Last month, you visited another town. You had arranged to meet up with a friend who lives in the town, but you were not able to do so. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter - apologise for not meeting him/her - explain why you did not contact him/her earlier - suggest a time and place to meet in the future

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Dear Shally, I hope you are doing well. I really, want to apologise for not missing

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our coffee date. I so wanted to meet you as it has been a long time

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we have met or sat to talk and I thought

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time I would meet you,

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, I could not free

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myself from my family commitments. As you know, I was in Ambala for my cousin’s wedding and

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I have not met you

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Vidhika’s wedding but I did not anticipate that the marriage venue would be so far from downtown, and

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lack of transport availability, I could not come to see you. I am really sorry for that

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and would like to amend my mistake. I know you will be coming to New Delhi next month for your exhibition and I would be delighted to meet you

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. Do let me know your travel plans to New Delhi as I will come to the airport to pick you up. Once again I want to apologise and I know you will understand my situation. I am looking for

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. Love Bindiya

Submitted by bindiya.gupta01 on Sat Jul 13 2024

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coherence cohesion

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suitable writing tone

The tone of the letter is friendly and appropriate for the context.

greeting and closing

The letter begins and ends with suitable greetings and closings, contributing to its overall coherence.

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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5Linking words
meeting the goal of 7 or more
0Word repetition
meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
7Grammar mistakes
 

7 paragraphs

197 words

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Overall Band Score

Coherence and Cohesion: 7.0

Logical structure

Single idea per paragraph

Greeting and closing

Accurate linking words

Variety in linking words

Lexical resource: 5.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 5.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 7.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

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Apologize
Regret
Unforeseen circumstances
Overwhelming
Busy
Unexpected
Reschedule
Availability
Convenient
Mutually agreeable
Apologies
Inconvenience
Disappointment
Miscommunication
Misunderstanding
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