On a recent holiday, you lost a valuable item. Fortunately you have travel insurance to cover the cost of the lost item. Write a letter to the insurance manager. In your letter: Describe the item you lost Explain how you lost it Tell the insurance company what would you like them to do

Dear Sir or Madam,
This
letter is to bring to your notice about the loss of my
iPad
a few days back, and furnish details about the product, incident, and required actions to aid the official insurance procedures. During my latest visit to Jacksonville, Florida, my
Ipad
was misplaced. The
iPad
features a black back cover case with three scratches slightly to the right side of the front-facing camera.
Additionally
, my micro-magnetic
ipad
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iPad
Ipad
pencil could not be found, which was placed inside my
racksack
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rucksack
. Not only my
iPad
went missing, but
also
my other electronic peripherals. When I was Surfing, Snorkeling, Yachting, I suspect that I would have misplaced the
IPad
in the safety lockers.
Although
,
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the electronics were placed carefully in a waterproof
racksack
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rucksack
, I don't think that I locked the safety lockers. As the sea adventure activities happened at different parts of the beach, I had to regularly shift my belongings between different lockers. In the end, I lost track of
my
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several items, which includes
iPad
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. While going through
this
ordeal, I found that my
iPad
was insured,
hence
requesting
for
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a replacement
iPad
. You could identify that the monthly insurance premium debits from my brother's account and maintains an impeccable record for the past few years.
In addition
, the insurance premium falls under the top tier premium customer category. Along with the replacement, remote lock my lost
iPad
(Model AX0908) per the safety regulations mentioned in the policy documents. Looking forward to
hear
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back from you. Yours faithfully, Gandhi
Submitted by SUBBU GANDHI on

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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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Topic Vocabulary:
  • valuable item
  • travel insurance
  • insurance manager
  • reimbursement
  • coverage policy
  • preventive measures
  • sentimental value
  • monetary value
  • swift resolution
  • reimbursement
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