A friend has invited you to a birthday party, but you will be unable to attend. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter • thank your friend for the invitation • explain why you won’t be able to attend • suggest another time to see your friend Begin your letter as follows: Dear………

Dear Mark, How are you doing? I haven’t seen you for a while since our
last
picnic. Thank you a lot for your party invitation but, unfortunately, I won’t be able to come. I am really stressed that I have to miss your
get-
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get-together
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together
but there are some circumstances for that. As you know, I will graduate from
the
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university soon so I have to prepare harder for my exams. There are some subjects
such
as math and computer programming which are extremely hard for me so I decided to do my best to study them on these weekends. If I don’t pass the exams I will lose the opportunity to enter
master's
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program
this
year. Actually, if you don’t mind, I suggest you have a meeting in 2 weeks. For that time I will be
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enough to pass my exams well. I wish you have a nice party and I’m sorry for my absence. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Love, Sara
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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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