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 you lost * explain how you lost it * tell the insurance company what you would like them to do

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Dear sir/ madam,
I
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I am writing
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letter to inform you that. Recently, I
traveled
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to Hongkong for two weeks' holiday. Unfortunately, I lost my Apple
smart watch
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smartwatch
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, which I bought a few months ago. The
color
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of the watch was black, and its made of stainless steel. The cost of the watch was almost $1500 when I bought
from
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it from
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Apple
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the Apple
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store in December 2019. It is a smartwatch, and the dial is rectangular
size
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in size
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as well as have Roman numerals. Seriously,
this
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watch is very close to my heart because it helps me every time,
such
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as socially, physically, etc. I lost it when I was having
coffee
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with my girlfriend in the Downtown area of Hamilton city. She was trying to wearing on her hand, but that time order came, and she started eating a
donut
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with
coffee
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. After that, I paid for
coffee
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bills and took a taxi to went home. I believe that I forgot my watch on that table; the name of the
coffee
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shop was the Highland cafeteria. I had been spent almost an hour. I I already
complaint
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in the police station. The complaint number is VT3122. I had travel insurance. I would request you to send me the procedure list to follow so that I can submit a request to initiate the claim process. I would appreciate
if
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you could consider my application as soon as possible. I am looking forward to hearing from you. Yours faithfully, Gurjeet
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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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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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