Your friend is celebrating her Birthday soon and has invited you to a party. But you are unable to come because you are going to attend an important meeting that day. Write a letter to your friend and * thank her for the invitation; * explain why you cannot come; * propose to meet on other day; Write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write your own address. Begin your letter as follows:

Dear Jay, Hope you are doing well. First of all thanks for inviting me
at
Change preposition
to
show examples
your party. I am writing
this
letter to let you know that, because of an important meeting
i
Change the capitalization
I
show examples
can'
t
come over there on
this
special special occasion. Let me explain the situation. I really liked that you had sent an invitation card to me
reagarding
Correct your spelling
regarding
your birthday. Unfortunately,
i
Change the capitalization
I
show examples
have an important meeting on the same day which will begin from noon and can go till late night. As you know
that
Correct word choice
apply
show examples
it's been only
few
Change the article
a few
show examples
months
i have
Verb problem
since I
show examples
joined
this
company and ergo
i
Change the capitalization
I
show examples
can'
t
avoid
this
meeting.
However
, your invitation matters a lot to me, but
i
Change the capitalization
I
show examples
can'
t
attend it
becuase
Correct your spelling
because
of
this
meet-up. It would be great if we
can
Wrong verb form
could
show examples
meet on the next day. As long as
i
Change the capitalization
I
show examples
know that,
i
Change the capitalization
I
show examples
don'
t
have any important work
on
Change preposition
apply
show examples
the other day, so if you agree we can even go out and spend more time. Even
i
Change the capitalization
I
show examples
don'
t
like to miss
this
event, but just because of my work
i
Change the capitalization
I
show examples
have to go. Thanks for your consideration. Yours Faithfully Jay Chawla
Submitted by hlife4454 on

Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Writing9 with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.

Coherence & Cohesion
Ensure to use a variety of sentence structures and linkers to enhance the flow of your letter. For instance, you could diversify your connectors beyond 'but,' 'and,' 'so,' to include others such as 'therefore,' 'meanwhile,' 'consequently,' etc., to improve readability and cohesion.
Task Achievement
Try to provide more specific details about the meeting or suggest a specific plan for the alternative meeting with your friend. This would enhance the completeness of your response and show a greater range of language ability.
Task Achievement
Pay attention to minor grammatical and spelling errors to ensure clarity and professionalism in your writing. For example, 'reagarding' should be 'regarding', and 'becuase' should be 'because'. Proofreading your letter could avoid these mistakes.
Task Achievement
Sign off your letter with a closing appropriate to the tone and relationship to the recipient. The sign-off 'Yours Faithfully' is more formal and typically used when you do not know the person. Since this letter is to a friend, 'Warm regards' or 'Best wishes,' followed by your first name, would be more suitable.

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,

Discover more tips in The Ultimate Guide to Get a Target Band Score of 7+ »— a book that's free for 🚀 Premium users.

Essentional vocabulary list for IELTS Writing 7+

Learn how to write high-scoring essays with powerful words.
Download Free PDF and start improving you writing skills today!
What to do next:
Look at other essays: