Leave Letter
Leave Letter :
Your elder brother has just got engaged to be married. Write a letter to the Principal of your school requesting for leave to attend the wedding. Your letter should contair the details of the place of the wedding and the number of days that you want leave for. End your letter with a reassurance that you will make up on your own for the work that will go on in your class during your absence.
C - 61 : Nandita Apartments,
Ashok Vihar, Phase II,
New Delhi - 110 052
29th July, 2013
The Principal,
Kasturba Gandhi High School,
D. N. Road,
Connaught Place,
New Delhi-110 001
Subject : Request for leave to attend brother’s wedding
Dear Madam,
I am Kavita Kamik, studying in class 9. I would like to apply for leave from 7th August - 2013 to 16th August - 2013. My elder brother is getting married and I would like to attend all the festivities connected with the wedding.
My elder brother resides in America and this was the only time that he could get off from his job. His fiance also lives in America and she too is working. Hence the dates cannot be changed. This wedding is a very happy occasion that all of us have been looking forward to for a long time. Therefore I would like to apply for leave for the period mentioned above.
I know this is quite close to the exams. But I assure you that I shall make up for the classes that I will miss during my absence. I am quite regular in my work and have got good grades consistently all these years. I have been made the monitor of my class quite often in all these years - which shows that I am a girl who is responsible. You can thus rely on me to get all the notes and to study all the material that I will miss.
I hope you will keep my past record in mind and grant me the leave. My family and I will be always grateful to you.
Yours faithfully,
Kavita Karnik
The letters that you have just read, show three types of formal letters — letter of complaint, letter of application and letter of request.
Now write the following letters on your own.
1. You had bought a music system from a store. It started malfunctioning within a week of the purchase. You had gone repeatedly to the store but your complaint was not attended to. Write a letter of complaint to the manager of the shop complaining about the piece and the behaviour of the staff at the store.
2. You read an advertisement asking for a babysitter. Write a letter of application to the person who has advertised telling him / her why you are suitable for the job and your reasons for applying for the job.
3. You want to take part in an All India Quiz Competition. Write a letter to your Principal giving details of the competition and your reasons for participation in it. Also give some details of your past experience in participating in such competitions.
Leave Letter
The Sentences Index
