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Band 8.5

For the past seven days, you were late for work due to some unavoidable issues at home. Write a letter to your manager explaining why you were late for work for several days. In your letter, • explain why you were late for the last seven days • apologise for the delay • assure your manager that you will be on time from now on

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Dear Mr Stark, I hope you are doing great. I am writing
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 letter because of my responsibility for being work on time. As you are aware, I have been accepted to your company a couple of weeks ago. So my parents decided to come and see how their little child was doing and how his first bigger job was. But accidentally my father broke his leg on the first day. That's why I had to take my father to the hospital. And
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 every morning I drove my mother to the hospital. They were the main reason for me to be late for work. Please accept my sincerest apologies for
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. What can I say except sorry is you are the best manager I've ever seen. Because you understand what people are feeling and you have proven that. Nowadays, my father is okay and I need to assure you that I will be on time every day. I believe my apologies will be accepted. I look forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely, Mr Uktamov

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grammar
Consider checking for minor grammar mistakes, such as 'because of my responsibility for being work on time'. It should be 'responsibility to be on time for work'.
organization
Organize the content into more distinct paragraphs. For example, separate the reason for being late, the apology, and the assurance into different paragraphs.
task completion
The letter covers all the required points: explanation, apology, and assurance.
tone
The tone of the letter is appropriate and respectful.
structure
Greetings and closing are well-structured and polite.
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