Your friend is celebrating her Birthday soon and has invited you to a party. But you are unable to come because you are going to attend an important meeting that day. Write a letter to your friend and thank her for the invitation; explain why you cannot come; propose to meet on other day;

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Dear Marry, I am very honoured because of your invitation but unfortunately, I can not join your party. As you may know, I
just
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promoted to head of
department
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the department
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. Currently, I am responsible
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all
office
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and we have an important customer meeting that day. I have to manage the meeting. I wish you have a great party and all your wishes come true.
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, I have another plan to celebrate your birthday. If you are available
this
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weekend, I could cook you a special meal. I've just
came
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from Turkey and I learnt so many recipes. We can go to my
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parent's
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parents
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beach house
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and enjoy our meals. You must see the view,
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house has
panaromic
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panoramic
windows so, the view could be seen in anywhere at
house
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.
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,
living
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the living
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room is huge so, you can invite anyone you want. You will be welcome
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there. I hope we could go. Best wishes, Elif Beyza.
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Structure your letter

A letter needs to be written using a proper format, including the following:

  • A greeting (Dear sir/madam, Dear John, Dear Mr. Smith)
  • The main body (consisting of paragraphs for each part of the letter)
  • A closing (Yours sincerely, Yours faithfully, Best wishes, Kind regards, Love)

When writing a letter as part of the IELTS General Training Writing Task 1, it is important to include the bullet points presented to you in the question.

All three bullet points need to be presented. And remember that some bullet points contain more than one element. So, make sure to watch for ‘and’ and plurals.

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