You have lost an item of value on a train. Write a letter to the railway company. In your letter •describe the item • explain where and when you left it • say what action you would like the company to take

Dear Sir or Madam Greetings, I would like to introduce myself
first,
my name is Gonzalo Aranda and I took a train from your railway company on the
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of July. On that day
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lost something in it. The item itself is a white apple phone with a black case on it, it
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has a big scratch on the screen and the model of the phone is
iphone
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iPhone
13 pro max. It might have dropped
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at
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the seat where
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was sitting
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when
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left the train, at
the
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amsterdam
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station. The number of
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seat was B14. Frankly,
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do not know what to do now since
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am not in
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right now,
however
,
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would like to ask you and your cleaning
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that if they happen to find it, please put it away for me and let me know via phone number (65995334245) that you have found it so
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can travel there and retrieve it and if not,
also
let me know just to make sure
that is
officially lost. Wishing you the best, Goodbye.
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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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