You are working overseas in an international company. You are leaving the country in an emergency. Write a letter to your friend. Apologies for leaving like this. Explain what happened. Tell them what you are going to miss about working.

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Dear Alex, Hope you received my letter in radiant health. I'm writing
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letter to express sorry that I was not able to meet you at the
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moment before my departure from the USA.
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month, on 29th September, my uncle died. I was not in a situation to handle myself, and right away booked the ticket to reach India at the possible earliest
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. I know after knowing
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reason, you will understand my situation, and consider my apologies. Now, I
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put the request for resignation from the job as my Aunt has only one girl child who lives in Australia. She is married and has family responsibilities in Australia, so, she cannot stay with my Aunt for a long
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. I
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, do not have any siblings. She always considered me as her own son, so
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is the
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when I need to take care of her in
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difficult
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of her life as a responsible son of the family. The
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I spent there
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the memorable moments of my life. The company not only give me professional growth but I get some life-long relationships by working there, and you are one of those. I hope, in future, we will meet soon whenever you get a chance to visit India. Yours Lovingly, Lisha Lokai
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coherence cohesion
Try to maintain a clear paragraph structure with an introductory sentence, supporting sentences, and a concluding sentence for each paragraph to enhance the logical flow of ideas.
task achievement
The task response is mostly complete but ensure that the reasons for leaving and the emotions tied to it are more explicitly detailed to fully satisfy the prompt.

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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