Your mother has hurt her hand and cannot write; she has asked you to write to a friend of hers about some business connected with the Woman’s Club.

You have arrived at home after a week’s visit with a friend.  Write your friend’s mother, expressing the pleasure that the visit has given you.  Speak particularly of the incidents of the visit, and show a lively appreciation of the kindness of your friends.

A friend whom you have invited to visit you has written saying that she (or he) is unable to accept your invitation.  Write expressing your regret.  You might speak of the plans you had made in anticipation of the visit; you might also make a more or less definite suggestion regarding a later date for the arrival of your friend.

You are trying to secure a position.  Write to some one for whom you have worked, or some one who knows you well, asking for a recommendation that you can use in applying for a position.

Write to your brother (or some other near relative), telling about a trip that you have recently taken.

Write to one of your friends who is away at school, telling of the athletic situation in the high school you are attending.  Assume that your friend is acquainted with many of the students in the high school.

You are sending some kodak films to be developed by a professional photographer.  Explain to him what you are sending and what you want done.  Speak of the price that he asks for his work, and the money that you are enclosing.

Write a letter applying for a position.  If possible, tell how you have heard of the vacancy.  State your qualifications, especially the education and training that you have had; if you have had any experience, tell definitely what it has been.  Mention the recommendations that you are enclosing, or give references to several persons who will write concerning your character and ability.  Do not urge your qualifications, or make any promises, but tell about yourself as simply and impersonally as possible.  Close your letter without any elaborate expressions of “hoping” or “trusting” or “thanking.”  “Very truly yours,” or “Very respectfully yours,” will be sufficient.

You have secured the position for which you applied.  Write expressing your pleasure in obtaining the situation.  Ask for information as to the date on which you are to begin work.

Write to a friend or a relative, telling about your new position:  how you secured it; what your work will be; what you hope will come of it.

Write a brief respectful letter asking for money that is owed you.

Write to a friend considerably older than yourself, asking for advice as to the appropriate college or training school for you to enter when you have finished the high school course.

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