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 or Madam, I am writing
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letter to inform you about a suitcase that I lost during transit from Amsterdam
airport
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to New Delhi
airport
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. I have always booked travel insurance with your organization to cover any of the mishaps and
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time maybe I actually need it. It was a blue suitcase with four wheels and was approximately 28 inches with additional pockets on the top. It
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had a unique yellow
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zipper which made it quite fascinating to look at. I checked in
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suitcase with Lufthansa Airlines at Amsterdam
airport
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and I was not able to get it back at New Delhi
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. I have
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raised
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issue formally with Lufthansa Airlines and they have promised to look into the matter. I do have the bag tags issued at the Amsterdam
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and can share them whenever required. I would appreciate it if you could help me understand the insurance claim process since the possibility of getting it back looks bleak. For purposes of quick contact, a reply by telephone would be appreciated. Yours Faithfully,
XZZ
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Submitted by Navpreet Kaur on

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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 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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