Last weekend, your cousin celebrated her 50th birthday, but you could not attend and forgot to cancel. Write a letter to your cousin. In your letter: Apologize for missing the birthday celebration Explain why you missed it and why you had not let her know Describe how you will make it up to her

Dear Abbey, Hope you and Rhy are hale and healthy. My main intention for writing

this

letter is to convey my deepest apologies for missing the celebration of your 50th birthday. I wanted to attend the function badly. As a part of my team's research project, We had a pre-scheduled 10-day trip to Antarctica which unfortunately got delayed by 3 days as our ship got stuck in the ice and had to be rescued by the coast guard. We were so isolated from the outside world that the only mode of communication was the emergency radio, which put me in a bad situation of not being able to inform you about my absence from the celebration well ahead. To compensate for the missed celebration I am planning to visit and stay with you in the coming week. I hope you have accepted my apologies. Yours lovingly, Abhi

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Consider expanding on your explanation with more details about the situation. This could further enhance the completeness of your response.

coherence cohesion

Try to make each paragraph focus more clearly on a single idea to improve clarity and flow.

task achievement

You addressed all parts of the task, including the apology, the explanation, and how you intend to make it up to your cousin.

task achievement

The tone of the letter is appropriately apologetic and warm, which is suitable for writing to a family member.

coherence cohesion

The structure of your letter is logical and well-organized with clear paragraphs.

coherence cohesion

The greeting and closing are appropriately friendly and respectful, fitting the context of a letter to a family member.

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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7 paragraphs

147 words

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Overall Band Score

Coherence and Cohesion: 4.0

Logical structure

Single idea per paragraph

Greeting and closing

Accurate linking words

Variety in linking words

Lexical resource: 9.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 9.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 8.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

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Last weekend, your cousin celebrated her 50th birthday, but you could not attend and forgot to cancel. Write a letter to your cousin. In your letter: Apologize for missing the birthday celebration Explain why you missed it and why you had not let her know Describe how you will make it up to her

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