you are taking a course at a local college. the deadline for your project was last week but you have not finished it. write a letter to your teacher. in your letter introduce yourself. explain why you have not handed in the project yet. request more time to do it.

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Dear Mr John, I am writing to you
this
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letter, as I have missed the deadline for the
last
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project. The
first
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point I would like to mention is that my name is Ahmad, and I am a student in class b, section c. Recently, I have handed in most of my projects on
time
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,
however
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, I missed
this
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time
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. The
second
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point I would like to mention is that I have not handed in the project on
time
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due to several reasons. The
first
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reason was that the boss at my work asked me to do a plethora of tasks because we are launching a new store soon. The
second
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cause for that was my mother had been in the emergency for four days until now, and I am taking care of her.
Finally
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, my arm was broken, as I was playing football with my friends, and I had to see a doctor. One
last
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thing I would like to mention is that I am asking you for a favour which is to give me some extra
time
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to finish the task.
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,
this
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time
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I will finish it on
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. I look forward to meeting you. If there are any updates, please, do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely, Ahmad Sayed
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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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