A friend of yours invited you to a home party he/she arranged. However, you have just missed this party. Now you want to apologise for not attending it.
Write a letter to your friend to apologise.
In your IELTS General Training Task 1, you are required to write a letter (or sometimes an email) of around 150 words. For example, you may be asked to congratulate a friend who has recently been promoted in his/her job, or a letter to your landlord describing a problem in the house you have rented, or a letter to your manager in your office. We generally recommend writing between 160 to 180 words.
You need to write a letter/email which can be informal (to a friend or a close cousin), semi-formal (to a neighbour, or your office manager), or formal (to a shop manager or city councillor). We have added many letter and email responses which are band 7 to 9 level. You can practice them to be able to write any type of letter in your IELTS test.
Please note that if you are asked to write an email, your response would be the same as writing a letter.
More resources for IELTS Letter Writing:
» Band 8/9 IELTS Letter Samples
» 20 Recent IELTS Letter Topics
» IELTS Letter Types With Model Answers
» IELTS Letter Writing Vocabulary
Letter Writing # 273 – Letter to a teacher to learn a language
You want to learn a language. A teacher who teaches this language lives near the area where you live.
Write a letter to the teacher.
Letter Writing # 272 – Advice regarding your friend’s parents’ visit to your area
Your friend has written a letter to you asking for advice regarding a visit that his/her parents will be making to your area in the near future.
Write a letter to your friend.
Letter Writing # 271 – You want to book a hotel for a family holiday
You want to book a hotel that one of your friends recommended to you for a family holiday at the seaside.
Write a letter to the hotel manager to make arrangements.
Letter Writing # 270 – You are planning a holiday abroad
You are planning a holiday abroad and will be visiting a town where an old friend lives. You haven’t spoken to this friend in a few years.
Write a letter to your friend.
Letter Writing # 269 – You are organising a seminar for your company
You are organising a seminar for your company.
Write a letter to the manager of another department inviting them to give a presentation at the seminar.
Letter Writing # 268 – Visit the town where your friend went to university
You are going to visit the town where your friend went to university.
Write a letter to your friend.
Letter Writing # 267 – You are planning to study English at a college
You are planning to study English at a college in an English-speaking country. You would like some information about their courses.
Write a letter to the college.
Letter Writing # 266 – Change the dates of the visit to your friend in Australia
You arranged to visit a friend in Australia, but an important event at home now means that you must change the dates of the visit.
Write a letter to your friend.
Letter Writing # 265 – You want to extend your rental agreement
You have been living in a rented apartment for the last two years. Your rental agreement will expire in two months, but you want to extend it for another two years.
Write a letter to the agency.