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You are taking a course at a local college. The deadline for your project was last week but you havenʼt finished it. Write a letter to your lecturer. In your letter: •Introduce yourself •Explain why you havenʼt handed in the project yet •request more time to do it

#course #college #deadline #project #week #havenʼt #lecturer #•introduce #•explain #•request #time
Dear lecturer, I am taking a
course
 at a local college. I am a leader of
course
. I am writing to
request
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inform
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 you about my project. I should give lessons to students. It is
goal
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the goal
a goal
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 of my
course
.
However
, the deadline for my project was
last
 week. I
have
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do have
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 not enough
time
for
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apply
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to
complete
Correct pronoun usage
complete it
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.
Therefore
, I have not finished it yet. Because
,
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apply
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 we had some problems with our project. Necessary things of our
course
 did not arrive. So, we did not make our design on
time
. I apologize you for that. I would like
to
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you to
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 give me more
time
 for my
course
. Please, could you give me more
time
 to do it than before
.
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?
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 If you give me
much
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a lot of
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time
 for
this
, I will be happy. I want to know what you are going to do about
this
 situation. You can contact me by
this
 account. Thank you for your attention. I hope to hear from you in the near future. Yours faithfully, B.Zarina.
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Coherence and Cohesion
Ensure each paragraph has a clear main idea and stick to it throughout the paragraph. Mix short and long sentences to show linguistic range and enhance readability.
Coherence and Cohesion
Your introduction should clearly set the context, stating your name and course specifics. Make clear paragraph divisions when changing topics.
Task Achievement
Provide more details about the reasons for the delay and the steps you have taken to complete the project to fully address the task.
Task Achievement
Use polite language and formal tone suitable for writing to an academic instructor, which will improve the appropriateness of your writing tone.

Use a variety of complex and simple sentences

You should use complex sentences in your writing, but it does not mean that you should try to make all of our sentences complex.

‘Complex’ sentences are not actually very complex; they are just two or more simple sentences put together. Putting them together makes the essay more coherent and cohesive.

Examples:

I really want to study but I’m too tired.

I wore a warm coat because the weather was cold.

If action is not taken soon on climate change, global warming will get worse.

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