List nieformalny:

Rozpoczęcie listu: Dear Mark / Hello / Hi

Dziękowanie za otrzymany list: Thanks a lot for your letter. / How nice of you to write a letter!

Przepraszanie i tłumaczenie się: I’m sorry I haven’t written to you for such a long time. / I”ve been very busy at school. I’ve been ill for quite a long time.

Mówienie / pytanie, co słychać: I'm OK. / I”m fine. / I”m doing well at school. / How are you? / I hope you”re OK. / I haven”t heard from you ages.

Wyrażanie uczuć: I was really happy to get your letter. / I was so sad to find out/hear that...

Zapraszanie: I”ll be really happy if you could come. / You’re welcome to come and stay with us.

Zakończenie listu: Take care. / Bye for now. / Say hello to... / I have to finish now. / Give my regards to...

Przykładowy list nieformalny:

- Zapytasz co u niego/niej słychać i jak mu/jej idzie w szkole.

- Poinformujesz, że poznałeś/-aś nową dziewczynę/nowego chłopaka, i opiszesz okoliczności poznania

- Opiszesz, jak spędzacie wolny czas i o czym rozmawiacie

- Zaprosisz znajomego/znajomą do Polski i pozdrowisz jego dziewczynę/jej chłopaka

Dear Mark,

Thanks a lot for your letter. I got it two days ago it was a great surprise.

How are you? How are you doing in school? You have a good marks? I hope you”re OK.

I”m sorry i haven”t written to you for such a long time. I”ve been very busy at school.

I writing to you because I must tell you I meeting a new girlfriend on party. The girl is very nice. Your name Kasia. We are spent free time on watching TV and we talking about films.

By the way, what are you doing in the summer? It would be lovely if you could come to Poland to see me again.

Take care.

Say hello to your girlfriend for me.

XYZ

List formalny - nie wolno używać w nim form skróconych oraz słownictwa potocznego.

Rozpoczęcie listu: Dear Sir / Madam

Powód, dla którego piszemy list: I am writing to apply for the job/post advertised in... / I am writing with regard to your advertisement in...

Nasze dane: wykształcenie, miejsce pracy, dyplomy: I attend a high school in... / I graduated from ... in ... / I hold a certificate in ... / I am currently employed as a ... at ...

Doświadczenie: I have experience of ... / For the past three years I have been working as ... / For the last year I have been involved in ...

Dlaczego jesteś dobrym/-ą kandydatem/-datką: I fell I am a suitable candidate for this job/course/scholarship because ... / I am very hard-working/confident/cooperative which makes me an ideal candidate for this job.

Zakończenie listu: I am avaliable for interview at any time convenient for you. / I enclose a copy of my CV and my references. / I look forward to hearing from you. / Yours faithfully.