Your neighbours have recently written to you to complain about the noise from your house/ flat. Write a letter to your neighbours. In your letter explain the reasons for the noise apologise describe what action you will take You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

Dear Sam, I acknowledge the receipt of your
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note delivered to me
thorugh
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through
the estate manager today. I apologise for the disturbance caused by the noise coming from my flat in the
last
two days. The
continous
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continuous
humming sound heard is as generated by my industrial fabric weaving machine which I was compelled to move
in to
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my flat on Thursday evening. Iponri estate which is where my fashion house is
loacted
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located
has experienced
power
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outage in the
last
five days due to an electric pole that fell after the heavy rain
last
week. Due to the power outage, I was beginning to run out of time to deliver my clients dress on Saturday. She had planned to wear the dress on Sunday in celebration of her Bible College graduation ceremony. I had to work from home since Thursday late
so
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avoid running the risk of disappointing the client. Upon completion of the order, I have moved out the machine. I have
also
secured an alternative power supply system for my sewing office so as to ensure
i
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do not fix myself
insuch
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in such
a fix
subsequently
. Please pardon me for any inconvenience caused during
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the
last
few days and extend my apologies to Maria and Binta who must have
also
been affected by
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. Your neighbour Motolani

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The Closing

The style of the letter determine how you have to close it.

Check out the suggested closing sentences for each type of letter in the General IELTS Test. The closing sentence should be the last sentence of your letter.

Formal style (To someone you have not met, whose name you don’t know)

  • Yours faithfully,

Semi-formal (To someone you may or may not have met, whose last name you know)

  • Yours sincerely,

Informal (To someone you know well, whose first name you know and use)

  • Best regards,
  • Warm wishes,

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