Announcement,Message,Personal Letter

1.Announcement

     Announcement is something said , written, or printed to make known what was happened or (more often) what will happen

Structure of Announcement

-   Title

-   Opening

-   Purpose of announcement

-   Content of announcement

-   Date/time/place

-   Contact person

-   Closing

    

 Characteristic of Announcement

     Use simple present tense or simple future tense often enticement.

1. Simple Present Tense

Formula:

Subject (I, You, We, They) + infinitive

Examples:

 I speak English.

You sing a song.

We go to library.

They play football.

Subject (He, She, It) + infinitive + -s/-es

Examples:

☺   He passes the Physics exam well.

☺   She buys a kilo of sugar.

☺   It makes you to be someone different.

2. Simple Future tense

Formula:

Subject + shall/will + be + ….

Examples:

John will buy a new house next week.

She will help another person that gets through a terrible situation.

The government will visit the disaster victims.

I shall go to Surabaya tomorrow.

We shall do the best in our life.

Notes: For simple future tense will is used for subject (He, She, It).

Meanwhile, shall is used for subject (I, We).

example

English Speech Contest

For all students of SMAN Englishindo, we announce English Speech Contest..

Time : Saturday, 22 March 2012

Place : Hall of SMAN Englishindo

Each class should register at least one student with one of these following topics :

·         The Advantage of Learning English

·         The Difficulties of Learning English

·         The Effective Ways of Learning English

For further information, visit the committee of this English Speech Contest in ENGLISHINDO.COM

2.Message

     Text messaging, or texting, is the act of typing and sending a brief, electronic message between two or more mobile phones or fixed or portable devices over a phone network. While the original term was derived from referring to messages sent using the Short Message Service(SMS) originated from Radio Telegraphy, it has since been extended to include messages containing image, video, and sound content (known as MMS messages). The sender of a text message is known as a texter

Example

Dear Donie

I’ve prepared some food for breakfast. I put it on the refrigerator. Sorry, I have to go to work very early. 

                                                         

                                                                                                                                 Mom

3.Personal letter

A personal letter is a type of letter which provides communication between a small number of people, usually two. There are many types of personal letters and they are written for a wide variety of reasons:

• One person wishes to attain information from an individual or a business
• One person wishes to tell somebody about themselves, as in pen pals
• One person wishes to present to an individual or a business a social note note, such as a thank-you or a congratulation.
• One person wishes to communicate with an acquaintance - friend or family, for example in order to maintain and reinforce the bond between them.

There are 2 types of personal letter, formal personal letter and informal personal letter

Example of Formal Personal Letter  :

Jalan Mangga 46
Karanganyar Demak 59582
March 12th, 2009

Dear Mr. Arief,

Nida wasn’t at school yesterday because she was ill. She had a cought. I am really sorry for this late permission. Thank you.
Yours sincerely

Budi Wijaya


Example of  Informal Personal Letter :

Karanganyar, 21st December 2009

To : Hery
Karanganyar Street No 23 Demak 59582

Dear Hery,

Hi Hery, how is everything? I hope you are fine. I am well in these few days.
Her, I want to tell you about my holiday. I went to Mount Muria last holiday. I went to the Montel Waterfall. It was interesting. I took some picture there. I bought some souvenir for you.
I think that all. I am looking forward to hear from you.

Love
Nida