You have recently missed a project deadline which resulted in your company losing an important client. Write a letter to your manager. In your letter apologise for what happened explain why you missed the deadline tell him/her how you will avoid this situation in future.

Dear Mr Ali, I believe you already received a notification about losing our client "Triple A"
due to
the latest project repercussions, but I think you do not know the full story behind what happened. In
this
letter, let me explain what happened and how we can avoid
this
in the future.
Firstly
, please accept my apologies about losing
such
an opportunity and client, I understand how
this
customer was important to our organisation.
Secondly
, we lost
this
tender because I missed the deadline to finish the project in time, but the main reason behind
this
, is that the customer gave us a limited time to deliver our work, around 5 working days only, and we told him we will not be able to finish it in time
due to
work with other projects and lack of resources.
Moreover
, I believe in order to avoid
this
situation in the future, we need to hire more people in our department;
accordingly
, they will assist us in coming cases. It would be highly appreciated if you raise my recommendation to the upper management. Yours Sincerely,
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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.

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Linking word examples:

  • firstly
  • secondly
  • thirdly
  • in additional
  • moreover
  • also
  • for example
  • for instance
  • therefore
  • however
  • although
  • even though
  • despite

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