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Band 6+: Write a letter to your friend expressing your inability to meet on a particular date. Your friend was supposed to visit you soon, but due to some personal problems, you can?t meet him/her on the specified date. Write a letter to him or her explaining the situation. In your letter, you have to: - Apologies to your friend. - Explain why it?s not possible to meet now. - Suggest an alternative date for the meeting.

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Dear Shara,

I hope you are doing well, I am writing this letter to sincerely apologise for my inability to meet you on the scheduled date.

I feel very sorry to change of pans, but I will not be able to meet you on 26th july 2026 as I have to attend an importent family event. My cousine is getting married on the same day, and my presence is require at the ceremony . I have compeletly overlooked this commitment when we finalized our plan, and I deeply regret the inconvenience caused to you.

I understand that we were looking forward to meeting after a long time, and I feel disappoint that I have to postpond it at the the last moment. Howerver, I hope you will understand my situation as it is an unavoidable family risponsibility.

If it suits you, I would be gratatful if we could reschedule our meeting to the following weekend or any other convenient date for you. I am flaxible with timing and we will adjust acording to your avialibility.

Once agein, I sincerely apologise for inconvenience, and I truly hope to see you soon.

Best wishes,

Rahul

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Task Response

The letter fully addresses all parts of the task: it offers a sincere apology, provides a clear reason for the change of plans, and suggests an alternative timeframe. The tone is appropriate for a letter to a friend. To improve, focus on spelling accuracy (e.g., 'importent', 'cousine', 'compeletly', 'postpond', 'risponsibility', 'gratatful', 'flaxible', 'acording', 'avialibility') and minor grammatical errors (e.g., 'change of pans' instead of 'change of plans', and 'presence is require' instead of 'required'). While these errors do not prevent the reader from understanding the message, correcting them would enhance the overall quality of the writing.

Coherence & Cohesion

The letter is logically organized, and the progression of ideas is clear. You have addressed all three bullet points from the task effectively. However, there are some minor issues with punctuation, such as comma splices (using a comma to join two independent sentences), which slightly disrupt the flow. To improve, ensure that you use full stops or appropriate conjunctions to separate distinct thoughts.

Lexical Resource

You have used some good collocations and phrases appropriate for an informal letter, such as 'sincerely apologise', 'deeply regret', and 'unavoidable family responsibility'. However, there are several spelling errors (e.g., 'importent', 'cousine', 'compeletly', 'disappoint', 'postpond', 'Howerver', 'risponsibility', 'gratatful', 'flaxible', 'acording', 'avialibility', 'agein') that detract from the overall quality. While the meaning is always clear, increasing your spelling accuracy will significantly boost this score.

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

You demonstrate a good range of sentence structures, including complex sentences. However, there are frequent grammatical errors that need attention. For example, 'change of pans' should be 'change of plans', 'presence is require' should be 'presence is required', and 'I feel disappoint' should be 'I feel disappointed'. Pay close attention to verb forms (participles) and noun/verb agreement to ensure your writing is more polished.

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