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Your friend invited you to his/her party, but you are unable to attend. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter •explain why you cannot come •give your reason for not contacting your friend sooner •suggest another time to meet Write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write any addresses. Begin your letter as follows: Dear ____,

#friend #party #•explain #•give #reason #•suggest #time #addresses #____
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Dear Henry, Thanks for the invitation to your birthday
party
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 but I
afraid
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, I won’t be able to make
to
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it to
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 your
party
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. On the day of your
party
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, I need to attend a team
event
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 organised by my company. In order to attend the
event
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, I need to travel to
different
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a different
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 city which is far from my home. Even if, I leave early from the
event
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, I will not
able
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be able
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 to come on time. I was not able to contact you earlier because the
event
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 was scheduled on
different
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a different
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 day but
due to
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 venue booking issues, my company scheduled
this
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event
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 on the day of your
party
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. I
apologies
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 for any inconvenience caused
due to
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short
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the short
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 cancellation notice.
Although
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, I still like to catch up with you and discuss various interesting things. If you don’t have any other
plan
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plans
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on
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for
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coming
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the coming
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 weekend, I would like to invite you for
a
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apply
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dinner at my home. I will make your favourite dishes and it
would
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will
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 be
lot
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a lot
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 of fun. Again, thanks for inviting and Happy Birthday! Lots of Love, Kunj
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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.

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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