You recently returned from oversea by air and left a valuable item on the plane. Write a letter to the airline manager. In your letter .Describe the item you left behind .Say why it is important to you .Explain what you would like the airline manager to do Write at least 150 words.

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Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing with regards to an item I misplaced on board your flight. I boarded one of your flights from London to Lagos on
24th
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of July. When I got home, I realised I didn't remove my hand luggage from the Locker. The small travel bag is made from leather with a
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.
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, attached to the bag is a luggage tag that contains my name, address, seat number as well as
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destination country.
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, the bag is not the main issue here
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it contains other items I cannot afford to lose.
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some electrical appliances like iPad, power bank and my WiFi dongle, there are other confidential belongings like my diary in it. The diary contains some information about my client which are marked private as well as implicating. I would like to request
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two things from you and I will be very glad if you granted my request.
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, I would like you to inquire from your lost but found department if any missing item was reported found.
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, I would
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like you to make a general announcement
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your media room about the lost item in order to create awareness. I would be very glad if my requests were granted. I
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look forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely, Ikeoluwa Akinyemi.
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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 item
  • left behind
  • overhead compartment
  • flight attended
  • identifiable features
  • lost and found
  • retrieve
  • significant
  • service provided
  • correspondence
  • prompt response
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