You are due to start new job next week but you will not be able to because you have some problems. Write a letter to your new employeer. In your letter: •Explain your situation •Describe your problems •Tell him or her when you think you can start.

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Dear Mr Ching, I am writing to you regarding the starting day of my job. I should be starting my work in your company on the 3rd of July,
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, I am sorry for telling you that I could not start my duty as scheduled
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unforeseen circumstances. My mother fell in the bathroom on the 10th of June and her right wrist and hip were fractured. She is now staying in the Hong Kong Hospital and will be discharged next Monday.
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the doctor's and therapist's assessment, she requires 1 assistance in doing all daily functional tasks,ranging from toileting and bathing to walking. It may take her 2 to 3 months to be fully recovered.
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, I may need to take care of her after she discharges from the hospital. I have hired a full-time caregiver to look after my mum but her earliest reporting date is the 10th of July,
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I could not start my new job on the 3rd of July as scheduled and my earliest reporting day is the
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11th of July. I hope you can understand the circumstance and please accept my apologies once again. Yours sincerely, Tammy Lee
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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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