On a recent holiday you lost avaluable item. Fortunately, you have travel insurance to cover the cost of anything lost. Write a letter to the manager of your insurance company. In your letter: -describe the item you lost -explain how you lost it -tell the insurance company what you would like them to do.

Dear Sir, I am writing

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letter to ask you a favour about bearing the cost of my lost item during my business trip to china for a week. Please allow me to elaborate on what actually happened. I was wearing a gold

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, which was gifted by my wife for our 10th marriage anniversary. It was thin, elegant and emboddied with small marble.

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, it was 24 cart gold, weighted around 3 gram and costed about $1200, which I wore for my business trip to china. During my stay at Hilton hotel, Unfortunately, I took off my necklace from my neck for a meeting presentation because of restriction of

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items during meeting.

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work pressure, I totally forget about my

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that I left at my room and flew back to my home country. I inquired immediately about the

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to one of the receptionist from the hotel,

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, they were not able find the gold

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, I would like to request you about my claim for travel insurance that can cover my lost item and reimburse my money for that item. I am hoping to get a prompt response from you for

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matter to the earliest. Yours sincerely, Harshi

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Nov 6, 2025

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task response

Give all task parts: name the item, how it was lost, and what you want from insurance. add date and place.

coherence

Use 2-3 short paragraphs: one for loss, one for how it happened, one for the claim you want.

tone

Keep a formal tone but use simple words. Say 'I would like to make a claim' and 'Please tell me what to do next.'

grammar

Check spell and word choice. Use simple words and correct spellings.

structure

Greeting and closing are used.

content

The letter keeps to the topic of loss and claim.

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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: 9.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 9.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 5.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

8 paragraphs

205 words

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