Letter To The Editor Class 12 Sample and PQ

Letter to the Editor – Class 12 (Max Marks – 5)
Introduction:
A Letter to the Editor may be written to the editor of a newspaper or a magazine. It is written to highlight a
social issue or problem. It can also be written in order to get it published in the said medium. As it is a
formal letter, the format has to be followed strictly. Only formal language can be used i.e. abbreviations and
slang language should be avoided.
Format of the Letter

The format of a letter to the editor of a Newspaper is as follows –
1. Sender’s address: The address and contact details of the sender are written here. Include an email and
phone number, if required or if mentioned in the question.
2. Date: The date is written below the sender’s address after Leaving one line.
3. Receiving Editor’s address: The address of the recipient of the mail i.e. The Editor (‘The’ is
compulsory) followed by the name of the newspaper agency is written here.
4. Subject of the letter: The main purpose of the letter forms the subject. It must be written in one line (Not
more than 8-10 words). It must convey the matter for which the letter is written. It should be short and crisp.
5. Salutation (Sir / Respected sir / Dear Sir, etc.)
6. Body: The matter of the letter is written here. It is divided into 3 paragraphs as follows -
Paragraph 1: Introduce yourself and the purpose of writing the letter in brief.
Paragraph 2: Give detail of the matter.
Paragraph 3: Conclude by mentioning what you expect from the editor. (For example, you may want him to
highlight the issue in his newspaper/magazine).
7. Complimentary Closing (Yours faithfully / Yours sincerely)
8. Sender’s name, signature, and designation(if any)
Letter To Editor - Some useful language expressions

➢ Through the esteemed columns of your newspaper, I wish to bring to the notice of the concerned
authorities…
➢ In my opinion…
➢ This is a very shocking/ disturbing use of…
➢ Describe your opinion clearly
Sample Letter No. 01:

Public park is the heart of a residential area. Children play, elders go for a walk and even ladies do
yoga and other exercises there. But unfortunately, the park in your area has become a place for stray
animals and anti–social elements. Write a letter to the Editor of The Hindu, AG Marg New Delhi, to
draw attention of the civic authorities
towards it. You are Rahul / Rani.
71, Patrakar Parisar

Vasundhara
Sahibabad
18 March 20XX
The Editor
The Hindu
A.G. Marg
New Delhi
Subject: Unpleasant condition of parks
Sir
Through the columns of your esteemed newspaper, I would like to express my concern at the desolate status
of the public park in our area.
The park is unkempt and has no security posted at the gates. No wonder the park which should have been a
place of scenic beauty, for young children to frolic about and for adults to take their walks on, is home to
stray dogs, cats and other animals. It is also the haunt of the vagrants of the society who indulge in drinking
and smoking in an area that is primarily meant for recreation. The civic authorities need to make an effort to
restore the public park its beauty and its usefulness to the public.
You are requested to give my letter an appropriate space in your paper, so that my voice reaches the
authorities concerned and some action is taken.
Yours faithfully
Rahul
Sample Letter No. 02:

You are Adarsh/ Ananya of F–36, Jeevan Vihar, Bangalore. Day before yesterday there was a
marriage in your neighbourhood. The procession was very late and the orchestra kept on playing
loudly even after midnight. It disturbed students, old people, patients and infants. Write a letter to the
Editor, The Times of India, New Delhi about the problem.
F–36 Jeevan Vihar

Bangalore
28 May 20XX
The Editor
The Times of India
Bangalore
Subject: Disturbance created by wedding celebration

Sir
I would like to draw the kind attention of the authorities concerned towards the above-mentioned problem
through the columns of your esteemed newspaper.
On May 26, a wedding celebration created mayhem in our society. The wedding procession arrived late and
hence the celebration went late into the night. The din created by the loudspeakers and the band party hired
for the event disturbed the young and the old alike. The students preparing for their boards couldn’t carry on
their studies peacefully and the sleep of the elderly, the sickly and the infants was ruined. The merry–making
of one family has no right to destroy the peace of the other families.
I shall be highly grateful to you if my letter gets an appropriate space in your newspaper.
Yours faithfully
Ananya
Practice Questions:
Question 1. Krishna Kunj is a thickly populated locality inhabited mainly by the working-class people.
Unfortunately, there is no Government recognised Dairy milk booth in the locality. Write a letter in 100–200
words to the editor of a local daily drawing the attention of the authorities to the problem faced by the
people, requesting them to open a milk booth. You are Sam/Pam, 25, Krishna Kunj, Mumbai.
Question 2. The visuals given here make it quite clear that the number of female children has drastically
declined as indicated by “too many puppy–dogs’ –tails. The matter of concern is that their number is
steadily shrinking. Taking inputs from your Unit–2, ‘Education’ and the visuals, given below, write a letter
to the Editor of a national daily expressing your worry on the skewing sex ratio in the nation, in about 100–
120 words.

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Letter to the Editor – Class 12 (Max Marks – 5)

Format of the Letter

5. Salutation (Sir / Respected sir / Dear Sir, etc.)

7. Complimentary Closing (Yours faithfully / Yours sincerely)

8. Sender’s name, signature, and designation(if any)

Letter To Editor - Some useful language expressions

Sample Letter No. 01:

71, Patrakar Parisar

Subject: Unpleasant condition of parks

Sample Letter No. 02:

F–36 Jeevan Vihar

Subject: Disturbance created by wedding celebration

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