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. In your letter describe the item lost explain how you lost it tell the insurance company what you would like them to do

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Dear Sir, I am writing to inform you that I recently lost my digital camera while on holiday in Bali. The camera is a black Nikon 70d and cost 1500 rupees when I bought it new
last
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month. It has a resolution of 20 megapixels,
waterproof
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,
frost free
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and was in a brown cover with my name on it. I lost it when I was having
coffee
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with my friend in the cafeteria. I believe the
coffee
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shop was called Camden
Coffee
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and it was on
the
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Pan Degh Street. We had been at the
coffee
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shop for around 40 minutes when I noticed it was missing. I am entitled to make a claim for the value of the
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item and request that you send me details on what I need to do in order to proceed. I look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience. Yours faithfully Vaishali Makwana
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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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