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A neighbour recently invited you to a special party. You intended to go, but at the last minute were unable to attend. Write a letter to your neighbour. In your letter apologise for not going to the party explain why you didn’t go suggest a way to make up for missing the party

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swamped, unforeseen meeting Dear Sam, Hope you are doing well. I am writing
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 letter to apologize that I could not come to the party. I am really sorry for
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 no-show
on
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 your birthday party. You must be thinking what on the Earth has happened to me that I did not even inform you? Let me explain
you
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 the whole situation. My organization held a meeting on the same day you invited
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me to
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 your place. I prepared reports before that day for the presentation, and even I had to travel to another city to exhibit my organisation's work. I was swamped with office work, and completely forget to inform you. I hope you would understand my situation. As
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apply
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compensation for my absence, I bought two tickets
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to
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5D
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the 5D
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 show. The show is on Saturday evening in the JJ Mall, and after
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 we would go for dinner in your favourite restaurant. I would be glad if you can make it and accept my apology. Let me know your plans and look forward to seeing you soon. Best regards, Samira
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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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