Last weekend, your cousin celebrated her 50th birthday, but you couldn't attend and you forgot to cancel. Write a letter to your cousin. In your letter: Apologize for missing the birthday celebration Explain why you missed it and why you hadn't let her know Describe how you will make it up to her

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Dear Janet, I hope you had a wonderful birthday celebration, which ,unfortunately, I couldn't attend. I do apologize for missing your 50th birthday party and

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to advise you of my unavailability. As you know, I had promised to attend your celebration;

unfortunately

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I had to attend

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a gold mining client's major underground breakdown.

Initially

, I hoped that it was a minor call-out and that the issues would be resolved within a few hours, and

then

I would be able to make it to your party. I ended up spending the entire

last

weekend underground, where I couldn't reach out to inform you to cancel my attendance.

However

, if it is all right with you, I want to take you

out

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on a weekend shopping trip to Paris. I hope

this

will make it up for missing your big day. I will see you next month at our usual meeting place. Best wishes, Kennedy

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0Word repetition
meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
4Grammar mistakes
 

7 paragraphs

155 words

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Overall Band Score

Coherence and Cohesion: 9.0

Logical structure

Single idea per paragraph

Greeting and closing

Accurate linking words

Variety in linking words

Lexical resource: 6.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 6.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 8.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

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Last weekend, your cousin celebrated her 50th birthday, but you couldn't attend and you forgot to cancel. Write a letter to your cousin. In your letter: Apologize for missing the birthday celebration Explain why you missed it and why you hadn't let her know Describe how you will make it up to her

Essentional vocabulary list for IELTS Writing 7+

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