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Band 6.5

You need to take leave from your work of over one month for personal reasons. Write a letter to your boss. In your letter: explain the reason for the leave and the length of leave you need explain how you will keep up-to-date while you're away suggest how your work could be covered while you are away

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Dear Mr. George, I am writing
this
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 letter to request a leave for one month, as you know I am living far away from my family. At
this
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 moment, my father is facing health-related problems and now he is admitted to the hospital. I am planning to visit there tomorrow for 4 to 5 weeks. Regarding my work-related commitments, I will keep updating myself via Zoom meetings and keep in touch with our international clients to ensure their project requirements. I have already discussed my emergency leave with my team members and equally divided my work with them, they are ready to work on my ongoing projects and submit it before the due dates. I hope to hear a positive response from you. Yours Sincerely, Vairag.

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Task Achievement
Consider providing more specific details about how your absence might impact your team to strengthen your request.
Coherence and Cohesion
Ensure clarity in your sentences by avoiding overly long constructions and separating ideas across more paragraphs if needed.
Coherence and Cohesion
Effective greeting and closing, creating a polite and professional tone.
Task Achievement
Clear explanation of the reason for leave and how work will be managed in your absence.

Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately

Linking words are very important in your essay.

To score effectively on your IELTS exam, you should make an effort to implement short concise sentences coupled with linking words.

Almost every sentence in your essay should have a linking word of some sort.

In fact, the only sentences that can omit linking words are your background sentence and thesis.

Linking word examples:

  • firstly
  • secondly
  • thirdly
  • in additional
  • moreover
  • also
  • for example
  • for instance
  • therefore
  • however
  • although
  • even though
  • despite

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