you are taking a course at a local collage. the deadline for your project was last week but you have not finished it. write a letter to lecturer. introduce yourself explain why you have not handed in the project yet. request more time to do it.

Dear Ammy, my name is jaspreet kaur.
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am a student of your class in
cosmetology
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the cosmetology
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program.
i
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am writing
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letter because
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could not submit my
hair cutting
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project
on 28th
april
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which was the deadline for
this
project
.
i
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always complete my all assignments and projects on
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time but
this
time
i
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got a fever so
i
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had to take two days off from
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collage
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college
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due to
which
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was not able to complete
this
project
.
i
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am requesting
you
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if
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you
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give me some extra time to finish
this
and
i
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promise it will not happen again in the future.
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hope you will understand my situation and allow me to submit my
project
. thank you, Jaspreet Kaur
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task response
Make sure to capitalize the pronoun 'I' and proper nouns like 'College' to make your writing more formal and polished.
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Provide a bit more detail in your explanation about the delay to enhance the completeness of your response.
coherence and cohesion
The logical structure is generally good, but try to connect ideas more seamlessly using transitional phrases for better flow.
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You used an appropriate and polite tone throughout the letter, which is suitable for the context.
coherence and cohesion
Your greeting and closing are correctly formatted and create a respectful tone.
coherence and cohesion
Each paragraph presents a single idea, which helps in maintaining clarity.

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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