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/Madam, I am writing
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letter in regard to the advert published in TBT magazine that, you are looking for a babysitter for your child. My name is pooja and I would like like to apply for
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vacancy .
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of all , I was working as a teacher in a primary school in India for almost 10 years and used to look after children after school at day boarding and I have pretty good experience of taking care of toddlers and teenagers. So I hope I will be a suitable person for
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job as I can help your children with their studies as well. As my kids are grown up now and busy with their studies and job , I spent most of the time sitting at home or in the library. sometimes , I
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go out for a walk with my friends but
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want to utilize my time in a better way. As I was already worked in
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field and am
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passionate about
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I can choose
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carrier in Australia
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. I have attached my resume for reference and I hope to hear from you back soon. Yours faithfully Pooja Raikwar
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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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Topic Vocabulary:
  • advertisement
  • live with
  • look after
  • six-year-old child
  • suitable
  • employ
  • free time
  • Australia
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