Last month, you travelled to another city. You told a friend who lives in the city that you would meet them, but you did not. Write a letter to this friend. In your letter • apologise for not meeting him/her • explain why you did not contact him/her earlier • suggest a time and place to meet in the future

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Dear John, I hope

this

letter is finding you well. I am sincerely sorry for not showing up at the café

last

Tuesday. I was so excited to meet with you as I really missed you a lot , but something urgent had prevented me from coming. As you know, the reason for travelling to Abu Dhabi is that I was attending

convention

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that is

related to my work , which was lasted for only four days. I thought on the

last

day of the convention I could be able to meet you, but I was wrong because my boss called to ask me to return back as soon as possible due to an important meeting in my workplace.

Therefore

, I was so buzzy in searching for

flight

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booking and I forget to call you to cancel our meeting. I hope you can understand my circumstances. I am exceedingly sad for not catching up with you and at the same

time

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I feel so embarrassed from you.

However

, I would like to compensate you by visiting you at your home

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this

weekend. I am looking forward to meeting you

this

weekend Yours faithfully,

Khadega

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Khadija

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The Closing

The style of the letter determine how you have to close it.

Check out the suggested closing sentences for each type of letter in the General IELTS Test. The closing sentence should be the last sentence of your letter.

Formal style (To someone you have not met, whose name you don’t know)

Yours faithfully,

Semi-formal (To someone you may or may not have met, whose last name you know)

Yours sincerely,

Informal (To someone you know well, whose first name you know and use)

Best regards,
Warm wishes,

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196 words

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Overall Band Score

Coherence and Cohesion: 7.0

Logical structure

Single idea per paragraph

Greeting and closing

Accurate linking words

Variety in linking words

Lexical resource: 5.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 5.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 5.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

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