FORM ONE

1.   Personal Letters

Write personal letters

We normally write letters to loved ones, including mother, father, uncle, aunt, sister, brother, lover, wife, husband, teacher, friend, etc.

We normally use statements such as 'Dear mother', 'Dear father', 'Dear sister', 'Dear friend', 'hi daddy',' hi mummy', 'hi aunt'. in the greeting (introduction part).

We use expressions such as 'your loving daughter’, ‘your loving son', 'your loving………', 'missing you….....'in the closing remarks.

Components of a friendly letter

1. Writer’s address -written on top right hand corner.
2. Date - below the sender address
3. Salutation - comes after the salutation
4. Main body-states the aim or purpose of the letter.
5. Closing statement-ending the letter
6. Signature and name of the writer/sender- extreme end of the letter

SAMPLE LATTER

Kongani Secondary School,

P. O. Box 340,

Pemba

05^th December, 2014

         Dearest Mother,

         It is my hope that you are fine and continue well with your daily activities. It has been a long time since I last wrote to you. I am generally fine and continue well with my studies.

        By the way, we will close school for short holiday this Saturday till early April. I ask that you send me some money for bus fare from school to home. Please send me the money very soon so that I may pay it to the transport officers. Greetings to my young brothers Jorum and Maven and my sisters Jacky and Joan, as well as all my friends.

        And I hope to see you during holiday and pray for you with best wishes.

Your loving daughter,

N.S

Nasra Shomari Mohamed.

      Ibun Jazar Secondary School,

                                                                                           P. O. Box 66,

                                                                                           Coast Region – Tanzania.

                                                                                          11^th February, 2016.

             Hello Latifa,

             It has been too long since our last visit, so, how are you and family doing? And what grade is Muhammad going into? 7^th or 8^th? They both are fine? My kids are getting ready for school year as well.

Asif is just remembering the day while we were at the park. We all miss you very much; we are welcome to visit anytime at all. I hope you are well with everyone. Please send hellos from all of us to your family.

                                                Talk to your lovely son,

                                                Muhogo Mchungu.

Another example

Ibun Jazar Secondary School,

                                                                                                            P. O. Box 66,

                                                                                                            Coast Region – Tanzania.

                                                                                                            11^th February, 2016.

            Dear Mrs. Kishindo,

            I hope this letter finds you well. I can`t believe it has been so long since we have seen one another.

             I'm so glad that you encouraged me to move to the big city and follow my dream of working as journalist. Things are good quite well, and truly enjoy what I I'm doing.

           Your words of wisdom were instrumental in my decision, I can honestly say that I might never take this step if it weren't for your support. Most importantly, your continued encouragement, credited much of my success

           Thank you again for believing in me and helping me to believe in myself.

                                                Yours,

                                         Majanga Matatizo.

class work

Write a letter to your friend telling him the steps you‘re taking to ensure that you do not get AIDS. Your name is Masikini Jeuri of Kerege, Secondary school Box 14, Bagamoyo.

USING A DICTIONARY

1.    Using Dictionaries Effectively to Obtain Meanings and Spellings of Words

What is a dictionary?

Dictionary Is a collection of words in one or more specific languages, often arranged in alphabetical order. We often use dictionaries to look up difficult words; when we do not know the meaning of a word. Dictionaries are organized to help us look up words easily.

Steps which help us to look up words easily

1. Find the section for letter example, letter “D”
2. Go through the pages of letter “D” slowly, as you turn the page look at the word written at the top of each page.
3. Study the word, noting the alphabetical order, until you reach the word you need.

The important things in dictionary

i.                    Headword refers to each word which is defined in the dictionary. Headwords are written in bold or using a different color. They are followed by information about the word.

ii.                  Dictionaries show the pronunciation and meaning of a word.

iii.                They also show how the word is used and sometimes they give examples of sentences.

iv.                In some cases the plural form is given.

Abbreviation words

       N-noun

       V- Verb

       Pt- past tense

       Pl -plural

       Sign- singular

       C –countable

       Un-uncountable

       Prep-preposition

       BrE-British English

       AmE-American English

       Sth-something

       Conj-conjunction