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You are taking a course at a local college. The deadline for your project was last week but you haven't finished it. Write a letter to your lecturer. In your letter introduce yourself explain why you haven't handed in the project yet request more time to do it.

#course #college #deadline #project #week #haven #lecturer #request #time
Dear Ms Holly Wise, My name is Caroline Smith and I am a post-graduate student in
MA
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 Law course. For the past 2
weeks
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 I have been ill, staying at home with Covid-19. Because of
this
condition
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 I was unable to participate
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 classes and do my homework. For the Business Law
class
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 I had to prepare a project about companies management. The due term was a week ago. My lack of energy and concentration
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stopped
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stoped
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 me from doing my work and submitting it on time.
Therefore
 I am kindly requesting you one more week to complete the project.
In
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 my
behalf
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 I must say that
this
 is the
first
 time when I am late in finishing a project. I already have started to prepare the material and have gotten the reading list from the library. For the
next
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 I have to organise all my ideas and concepts, structure them and put
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 all
on
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 writing. Thank you very much for your understanding and I am hopefully waiting for a response,
Sincerly
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Sincerely
 yours, Caroline Smith
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Use a variety of complex and simple sentences

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‘Complex’ sentences are not actually very complex; they are just two or more simple sentences put together. Putting them together makes the essay more coherent and cohesive.

Examples:

I really want to study but I’m too tired.

I wore a warm coat because the weather was cold.

If action is not taken soon on climate change, global warming will get worse.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Dear [Lecturer's Name],
  • currently enrolled
  • regrettably inform
  • unforeseen circumstances
  • mitigating factors
  • extension
  • complete the project
  • priority
  • Thank you for your understanding
  • Best regards / Yours sincerely
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