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You should spend about 20 minutes on this task You have seen an advertisement in an Australian magazine for someone to live with a family for six months and look after their six- year-old child. Write a letter to the parents. In your letter – Explain why you would like the job – give details of why you would be a suitable person to employ – say how you would spend your free time while you are in Australia

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Dear Sir, My name is Jane Robert. I live in the Southern part of Australia. I am writing a letter in regards to your advert published in the magazine to stay with your family for six months and take care of your child. In
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 view, I would be interested to accept the
job
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. Currently, I am doing a part-time
job
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.
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, I have free time till mid of the day.
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, your location is just 5 miles away from my home and there is frequent city bus transportation available between our places.
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, I believe that the
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 will be most suitable for me. Since I am a mother of 10 years old daughter.
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, I know very well how to handle small children and make them more comfortable in absence of their parents.
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, I have a diploma in child care speciality which supports me to apply my skills to the development of children. I will be spending my time mainly with your kid. I can take her to different activities. I may go with her to the swimming class which is held by the community centre every day. I will be available during weekends
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 to go cycling and play in the gardens. I hope you will consider me for
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. I am looking forward to hearing from you. Yours faithfully, Jane Rober,

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The Greeting

Depending on the style and aim of the letter, you will need to adapt your greeting.

Always start an informal letter in the ways:

  • Dear + name
  • Hi / Hello + name

‘Dear...’ is more appropriate, so stick with this.

For a formal letter there are two options for the greeting:

  • Use Dear Sir or Madam if you don’t know the name of the person you are writing to.
  • Use Dear + surname if you do know their name, e.g. Dear Mr Smith or Dear Mrs Jones.

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