You are planning a short visit to a city where one of your relatives lives. Write a letter to your relative. In your letter: • Explain when and how long you will be in town. • Ask whether you can stay at their home. • Offer to pay for yourself.

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Dear Sara, I’m so sorry that I haven’t written to you for so long. I was up to the eyes at work, and I couldn’t even have
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for scratching my head.
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, I’m going to take a two-week vacation
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month in your hometown. In
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regard, I am writing
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letter to ask for your
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to schedule a visit. I am willing to stay in Pairs for two nights though I prefer to stay there more and spend some
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with you. Unfortunately, I should leave Paris on March 14th in order to attend my friends’ wedding in Italy.
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, while I was booking my trip, I couldn’t find reasonable accommodation in the city Centre.
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, If your friend will not leave with you anymore, I can rent that room for two nights.
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does not only help you financially but
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make us spend more
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together. I look forward to hearing from you.
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, please let me know if you need anything from Canada. Love, Dorna
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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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Topic Vocabulary:
  • anticipate
  • accommodation
  • arrive/depart
  • duration
  • itinerary
  • gracious hospitality
  • household
  • inconvenience
  • lodging
  • reimburse
  • temporary residence
  • travel arrangements
  • visit
  • warm welcome
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