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Last Wednesday you flew from London to Vancouver. When you arrived home, you discovered that you had left your hand luggage on the plane. Write a letter to the airline. In your letter, you should explain: where and when you lost your bag what your bag looks like what its contents were

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Dear Sir or Madam, I would like to report lost property. It seems that I left my
hand
luggage
 on one of your flights.
Last
 Wednesday, November 22nd, I flew from London to Vancouver on LB118 and took my
hand
luggage
 with me. I put it in the overhead bin. Unfortunately, after the long flight, I must have forgotten it on the plane. It's
a blue
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blue hand luggage
a blue hand suitcase
a piece of blue hand luggage
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hand
luggage
 on wheels. It has one outside
pockets
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pocket
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 and is locked with a small lock. I had all of my school work and books in it. I
also
 had a new jacket
in
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on
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 it. I had just received it as a gift from my grandmother in London. As you can imagine, these items are very important to me. Please let me know if you have my
hand
luggage
 and how I can get it back. Write to me at my return address or email:
ana
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(at)feldman.ca I'm looking forward to your reply. Many thanks, Ana Feldman
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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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