You recently made a journey by train. When you got on the train, you realised you had left a bag on the platform. Write a letter to the station manager. In your letter: • give details of where and when you left the bag • describe the bag and its contents • suggest how you could get the bag back

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Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to inform you that I lost my personal
bag
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at your station yesterday morning. On Saturday, June 20th, I was travelling on the 9:45 AM train to Bucharest. Immediately after I boarded the train, I realised that I had left my
bag
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on a bench on Platform 3, near the station clock. The item is a dark blue Adidas backpack with silver zippers and a white logo on the front. Inside the
bag
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, there is a silver 13-inch laptop, a pair of black headphones, and several books. In the front pocket, there is a wallet with my identification cards and my red personalised pen
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These items are very important for my work, so I would be grateful if you could check if anyone has found them. If the
bag
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is in your lost property office, please let me know. I can come to the station
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Tuesday to collect it, or I can arrange a courier. Thank you for your time and assistance. Yours faithfully, Goncear Elizaveta

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Task response: Add one more small detail about the time or place to make the report more clear.
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Task response: Keep the tone formal all the way. Do not use two dots after pen.
coherence and cohesion
Coherence and cohesion: Your ideas move in a clear order from problem to details to action.
coherence and cohesion
Coherence and cohesion: You can use one more link word like also or because to join ideas more smoothly.
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Task response: You answer all parts of the task fully and clearly.
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Task response: The tone is polite and right for a letter to a manager.
coherence and cohesion
Coherence and cohesion: Each paragraph has one main idea, so it is easy to follow.
coherence and cohesion
Coherence and cohesion: The letter has a clear opening and a good close.
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
Topic Vocabulary:
  • station manager
  • journey
  • platform
  • forgot
  • retrieve
  • lost and found
  • personal belongings
  • important documents
  • valuable items
  • contact information
  • describe
  • distinguishing features
  • express concern
  • suggest
  • recover
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