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Band 5.5

you borrowed some books from your school or college library. Unfortunately you have to go away to visit a sick relative and cannot return the books in time. Write a letter to the library. Explain what has happened and tell them what you want to do about it.

#books #school #college #library #visit #time
Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to let you know that I can’t deliver on time the books that I borrowed
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 your library
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This
 unfortunately because I had to cope
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 a big problem. Let me explain my situation in the
next
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be deliver
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 on Monday,
however
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 on Sunday my mother call me because ask me that accompanied her to Boston, due to my grandmother who has cancer, get sick and she now is in their
last
 days of
live
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. As you know our library is located in New York, so was very difficult to me to be able to get on time with the land. Would you kindly ask that you don’t penalize
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me
.
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 Thank you for your consideration
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Your
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 faithfully, Romina

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Word Count

IELTS says that you should write a minimum of 150 words in writing task 1. If you go under word count you will lose marks in task response.

A very long letter will not give you a higher band score.

Aim for between 160 to 190 words in writing task 1. This will ensure a concise letter and will be realistic in terms of time management. You have only 20 minutes to write the letter and you need around 5 minutes of planning time, so you will not be able to write a long letter in 15 minutes.

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