You have invited a friend to visit you next month. Unfortunately, you are not able to meet him/her. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter, – Apologize for the change of plans – Explain why you are unable to meet him/her – Suggest another time for him/her to visit.

Dear Joey, How are you smarty! I hope you will be fit and fine. I feel very bad to tell you that I have to postpone the
plan
which I have made to invite you to my 21st birthday party
next
month
. Buddy, I am really sorry for
this
change because I am not able to meet you on the 13th of
next
month
. Though I was so sure about
this
plan
and asked you to make all the arrangements to come here, inadvertently my entrance examination for Diploma in Computer language is on 14th
next
month
at Newcera hotel, in Sydney so I have to fly to Sydney on 10th.
Thus
, I can't meet you on my own proposed
plan
. My dear friend, I want to
plan
my birthday party
on
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for
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the 20th of
next
month
because you told me in your
last
letter that you have holidays from
13th
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the 13th
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to 25th of
next
month
so it will not be too late to celebrate and to get together with you. If there is any change in your
plan
, let me know soon. I assure you on behalf of my family that your visit to our place will certainly be a memorable one. Can't wait to see you here. With love, Harry
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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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