You arranged to visit a friend in England but an important event at home now means that you must change the dates of the visit. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter: explain the important event; apologise for the situation; suggest a new arrangement.

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Hi Darshan, Hope you're doing well. Congratulations

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buying a new car. How beautiful it is! I am so happy after hearing about your progress in the new country, England.

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, I had booked my tickets to London to meet you. I was very excited to see you until I

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a call from my maternal uncle. On the call, he

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informed

me about my cousin brother's wedding

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the end of

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month. After hearing that, I believed

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my trip was clashing with the wedding, and I would need to postpone my booking. I am really sorry for that. Again, I would have loved to spend

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summer with you, but I am not going to miss the fall season

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London. I will be there soon. Your best friend, Sam

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Say more about the wedding, such as why you must be there. Give clear new dates for your visit, not only “soon” or “this summer.”

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Make the new plan clear. For example, say when you can come and ask if those dates work for your friend.

coherence and cohesion

Your letter has a clear start, reason, sorry, and new plan. Use a few simple link words, such as “However,” “Therefore,” and “Because of this,” to join ideas more smoothly.

coherence and cohesion

Keep one main idea in each part. Put the car news and the visit plan in separate parts so the letter is easier to follow.

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You explain that your cousin brother’s wedding is the reason for the change, and you say sorry.

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You suggest that you still want to visit London in the fall.

coherence and cohesion

The letter has a friendly greeting and a warm closing, which suit a letter to a friend.

coherence and cohesion

The main events are in a clear time order: travel plan, phone call, wedding, and new visit plan.

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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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: 6.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

7 paragraphs

134 words

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You arranged to visit a friend in England but an important event at home now means that you must change the dates of the visit. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter: explain the important event; apologise for the situation; suggest a new arrangement.

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