Now, before we begin this task, let's do Ah, brief review about what a sentences.

A sentence is basically just a group of words together, and it starts with a capital letter, and it ends with a full stop.

Now, a paragraph is a group of sentences and a paragraph begins with an indent, which is a space.

Now if I read a short paragraph, Okay, so in this brief paragraph, I have stuck to one subject, which is myself.

So if I ever got was a group of sentences about one topic, Okay, so now we remember what a sentences and what a paragraph is.

We can begin our task, which is to write a letter.

Now today's letter is concerning this topic.

It's a bit bigger, So the topic is you have borrowed 10 library books and due to an urgent matter, you will not be able to return them on time, writes a letter politely explaining your position and requesting that you're fine.

Be withheld.

Okay, so now letters fall into some different categories.

One category is a complaint.

When category is a request category is a friendly letter and one category is a business letter there.

Other tapes, too.

Now, if we look at this letter and what we've been asked to do here, this letter is a basic request.

So let's just go over the task together.

So, firstly, if we go over some of the vocabulary now, it says you have borrowed 10 library books, and due to an urgent matter, you will not be able to return them on time.

Now, an urgent matter is something very important, perhaps perhaps an emergency or something that you absolutely have to do.

So there's no way you can avoid it now.

We were asked to write a letter, politely explaining If we just go over the word politely, politely is basically being friendly.

We don't want to be aggressive.

We want to be nice in this letter.

And this is difference from if we were writing a complaint where we might want to be a little bit more aggressive.

But in this letter we're gonna try to be as polite as possible.

Okay, Now, the rest of it says, explaining your position and requesting that you're fine, be withheld.

So if we just review this word here.

Fine.

Now, a fine is if you do something that's not allowed in some cases, like if you drive too fast, uh, then you have to pay some money as a punishment, and the same thing is true.

It a library.

So if you if you keep your book for too long, past when it's do, then you will have to pay a fine, which is basically a punishment for keeping your book too long.

Okay, so we're asking basically, in this letter now we're writing to the library and we're saying, Sorry, I cannot return my library books because I have a very important problem.

After we tell them this, we want to ask them.

We want to see Is it possible?

Is it at all possible that you could not, uh, penalize me or find the for not returning the books on time?

Okay, so that's the task.

That's the test that were asked to do.

So now I'll put this back up in a second.

I'm gonna take that away.

So now when it comes to writing a letter, the first thing we need to do is address the person that we're writing to now, in this case were writing to a library person that we don't know And it could be a woman or it could be a men.

So we would say dear sir or madam and we say or with a slash we wouldn't actually write Dear sir or madam.

So, dear sir Madam Comma.

Now that's the way that we begin a letter.

We always right, dear.

Att, the beginning.

And if we don't know who it is, we rate sir or madam.

And now in a letter, we basically have three sections that we want to complete.

And each section is one paragraph long.

So the first section, the first section states the purpose of the letter.

So basically, this tells us, tells the person reading it, Why are we writing?

Why are we writing to this person?

The second section.

This gives the details of the letter.

Okay, so this outlines.

So we're writing this because these air thistles what happens and and we won't explain our situation.

So this is basically an explanation.

I should also point out that this first section we want this to be roughly 1 to 2 sentences, 1 to 2 sentences.

Now, if you're writing a letter for a Niles exam.

You want to keep this letter to about 100 and 50 words in total?

So you want this part to be about one sentence long?

This next part, perhaps 3 to 4 sentences will say 3 to 4 sentences, whips 3 to 4 sentences.

And the last section will also be 3 to 4 sentences.

Okay, now, the third, the third paragraph, it talks about what we want to happen or what we expect.

Okay, once again, this is 3 to 4 sentences long, roughly 3 to 4.

Okay, so if we go over these sections again together now, this first section here.

So we're going to say why we're writing.

Basically, I am writing you this letter because this is what's happened.

Now, in number two, we're going to give the details.

So perhaps we would say, Okay, we have 10 library books that air over do or going to be overdue very soon, and we're not gonna be able to get these these books to you on time.

I'm not gonna be able to get these books to you on time.

And number three is what we want to happen.

So basically, um, we want to request that the fine be withheld.

And, of course, like the question outlined for us.

We want to do this in the in the most polite way that we can.

Okay, We want to be friendly in this letter.

Okay, so let's start.

I'm gonna take this away, and we're gonna start the first paragraph together.

So maybe what I'll do is I'll sticker question back up here, Okay?

So just to review once more, we're writing.

So you have borrowed 10 library books, and due to an urgent matter, you will not be able to return them on time.

Write a letter politely explaining your position and requesting that you're fine.

Be withheld.

Okay.

So in our first paragraph, now we want to in dense.

So I'm gonna leave a space here, and I'm going to write the the purpose of the letter.

So basically, I am writing in regards.

Two, um, my library books, which are, uh, do in the near future.

Okay, so basically, we've outlines, then somewhat the subject of what we're gonna talk about in this letter.

I'm writing in regards to library books, which are due in the near future.

Okay, Now, if you'll remember from before the second section wants to give the details.

This is the section where we can state what the exact situation is is so we would write something in this case along the lines off.

Um, unfortunately, I have a very urgent matter that I must attend to.

You see, my and I'm just gonna make this make this part up.

So we will see that my, um, cousin has fallen ill and, um is in the hospital.

As you can understands, he is in need of support from my family.

Okay, It's moving us down a bit.

So what we've done, basically, is here we've outlined in the first paragraph.

We said why we're writing now.

In the second paragraph, we've outlined the basic problem.

And the problem is, uh, that we will not be able to, um, to returned the library books on time.

Okay, so at this point, we want to link the idea that we can't We will not be able to return our books on time.

And we want to be polite about this and to show that we we feel bad that this is happening so we might use a word like, regretfully, I will not be able to return my books to you.

And I'm going to see that our plane trip it leaves today.

I'm just making this up, but I'm going to see that we're leaving today, so it's it's not possible.

So, regretfully, I will not be able to return my books to you as my plane departs today.

Today, um, and I will knots have enough time to make a trip to you.

Okay, so that's the end of the second paragraph.

Now, the second paragraph has basically given the details of the problem.

So it's basically said that the basic problem is that we will not be able to return our books.

And we've answered why?

Why?

Because our cousin is not not well.

Okay, so in the third paragraph now, in this third paragraph, we want to state, uh what what we want.

Basically out of this letter, we're making a request, and that's the purpose of this exercise.

And that's the basic request.

Comes in the third paragraph.

Okay, So the first thing we might want to say is that we we understand that there there is a fine.

And then after that, maybe we can talk about, um, about not having the fine imposed on us.

So the first sentence would be something like, um, I understand that this situation makes makes the eligible to receive Fine.

Okay.

The sentence is saying that that we know that our books a relates we know we're going to receive a fine and just a reminder.

Ah, fine is a punishment where we have to pay money, we have to pay money.

So I understand this situation makes me eligible to receive a fine.

Now, we basically, in this next part's we want to be friendly and persuades the reader of this letter to to not give us a fine Basically to say that, you know, our situation is very important and it's an emergency and that if we don't receive a fine, then that's not necessarily the end of the world.

So I understand that this situation makes me eligible to receive a fine.

However, I would greatly appreciate it.

It's if you woods wave.

If you would wave this fine on the grounds.

That's this.

On the grounds that my circumstances are, um very I want to see critical, very important importance.

So basically so I understand that the situation makes me eligible to receive a fine.

However, I would greatly appreciate it if you would waive this fine and maybe wave That might be a new word.

Wave means it doesn't mean cancel, but it means to two knots employ or not use.

Okay, so I would greatly appreciate it if you would waive this fine on the grounds that my circumstances are very important.

And I'm just gonna edit this.

I don't like this word important.

We're gonna change that to our very urgent, very urgent.

Okay, Eso However, I would greatly appreciate it if you would wait this fine on the grounds that my circumstances are very urgent.

Now in.

If you're writing this letter for an isles exam now you want to ensure that that your letter is 150 words at a minimum.

So I can tell by looking at this letter that were probably up around 110 maybe 100 and 20.

So we want to put a little extra information in here and one thing that one way that we can do that is by even making up, You know, some some information.

I mean, as long as it fits with with what?

Our topic is.

So here.

Uh, let's see that.

Um, I trust that's this.

I will not that this will be possible, as I have been a as I have been, um uh, regular for work in the past.

As I have always.

No, I trust that this will be possible, as I have consistently consistently Dario, as I have consistently returned my books on time in the past.

So I had a bit of writer's block there.

Okay, Okay, now, so once again from the beginning of this last paragraph, I understand that this situation makes me eligible to receive a fine.

However, I would greatly appreciate it if you would waive this fine on the grounds that my circumstances are very urgent.

I trust that this will be possible as I have consistently returned my books on time in the past.

Now, this this last part here, I have consistently return my books on time in the past.

In a way, we're just trying to subtly point out that we've been We've been pretty good borrowers in the past, and this is the first time that an issue like this has come up.

Okay, Now we want to probably sign off with a been pretty good borrowers in the past.

And this is the first time that an issue like this has come up.

Okay, Now we want to probably sign off with a little thank you.

So thank you very much for your attention to this matter.

Okay, so we sign off with a thank you, and and then we want to put a small closing and in a letter we typically use sincerely is nice sincerely, or we can also use regards.

In my opinion, regards is a little bit cold, but it can be used, so I'm gonna keep it at sincerely, okay?

And that's that's basically our letter from start to finish.

Look at the format of the letter and just go over some things that you need to remember and to check off.

Especially if you're writing a letter for in aisles exam.

So the one thing is eyes the address, which is at the beginning.

And when you say you want to always start with dear, even if you're writing a friendly letter and if you don't know who you're writing to.

You include sir madam.

Now the punctuation is always a comma following dear.

Whatever.

Dear Sir.

Madam, come.

Okay.

Now, to make sure that you must make sure that each your paragraphs are indented and just a reminder that's a space at the beginning.

And another important thing is to make sure that each paragraph follows the topic or does the job that it's supposed to.

So just just to reiterate, the first paragraph is basically just stating the purpose.

Okay.

And this is this is very short.

It's maybe one sentence or two sentences.