You have been busy with your studies for the past month and haven't had time to visit your family. Write a letter to your grandmother. In your letter: - apologize for not getting in touch with her sooner - explain why you have been so busy - arrange a time to visit

Dear Grandma, I hope you're keeping in good health. I'm writing to say sorry for not visiting you
since
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last
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2 months due to my studies. I remember my promise which I made to you on our
last
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phone call to visit you, but I couldn't come. I'm sure you must have done so much preparation for my visit ,and especially, my favourite pudding which you cook for me.
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why I am feeling really bad about it and I wanted to apologise for not getting in touch with you for a long time.
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Grandma! As you know that I am in my final year of graduation,
I
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got stuck in my assignments and exams.
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month was my semester-end examination
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of which it
really
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difficult for me to visit you. As I focused well
in
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my exams, I am expecting
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good score and
also
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, one of the top 3
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in my class. You are going to be really proud to see the results. After
this
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week, my college will get over and on the very
next
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day, I am coming to see you. I have already booked the overnight train which will take around 15 hours to reach
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the station near our town. I'm going to spend a whole month with you before joining my job. I am excited to see you soon. Warm regards Aman

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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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