Last month, you visited another town. You had arranged to meet up with a friend who lives in the town, but you were not able to do so. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter - apologise for not meeting him/her - explain why you did not contact him/her earlier - suggest a time and place to meet in the future

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Dear Meha, How's going? I hope you are doing well in your current job. I writing

you

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to express how sorry I was for not meeting you

while

I was in town

this

month. Actually, I did plan to meet you up

thats

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why I decided to come earlier than the day I held a meeting but at the

last

moment my son got very sick and he didn'

want anyone but me.

Although

, my husband has always been his best buddy

but

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you know how children only

wants

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their mother when they are in pain. I am being honest I wasn'

really ready to

live

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my son on his own. I stayed up

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night to look after him and

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even realise to inform you about

this

unexpected situation. I am truly sorry that I didn'

made

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this

up for you. But if you don'

mind I am having an

even

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next month in your town if you are free we can spend some time together. We can

also

go to the city museum and

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a lovely lunch at the riverside restaurant. Let me know your availability. I am really hoping to see you and stay with you for

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. Yours lovingly Jasmit

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Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately

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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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5Linking words
meeting the goal of 7 or more
1Word repetition
meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
11Grammar mistakes
 

7 paragraphs

205 words

4.50

Overall Band Score

Coherence and Cohesion: 4.0

Logical structure

Single idea per paragraph

Greeting and closing

Accurate linking words

Variety in linking words

Lexical resource: 4.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 4.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 6.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

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Apologize
Regret
Unforeseen circumstances
Overwhelming
Busy
Unexpected
Reschedule
Availability
Convenient
Mutually agreeable
Apologies
Inconvenience
Disappointment
Miscommunication
Misunderstanding
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