You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. Your neighbours have recently written to you to complain about the noise from your house/ flat. Write a letter to your neighbours. In your letter explain the reasons for the noise apologise describe what action you will take You should write at least 150 words.

Dear Mr Thompson, I hope that you are doing well. I am writing to apologise for the inconvenience caused by the party held at our residence
last
Saturday night. I am hoping that you would accept my apology. With regards to the unexpected noise, it was created by the celebration of my parents' 40th wedding anniversary. You can imagine that we wanted to make the occasion really special to commemorate our parents' 4 decades of a beautiful journey together. I went to your flat to invite your family but you were away for the week. We invited some close friends and relatives
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the party and the gathering must have created the noise. I fathom the children were shouting loudly whenever they were presented with a toy.
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, they were running and shouting for fun. The music was
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a bit louder and we realised very late that it might disturb the neighbourhood.
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parties, I would ensure in future that the music is kept as low as possible and arrange some fun games for children that would keep them busy and less noisy. Once again I would like to ask for an apology. Thanks a lot for your understanding. Naaz Ria
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Structure your letter

A letter needs to be written using a proper format, including the following:

  • A greeting (Dear sir/madam, Dear John, Dear Mr. Smith)
  • The main body (consisting of paragraphs for each part of the letter)
  • A closing (Yours sincerely, Yours faithfully, Best wishes, Kind regards, Love)

When writing a letter as part of the IELTS General Training Writing Task 1, it is important to include the bullet points presented to you in the question.

All three bullet points need to be presented. And remember that some bullet points contain more than one element. So, make sure to watch for ‘and’ and plurals.

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