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A letter was sent to him yesterday.
A2Sentence
Narrator
A letter was sent to him yesterday.
Study notes
How to use in different contexts
Giving Advice
You should send him a letter.
Describing Habits
I regularly send letters to keep in touch.
Asking About Others
Did you send him a letter?
Sharing Hypotheticals
If I hadn't sent the letter, he wouldn't have known.
Rephrased versions
Formal
A letter was dispatched to him yesterday.
Casual
I mailed him a letter yesterday.
Simpler English
He got a letter yesterday.
Phrases to learn
sent a letter
To mail or dispatch a letter.
yesterday
The day before today.