you complaint confirmation invitation letter Saturday, November 17th 2007 Unit 6: An excursion Lesson 4: Writing A confirmation letter Confirmation is the letter that responds to the requests It confirms whether the help is provided or the information is available or not Task 1: Work in pairs: Read the two letters in your book and find the requests in Nga’s letter and the confirmation in Hoa’s • Nga’s Requests: Can you go shopping with me to buy the things we need for the trip • Hoa’s Confirmation: Certainly, I will help you to prepare everything you need for the trip Now read Hoa’s letter again and find out the following points: • • • Dear Nga Greeting: Showing interest: I’m glad to hear that Confirming the request: Certainly, I will help you to prepare everything you need • Confirming the time: • Closing: Love, Hoa I’ll be waiting for you at 2:30 p.m tomorrow Structures of a confirmation letter: • • • • • • Greeting Expressing interests Confirming the request Confirming the time/place Closing Signature Rearrange the following sentences to make a completed letter: Nam Dear Vinh I am sure we will have a great time With the best wishes I will certainly come Thank you very much for inviting me to your birthday party I am looking forward to meeting you soon Rearrange the following sentences to make a completed letter: Dear Vinh Thank you very much for inviting me to your birthday party I will certainly come I am looking forward to meeting you soon I am sure we will have a great time With the best wishes Nam Some useful expressions • • • • • • • • • • • • • How about ? Why don’t you ? Let’s I look forward to seeing/ meeting you See you soon/ see you later Hope to see you soon I’m very happy/ glad/ pleased That’s great Thank you for It’s lovely to Certainly, I will Of course, I’m willing to I would really like to Showing interest Confirmation I’m very happy/glad/ pleased That’s great It’s lovely to Thank you for Certainly, I will Of course, I will I would really like to Suggestion (time/place) How about ? Why don’t you ? Let’s Closing I look forward to seeing/ meeting you See you soon See you later Hope to see you soon Task 2: • Read the situations and write a confirmation letter responding to each of them Lan is going to have a birthday party at 8:00 p.m on Saturday She asks you to buy her two bunches of bananas, three kilos of oranges, ten mangoes, and bring them to her house an hour before the party You agree to help her Minh wants to borrow a book about wildlife He is coming for the book at 9:00 a.m this Saturday You accept his request but suggest a later time Suggested answers: Letter 1: Dear Lan, I’m very happy to come to your birthday party on Saturday Luckily, I don’t have to go to school on that day so I will help you to buy bananas, oranges and mangoes Surely, I will bring them to your house at 7:00 p.m on Saturday See you later, Trang • Letter 2: Dear Minh, I’m willing to lend you the book about wildlife You can get it as long as you need However, I’m going to visit my grandmother on Saturday morning so can you come in the afternoon? I’ll wait for you See you then Hung ...Saturday, November 17th 2007 Unit 6: An excursion Lesson 4: Writing A confirmation letter Confirmation is the letter that responds to the requests