You are due to start a new job next week but you will not be able to because you have some problems. Write a letter to your new employer. In your letter • explain your situation • describe your problems • tell him/her when you think you can start.

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DEAR Sir/ Madam, I am writing to notify you that my joining
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your company will be delayed. I was hired as a junior editor in your company
last
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month. I am so grateful for
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opportunity that came my way. But
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my father's health, I will not be able to join you next week which is the 1st of February. I know it looks a little unprofessional to give
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-minute notice but I did not have any other choice. My father has to undergo surgery for his leg which we came to know 2 days back, and as per the doctor's suggestion, we have to immediately act up on that.
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that, my mother is not well enough either to look after my father. I am well aware of the fact that your company needs someone in
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the constant inclination of sales and demand-supply.
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is a life-changing opportunity for me.
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, I provide you
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assurance that from the 6th of February, I will be joining with full focus and enthusiasm. Please grant me some time so that I can be able to
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my personal and professional duties. Yours sincerely, Gur
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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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