You have just missed a friend’s party. Write a letter to apologise. In your letter: apologise to your friend explain why you did not attend the party say what you plan to do to make up for missing the party.

✨ Do you want to improve your IELTS writing?
Dear Maria , Hope you are doing well and had a fun-loving party with all your family and friends !! Thank you so much for your invitation and please accept my sincere apology as I was not able to attend the party .
Although
Linking Words
I understand why are you so upset , I will make sure to make up for
this
Linking Words
one very soon . I am hoping that you will forgive me
although
Linking Words
you have always been an amazing friend and supportive too . Remember ,
last
Linking Words
time we spoke I advised you about my new project which is now going to be completed in the next couple of weeks .
However
Linking Words
, assignments at the
last
Linking Words
stage always come up with an issue and
this
Linking Words
is the situation my whole team has been facing for the
last
Linking Words
couple of days .
Therefore
Linking Words
, I got stuck and couldn't leave them in the middle of something they weren't able to execute well . Hope you would understand the situation . So , post-completion of my project , 2 weeks later let's make a weekend plan for 2 nights .
This
Linking Words
will be on me to make up for the birthday I missed . We should plan to go to our favourite beachside resort as I have just heard that they have come up with some additional adventurous water activities and the reviews are
also
Linking Words
phenomenal . Do let me know your thoughts , I am waiting to hear from you . Your's loving , Maria
Submitted by nagpalgunika02 on

Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Writing9 with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.

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,

Discover more tips in The Ultimate Guide to Get a Target Band Score of 7+ »— a book that's free for 🚀 Premium users.

What to do next:
Look at other essays: