You arranged to visit a friend abroad but an important event at home has forced you to change the dates of your visit. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter explain the importance of the event apologize for the situation suggest a new arrangement

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Dear Mamtha, I hope you are well and in good spirits as you receive

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message. I know you're looking forward to my visit to your home, but I'm afraid I'll have to postpone it due to some other essential responsibilities. I received a letter from my NRI brother Harry

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morning informing me that he will be visiting

home

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the home

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at the same

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as we had scheduled to meet. We haven't seen him in a long

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since his studies in the United States, so we're all looking forward to meeting him and spending some quality

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with him as well as we already had to see some of our relatives and take a tour of local sights and temples, so those days would be really busy for me. I

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sorry for having to reschedule my visit to your location, because Harry had already purchased tickets and taken

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off from work, and there was no way he could have changed his mind about going to India. He doesn't come to see us very frequently, so it'll be a very special family get-together that I can't miss. By the way, my business will be a little slower in the future summers, so if it is convenient for you, I could pay you a visit at that

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. I'll have much more

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with you and will be able to cover all of the attractions. Once again, I apologize profusely for any inconvenience

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has caused. I hope you understand my predicament. Warm wishes,

Nithisha

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Natasha

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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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Overall Band Score

Coherence and Cohesion: 4.0

Logical structure

Single idea per paragraph

Greeting and closing

Accurate linking words

Variety in linking words

Lexical resource: 6.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 6.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 9.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

8 paragraphs

256 words

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You arranged to visit a friend abroad but an important event at home has forced you to change the dates of your visit. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter explain the importance of the event apologize for the situation suggest a new arrangement

Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately

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