write a letter to a friend.You have borrowed something from your friend and it got damaged. Apologise for damaging the product. Explain what happened. Say how are you going to fix the issue.

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Dear James, Hope you are doing well. I am writing the letter to say sorry for damaging the camera, which I took from you for a family trip to Mysore. I have been feeling very guilty about spoiling it, and I know how important is that to you as it was a memorable gift from your father. Exactly what has happened is that when I went to Mysore Palace on Thursday evening to enjoy the beauty, I have opened the camera to click pictures and videos. Though I was holding it tightly, it accidentally slipped from my hands. I felt nervous and immediately picked it up to check where the damage has occurred. Later, I came to know that the lens of the camera got spoiled. It is bad news though, I went to
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Canon service centre to get it repaired. They said it would take a couple of weeks as no serviceman was available because of the Diwali festival. I decided to get it corrected
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our home town only after I reach my home. I hope you can forgive me and I will try to fix the problem very soon. If not, will replace with a new one. Hoping to see you soon.

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Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately

Linking words are very important in your essay.

To score effectively on your IELTS exam, you should make an effort to implement short concise sentences coupled with linking words.

Almost every sentence in your essay should have a linking word of some sort.

In fact, the only sentences that can omit linking words are your background sentence and thesis.

Linking word examples:

  • firstly
  • secondly
  • thirdly
  • in additional
  • moreover
  • also
  • for example
  • for instance
  • therefore
  • however
  • although
  • even though
  • despite

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