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You have not seen a close friend for a very long time. You also still have a few of your friend’s belongings that were left at your house the last time she visited. In your letter include: - Why you are writing - What you’ve been doing since you last spoke together - Apologize for still having the items and ask how you can return them

#close #friend #time #friend’s #belongings #house #you’ve #items
Dear Jo, I’m sorry that we haven’t talked in a long time. I hope everything is going well with you. I have been pretty busy with my schedule lately, but I often remember all the fun things we did together.
Last
 summer was fantastic. I was cleaning out my closet
last
 weekend and I found a few of your shirts and books.
Hopefully
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Hopefully,
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 you aren’t mad about not having them, but if you would like me to return them to you please let me know what would be best for you. It would
also
 be great if we could try and meet up sometime in the near future. I miss you more than I would like to. I’ve been doing
ok
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okay
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, aside from being so busy. Aside from that there isn’t much new with me. What is new with you, are you still
practicing
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practising
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violin
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the violin
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? Let’s chat soon. Your friend, Sally
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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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