On a recent holiday you lost a valuable item. Fortunately, you have travel insurance to cover the cost of anything lost. Write a letter to the manager of your insurance company. In your letter describe the item you lost explain how you lost it tell the insurance company what you would like them to do
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to inform you in order to get help from your agency.
Last
Friday 2024/05/03 there was a Harry Potter event in the lobby of my hotel in which I lost a chair
.
We had to sit in the center
of the hall and choose our school of magic, but there were many guests and we needed one Change the spelling
centre
chair
. After that, I ran to my room and brought it downstairs, because everyone wanted to start as soon as possible. The game was wonderful, but at the end
of the event, the chair
from my room disappeared, for which the hotel billed me for it.
In my insurance, there is a clause that lost or broken things through my fault are insured for up to $1 000 000
. In connection with these conditions, I ask you to deal with Correct your spelling
1,000,000
this
problem. If necessary, I will send you a receipt for the chair
in electronic form or ask the hotel administrator to do so.
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Vladimir Belik.Submitted by samedovateacher on
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task achievement
The letter is clear and well-structured. However, you may want to explain more about the item's value and importance. This would help the insurance company understand the urgency and necessity of your request.
coherence cohesion
Consider revising the sentence: 'we needed one chair' to better explain the situation, such as 'we were short of one chair.' This would help improve coherence.
coherence cohesion
The overall structure of the letter is logical and easy to follow.
coherence cohesion
The closing and greeting are appropriately formal and polite.
task achievement
You provided clear information about the lost item and the event during which it was lost.
task achievement
The writing tone is suitable for a formal letter to an insurance company.
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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