{"id":604,"date":"2026-05-12T04:52:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T04:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allenglish4u.com\/?page_id=604"},"modified":"2026-05-12T04:52:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T04:52:28","slug":"unit-5-writing-a-letter-true-or-false","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/allenglish4u.com\/vi\/unit-5-writing-a-letter-true-or-false\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit 5 \u2014 Writing a Letter: True or False?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"ext-animate--on wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"ae4u-ex-ielts-writing-letter-tf\" class=\"ae4u-ex-mount\" data-exercise-config='{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;ielts-writing-letter-tf&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;true-false&quot;,&quot;section&quot;:&quot;ielts&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Unit 5 \\u2014 Writing a Letter: True or False?&quot;,&quot;instructions&quot;:&quot;Read each statement about formal letters. Decide if it is TRUE or FALSE.&quot;,&quot;items&quot;:[{&quot;statement&quot;:&quot;Formal letters are always longer than informal letters.&quot;,&quot;answer&quot;:false,&quot;explanation&quot;:&quot;FALSE \\u2014 Formal letters should be as brief and to the point as possible. Length depends on the purpose, not formality.&quot;},{&quot;statement&quot;:&quot;In a formal letter it is acceptable to use colloquial English, slang and idioms.&quot;,&quot;answer&quot;:false,&quot;explanation&quot;:&quot;FALSE \\u2014 Formal letters must use standard, professional English. Colloquial language, slang and idioms are inappropriate.&quot;},{&quot;statement&quot;:&quot;In a formal letter it is acceptable to use contractions (e.g., &#039;I&#039;ve&#039; instead of &#039;I have&#039;).&quot;,&quot;answer&quot;:false,&quot;explanation&quot;:&quot;FALSE \\u2014 Contractions are too informal for formal letters. Always write the full form: &#039;I have&#039;, &#039;I am&#039;, &#039;it is&#039;, etc.&quot;},{&quot;statement&quot;:&quot;In a formal letter you should include your name and address at the top of the page.&quot;,&quot;answer&quot;:false,&quot;explanation&quot;:&quot;FALSE \\u2014 You include your address, but not your name, at the top. Your name appears only at the bottom after your signature.&quot;},{&quot;statement&quot;:&quot;In a formal letter, you should always write the date in full (e.g., 1 April 2000, not 1\\\/4\\\/00).&quot;,&quot;answer&quot;:true,&quot;explanation&quot;:&quot;TRUE \\u2014 Abbreviated dates can be confusing internationally. For example, &#039;1\\\/4\\\/00&#039; means 1 April in the UK but 4 January in the USA.&quot;},{&quot;statement&quot;:&quot;In a formal letter, you should always put your full name (e.g., James Harcourt, not J. Harcourt) after your signature.&quot;,&quot;answer&quot;:true,&quot;explanation&quot;:&quot;TRUE \\u2014 Writing your full name after your signature makes it clear who signed the letter and is the professional standard.&quot;},{&quot;statement&quot;:&quot;Formal letters do not need to be broken into paragraphs.&quot;,&quot;answer&quot;:false,&quot;explanation&quot;:&quot;FALSE \\u2014 A formal letter should have at least three paragraphs: (1) why you are writing, (2) details, (3) the action you expect. A single block of text is hard to read.&quot;}]}'><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ext-animate--on wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-with-title","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-604","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allenglish4u.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allenglish4u.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allenglish4u.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allenglish4u.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allenglish4u.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/allenglish4u.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":605,"href":"https:\/\/allenglish4u.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/604\/revisions\/605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allenglish4u.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}