You arranged to visit a friend in Canada but an important event at home now means that you must change the dates of the visit. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter • explain the important event • apologies for the situation • suggest a new arrangement

Dear John, How are you? Hope you are doing well. It’s been
long
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time to see you. I know you are excited to meet me just like me but I am sorry to inform you that there is an important party of sister’s engagement which has just decided on 12 April. So I have rescheduled my flight date
on
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21 April.
Although
I know you are waiting for me exceedingly but you know Ellan is my only sister and I want to see her getting married
from
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so long. Now suddenly she disclosed about her love relationship with Robert and wants to get
engage
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as Robert is going to America for his job. So mom decided
12th
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on 12th
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April for engagement. As I am only Elder brother of her, it’s my responsibility to arrange every requirement for
Engagement
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the Engagement
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party.
However
, you are my close friend and my playmate. I am extremely excited to spend time with you and to visit different beautiful places
to
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in
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Canada. As you told me you want us together
join
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to join
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Dance of Canada, I checked their reviews and
eager
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was eager
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to take their remarkable services. I hope you will understand the reason. I will be there very soon. Please write
me
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to me
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soon.

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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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