On a recent holiday, you lost a valuable item. Fortunately, you have travel insurance to cover the cost of anything lost. Write a letter to the manager of your insurance company. In your letter ● describe the item you lost ● explain how you lost it ● tell the insurance company what you would like them to do. Begin your letter as follows: ● Dear Sir or Madam, Dear Sir or Madam,

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Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing
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with regard to the
laptop
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and other accessories which I lost during my trip to Dubai on the 13th of March. I am Jaskaran Singh Awal, and my policy number is xxxxx. It was a Dell
laptop
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, a charger and a mouse in a black bag, and I had shown it to your staff when I was lodging from the Delhi airport.
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, they have
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provided me with the slip in which the
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model and other accessories were mentioned. When I was in Dubai, I was sitting in a Starbucks with my
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. Unfortunately, I forgot to pick up my
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.
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, when I came back to the store they checked on their CCTV camera that a person in black clothes took the
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bag and left the place. I would like you to provide me with the insured amount for the items because I have to buy another
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urgently.
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, I would
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require you to confirm from the Dubai’s office of yours to check with the Dubai police, if they have found the lost items. Awaiting your prompt reply. Yours Faithfully, Jaskaran Singh Awal
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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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