You have lost an item of value on a train. Write a letter to the railway company. In your letter •describe the item •explain where and when you left it •say what action you would like the company to take You do NOT need to write any addresses. Begin your letter as follows

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Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to report a missing gold chain on a train, which left the Toronto station for Sudbury at 10:00 am Friday morning. I am Jojo, a working professional in a software company. Owing to my long work project, I was rarely able to visit my parents.

However

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this

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summer I finished my target earlier than expected.

Consequently

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, my company offered me 2 weeks vacation from 1st April to 14th April. I immediately booked

ticket

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a ticket

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to Sudbury. To see my parents with a golden chain as a gift for my father. Unfortunately, I lost the jewellery

while

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I was leaving the train. It might have

dropped

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been dropped

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Correct pronoun usage

apply

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storage

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the storage

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area

while

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I was rushing to get off at Sudbury station. It was

gold

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a gold

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chain which was stored in a

rectangular shaped

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red box.

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the box was small, it can be seen because of its bright red and shiny exterior. I would really appreciate it if you could launch a search warrant and start the lookout as soon as possible. Yours sincerely, Jojo

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Consider providing more details about the item or the circumstances of your journey to strengthen your response.

coherence and cohesion

Ensure each paragraph focuses on a single idea to improve clarity. For example, the second paragraph could focus solely on your background, while the third discusses the event leading to the loss.

coherence and cohesion

You have a clear structure with an appropriate greeting and closing.

task achievement

The letter maintains a polite and formal tone throughout, which is appropriate for the context.

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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meeting the goal of 7 or more
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meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
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Overall Band Score

Coherence and Cohesion: 6.0

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

8 paragraphs

178 words

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