In an earlier post I wrote about letter writing for English exams, the marking schemes etc. In the last post we saw the formats recommended by CBSE. In this post, we will see the formal and informal letters' formats that are recommended by ICSE Board. Formal Letter ICSE Board If you are looking for the marking scheme of formal letter writing in ICSE Board, click here Marking Schemes for Formal Letter Writing in ICSE Board ICSE recommends the following formats for formal letter: writing: Formal Letter Format recommended by ICSE Board Now let us see an example letter that I have picked up straight from the horse’s mouth – icse.org: Sample for Formal Letter ICSE also recommends the following format for formal letter writing. As you might notice, this is quite similar to the one recommended by CBSE. Formal Letter Format recommended by ICSE Board Let us see how to write the same letter in this format: Sample for Formal Letter ICSE Board For marking scheme of formal letter writing, click here: Marking Schemes of Formal Letter Writing in ICSE Board Informal Letter ICSE Board If you are looking for the marking scheme of informal letter writing in ICSE Board, click here Marking Schemes for Informal Letter Writing in ICSE Board ICSE recommends the following format for informal letter writing. This is quite similar to the one recommended by CBSE: Informal Letter Format Recommended by ICSE Board Now let us see an example letter that I have picked up again from the same source – icse.org: Sample for Informal Letter in ICSE Board ICSE also recommends the following format for informal letter writing: Informal Letter Format Recommended by ICSE Board Let us see how to write the same letter in this format: Sample for Informal Letter in ICSE Board If you are looking for CBSE Board Letter Writing Formats and Example, click here Formal and Informal Letter Writing Formats recommended by CBSE and samples Practice Questions Formal Letters 1. Write a letter to the Principal of your school complaining about increasing traffic in front of the school main gate and how it is imposing a big risk. 2. You are Sucheta, a member of the Literary Club Library. Write a letter to the adminstrative body of the library on its poor condition and suggest ways to improve it. 3. You are Arush, a resident of Shastri Nagar, Delhi. Recently a lot of trees in your locality have been chopped off in order to make pavements. Write a letter to the editor expressing your concern and asking her to bring it to the notice of the concerned authorities through write ups in her daily newspaper - The Watchdog. Informal Letters 1. You are Sheetal from Malviya Nagar, Jaipur. Write a letter to your friend Dipika thanking her for the gift she sent you for your birthday. 2. You are Suraj from Andheri in Mumbai. Write a letter to your uncle in Simla inviting him and his son to stay with you for some day during the summer vacation. Tell him all the fun things that you are planning. Ask for Worksheets for more questions on Letter Writing at [email protected]