You recently attended a meeting at a hotel. When you returned home, you found you had left some important papers at the hotel. Write a letter to the manager of the hotel. In your letter: • Say where you think you left the papers • Explain why are they so important • Tell the manager what you want him/her to do

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Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing with a reference to a conference I had
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evening at your hotel. I just returned home and detect that I forgot the folder with important documents. I think I could carelessly leave them on the table near reception when I had a very interesting discussion about our conference with my colleagues. It is a big black folder with silver locks on the front side. These documents are really very important for me because there are all the company’s financial data for the past year and I could be strictly punished for losing them. I would appreciate
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you could keep it in your office or another safe place. Please contact me at
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+5678654 if you found them and I will send my driver for them in 2 hours. Thank you in advance for your help and understanding, and I look forward to hearing from you soon. Sincerely, Valentin Bakin
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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.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Dear Sir/Madam,
  • I am writing to inform you that I believe I left some important papers at your hotel.
  • To the best of my recollection, I left the papers in the conference room.
  • These papers are of utmost importance as they contain confidential business information.
  • I kindly request that you or your staff check the conference room and securely send the papers to my address.
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