You have been busy with your studies for the past month and haven't had time to visit your family. Write a letter to your grandmother. In your letter: Apologize for not getting in touch with her sooner Explain why you have been so busy Arrange a time to visit Write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write any addresses. Begin your letter as follows: Dear Grandmother,

Dear grandmother, I hope you are doing well. I am writing
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letter to convey my apologies to you and everyone in the family. I know that it's been a while
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when I have Visited your place. The reason behind
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is my studies related work. Grandma, as you know very well, I am going for my master's to the university and due to which, I have to spend more than enough time with my books. With that being said, I was hired as one of the technological
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, down at the library.
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happened
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month
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when I was about to come and visit you on 5th March. I feel extremely bad that I didn't even have any chance to inform you about that.
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, to make up for my cancellation of a trip
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month, I have recently planned to visit you by the end of
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week, which is on 22nd April. Could you please respond
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at your most convenient, if you have any other
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for that weekend? I cannot wait to see you. Yours,

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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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