You are currently taking a course at a college but you will need to have a week off during this course. Write a letter to the college Principal. In the letter • give details of your course • explain why you need a week off • say what you want the Principal to do

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Dear Mr Williams, My name is Syed Ishaq and I am one of your college
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. I am currently studying Computer science in my
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year. The purpose of writing
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letter
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request you for a week off during
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course. My sister is getting married on 25th August
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month and my family is expecting me to attend
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function in my home town Hyderabad, India. As
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event is so important for me, I can't miss
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occasion. I have already spoken with my class in charge Mr Smith for the backup for all the lectures that I am going to miss during
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week off. I expect you to approve my leave request from 23rd August to 29th August. I will be in regular touch with my classmate John to get all regular updates about my course. Yours faithfully, Syed Ishaq
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Word Count

IELTS says that you should write a minimum of 150 words in writing task 1. If you go under word count you will lose marks in task response.

A very long letter will not give you a higher band score.

Aim for between 160 to 190 words in writing task 1. This will ensure a concise letter and will be realistic in terms of time management. You have only 20 minutes to write the letter and you need around 5 minutes of planning time, so you will not be able to write a long letter in 15 minutes.

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