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Writing Samples
Band 6.5

our neighbours have recently written to you to complain about the noise from your house/ flat. Write a letter to your neighbours. In your letter explain the reasons for the noise apologise describe what action you will take

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Dear Tom, I am writing
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 to apologise for the inconvenience caused to your family by the loud music
last
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 week on Wednesday. I will explain the whole scenario. Actually.
last
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 week my friends showed up without any prior notice and one of them had his birthday on that night. So, at midnight when the clock hit twelve we started celebrating and started dancing to music which lasted till 3:00 am. I am so embarrassed by my actions
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 that day. You know Tom I was a good neighbour before that I didn't do anything that annoyed my neighbourhood, but on that day things accelerated so quickly even I forgot to lower the volume. I am so sorry to disturb your sleep.
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, I will make sure
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you
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that
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 will not happen again and hit my house parties at weekends only.
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, it will be a pleasure for me if you join us at the party on coming Sunday. Best Regards Raj

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coherence and cohesion
Ensure that punctuation and spacing are correct; for example, 'Actually. last week' should be 'Actually, last week'.
task achievement
Try to maintain a more formal tone in your apology letter. Using phrases like 'I am so embarrassed by my actions' may come off as overly casual.
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You have clearly explained the reasons for the noise and provided a sincere apology.
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Your letter has a friendly tone which is appropriate for addressing a neighbor.

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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