Letter Writing MCQ Questions and Answers for Practice

1. If you are writing a job application letter but you havent been given a named contact, how do you sign off your letter?

1. Cheers
2. Yours faithfully
3. Yours sincerely

2. When you are writing a formal letter, what information might you need?

1. dates
2. names
3. contact details
4. all of these

3. If you were writing a letter to the Housing Department to log a repair, how would you begin your letter?

1. Dear Fred
2. Hi
3. Dear Sir or Madam

4. If you are writing a complaint letter to your local council, what is the best way to end the letter?

1. Hope all is well.
2. I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible.
3. Send someone round here now or else.

5. If you are writing a letter of complaint to the Housing Department because your repair has not been dealt with, how would you start your letter?

1. I am sick of this council.
2. If you dont get someone out here quickly, I will call my MP.
3. I am writing to report a problem with my bathroom.

6. What is the missing word in this sentence? I am writing with ...........to my application.

1. regard
2. relate
3. account

7. What do the letters sae stand for?

1. signed addressed envelope
2. stamped addressed envel

8. True or false? Before you start a letter, the most important thing to think about is who is going to read it.

1. Statement is true
2. Statement is false

9. You are writing to a mail order company to request a catalogue. What should you include in your letter?

1. the exact name of the catalogue
2. The reason you need the catalogue
3. what you like about the company

10. When writing a formal letter, you think about who you are writing to. What else is important?

1. Why you are writing.
2. What you need to tell the reader.
3. What you want the reader to do.
4. all of these

11. Why does it help to plan a letter?

1. You can make a list of all the points you want to include.
2. You can decide how to order all the points in your letter.
3. Both of these.

12. If writing to your best friend, which way of closing a letter would be best?

1. Yours faithfully
2. Yours sincerely
3. All the best

13. If you are writing a letter to your current employers, how do you finish the letter?

1. Yours sincerely
2. Yours faithfully
3. All the best

14. How would you NOT send a formal letter?

1. by post
2. by email
3. by 1 hand
4. by bus

15. When you are writing a formal letter to a company, what information do you include?

1. Your address
2. Both your address and the companys address
3. Your date of birth