You have invited a friend to visit you next month. Unfortunately, you are not able to meet him/her. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter, •Apologize for the change of plans •Explain why you are unable to meet him/her •Suggest another time for him/her to visit

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Dear Ana, How are you doing my friend? I hope you're fine. It's been a long time since we
last
met each other, and I miss you so much. I was so glad that I knew
you're
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coming over next month. But there's something I have to tell you. I'm afraid there's an unexpected change in the time of my IELTS exam, and it's postponed to
the
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next month;
therefore
, I have to cancel the plan. I'm really sorry, Ana. I was really mad when
i
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heard the news about the change of exam day
,
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because I had a bunch of plans for us for when you
come
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here. If it wasn’t for my studies, I wouldn't call off our plan. But, I have to keep studying until the exam day, or else I may forget some of my lessons. I promise I'll make it up to you. In fact, I can arrange a time exactly a couple of days after the test to see each other. My parents will be on vacation, so we can invite some of our girls, too. What's your idea? Are you in? I hope you can manage and come
then
. Please write me and tell me if you agree with my plan. Love, Atefeh
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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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