On a recent holiday you lost a valuable item. Fortunately you have travel insurance to cover the cost of anything lost. Write a letter to the manager of your insurance company. - describe the item you lost - explain how you lost it - tell the insurance company what you would like them to do.

Dear sir or madam I am writing
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letter to inform you about my lost handbag on my room number 374 on Wednesday, 30 of
this
month at Papillon Zeugma Relaxry Hotel. It was staying on the table while I was going to the main restaurant of the hotel to have
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dinner with my wife.
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I realised that I disappeared when I come back to the room. My handbag is a Gucci brand, fully black and
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the left and right
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. In my
bag
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I had an ID
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, three different bank debit
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, my mobile phone which is a Samsung brand, S11 model and my golden watch which is
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Seiko
brand, S739M model and at
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the watch is written my name. I already have cancelled all lost debit
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applied for a new ID
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from the governmental public office. But other items were very important to me. I would like you to pay back the cost of my mobile phone and my
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watch. Phone me about
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on my new number: 0537 789 98 89 I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.
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faithfully Samet ALBARAKA

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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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Topic Vocabulary:
  • valuable possession
  • insurance claim
  • misplace
  • irreplaceable
  • receipt
  • policyholder
  • reimbursement
  • coverage
  • claim number
  • deductible
  • documentation
  • authenticate
  • liability
  • premium
  • accidental loss
  • indemnity
  • beneficiary
  • contact details
  • substantiate
  • correspondence
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