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Your friend back home has arranged a visit to your hometown for one week next month but due to some reason, you are not able to go. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter, apologise for not being able to go explain to him the situation tell him an alternative plan for your visit

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Dear John, How are you? I hope you are doing well and your family is good too. I am doing well here. Vacation has started, but
due to
 one ,problem I couldn't come to meet you. I apologise for that. My father is leaving the city for a very important business meeting. He told he deliver his file to his colleague, who stays in the next town. I went there by car but because of , the traffic I was stuck in the middle for 1 hr. ,
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 it takes a 15 min drive,
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 I helped him in packing his stuff and I gave him to drop to the airport which took another 2 hrs to drop him. I know we planned to meet, after a long time but as
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you it's vacation time, let's meet next week again. Once again I really apologise for cancelling the plan. I am running out of space now. See you next week. Yours faithfully, Steve
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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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