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You recently stayed at your friend’s place, to look after the house while he/she is away. You accidentally damaged something in his/her house. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter, you should: describe what the accident was explain when it happened suggest how the damage can be fixed.

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Dear Jessica, I hope you're okay. I feel guilty about the damage that I
made
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 to your personal thing when I was there at your home. As you may be aware I'm a great fan of reading books. I've taken one of your books from the cupboard to read unfortunately a cup of tea split over the ebook and the first pages became stained. I'm sure you'll feel sad now because that
book
 was gifted by your grandfather. It happened on Thursday evening. I sat in a chair and suddenly I heard a loud voice from outside, I was
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bit hurry to check that noise and mistakenly my hand touched the cup and
this
 all happened. I've taken my pen and paper to write a letter to you many times but I was not confident to write about it. Today, I went to a
book
 repair shop ,
they
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 assured me about the repair of that
book
.
Hence
 you 'll be able to get your precious
book
 as a new one. I wish to come to your home
this
 Sunday
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 if you are free. So I can collect the
book
 and give it to that shop . Once again, I'm sorry my dearest friend. I expect to meet you soon. With Love, Tarry
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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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