You are taking a course at a local college. The deadline for your project was last week but you haven’t finished it. Write a letter to your lecturer. In your letter • introduce yourself • explain why you haven’t handed in the project yet • request more time to do it.

Dear

Mr.

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Singh, I hope

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letter finds you well. My name is Harjeet

kaur

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Kaur

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, and I am

student

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a student

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of your course Business Management. I am writing

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letter to request

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you

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apply

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for

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extra

time

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for the

project

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that I had to submit on 15 October, but I was unable to submit it on

time

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. Actually, I already completed half

part

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of my

project

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Due to

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some unforeseen circumstances, I was not able to submit it on

due

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date. Yesterday, I was going to

market

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, and I met with a serious accident that

make

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me unable to work on

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project

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the project

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, because of hand injuries. As

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apply

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I always remain a

brillent

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brilliant

student of your class, and I submit

my all

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all my

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work on

time

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Its

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my humble request to you, please provide

with me

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me with

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extra

time

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. So, I will be able to complete my

project

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in a better way. As you know,

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project

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contains 50% of

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overall

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the overall

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grade. I hope you will understand my situation and

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with

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the extra

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to complete

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project

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and

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I promise

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gave

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my best to

perform

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complete

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this

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project

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. Yours

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sincerely

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, Harjeet

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grammar

Fix small grammar and word use. Use 'I am a student' and 'I could not hand it in by the due date'.

structure

Make the letter in 3 parts: intro, reason, ask, and close. Use a new paragraph for each part.

content

Be clear on what you will do next if you need more time.

tone

Keep a calm and polite tone throughout.

task response

You tell who you are and you want more time.

coherence

You give a reason for the late work.

tone

The letter is polite and formal in tone most of the time.

Use a variety of complex and simple sentences

You should use complex sentences in your writing, but it does not mean that you should try to make all of our sentences complex.

‘Complex’ sentences are not actually very complex; they are just two or more simple sentences put together. Putting them together makes the essay more coherent and cohesive.

Examples:

I really want to study but I’m too tired.

I wore a warm coat because the weather was cold.

If action is not taken soon on climate change, global warming will get worse.

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meeting the goal of 7 or more
2
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meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
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Overall Band Score

Coherence and Cohesion: 5.0

Logical structure

Single idea per paragraph

Greeting and closing

Accurate linking words

Variety in linking words

Lexical resource: 4.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 4.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 6.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

7 paragraphs

190 words

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