GCC TBC 40 wpm Personal Letter Format

Nitin Walthare
GCC TBC 40 wpm personal letter format
In this article, we learn GCC TBC 40 wpm Personal letter Format

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A personal letter is one of the most important question in the practical section of the GCC TBC exam. This question is asked for 15 marks. You can get out of marks if you format this letter correctly. Block style and Indent Style are the two styles you have to use depending on the question. You have to use the style as per the instructions given in the question.


In this blog, we will see the formatting of the GCC TBC 40 wpm English personal letter

The question is asked like this in the exam-

Type the following Personal Letter/Resume in proper form observing the following instructions?
(a) Senders Name should be in block capital Letter and Address (Set Left Indent 3.5)
(b) The address of the addressee in “Block Style”. Use mail merge insert fields according to the given style.

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(c) Paragraphs should be “Block Style”
(d) “Complementary close” should be on Right Hand Side. (Set Left Indent 3.5 and Center Alignment).
You will have to format this letter as the instruction shown above, so let’s start the formatting.

Name of Person and Address :

Type Name and address of the person as shown in the paper. There should be one blank line between Address and Date. Select Name and address as well as the date and drag its left indent to 3.5. The name of the person should be Bold and Capital.

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Address of addressee :

1 blank line should be given after the date and type To. After you have type 2 addresses by using the Mail merge facility from the Mailing tab. Insert merge field as required in the letter. For detail watch the video tutorial below this post. Give style i.e. block or indent as per instructions given in the question.

Type subject and reference and apply the bold effect to the subject and reference and underline its content from Home tab> Font group.

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Dear sir :

There should be 1 blank line in between reference and dear sir. Type dear sir in the left margin and after that give 1 blank line.

Paragraph :

Type paragraph as per given style i.e. block or indent. There should be one blank line between two paragraphs. After that select all the paragraphs excluding dear sir and including thanking you and apply justify alignment from Home tab>Paragraph Group.


Personal Detail :

Apply Bold, Underline, and Center command to Personal detail and give one blank line below. First, type the Name and give 3 tabs then type a colon, and after that give one tab and type the name of the person. In the next line type address and give 2 tabs and then type a colon and again press one tab and type address of the person. Type all the personal details as shown in the question up to Qualification and give one blank line after that and insert table for qualification. For detail watch the video below this blog.

Complementary clause :

Type the complementary clause as per instruction given in question i.e. maybe left-hand side or right-hand side. If the left-hand side is given then type it from left margin and if the right-hand side is given then select complementary clause and drag it to 3.5 and apply center alignment from Home tab> Paragraph Group.


After typing the complementary clause give 1 blank line and then type the complementary clause from the left margin. There should not be any blank spaces after the typing enclosure.

Formatted Personal letter of GCC TBC English 40 wpm is given below:

Gcc tbc English 40 wpm Personal Letter Formatting
GCC TBC English 40 wpm Personal Letter Formatting

Marking System:

Typing: 7.5 Marks
Presentation: 7.5 Marks
Heading: 0.5 Marks
Address of the addressee and Mail merge: 1+1 Mark
Subject and Reference: 0.5 Mark
Salutation : 0.5 Mark
Paragraph : 0.5 Mark
Style : 0.5 Mark
Personal Details: 1 Mark
Table: 1 Mark
Complementary Clause : 0.5 Mark
Encl.: 0.5 Mark

    If you made any mistakes while typing a personal letter, you can correct them before submitting the final letter. You can correct it using backspace or delete key.
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