Youshouldspendabout 20 minutes onthistask.modelanswer:DearMary,
Iamverymuchlookingforwardto your visittomycity.Justthink:afterallthese yearsto
writingtoeach other,wewillfinallyhavethechancetomeet!However,I regret to
inform you that I will not be
abletomeetyouattheairportassoonas youarrive.
Thereasonisthatyourflightwillarriveearlyinthemorning,andthequickesttimeI can
get to the airport will be about an hourafteryouland.Pleasewaitformeinthe
arrivallounge.Youshouldbeableto havebreakfasttherewhileyouwait.
Bytheway,aswehavenevermetImusttellyou howtorecognizeme:Iamofmedium
height and have a smallmustache.Inaddition,Iwillbecarrying acopy ofthemorning
newspapertucked undermyleftarm.
Lookingforwardto ourfirstmeeting.Yourssincerely,
Harry
Sample29
Yourfindthatyourstudyloadistooheavy. Writealetterto yourcollegeteacher
explainingwhy youneedtowithdrawfromtwocourses.Askifitispossibleto
obtainarefund.
Youshould write at least 150 words.Youshouldspendabout 20 minutes onthistask.modelanswer:DearProf.James,
Iamwritingtoformallyrequesttowithdraw from two courses: Introductionto
ElementaryEducation(EDU 602 )andTeachingMethods(EDU619)
ThemainreasonforreducingmycourseloadisthatIamfindingitextremely difficultto
managesixcourses.Inthe beginning of the term, I was perhaps overlyoptimistic
aboutjuggling bothmyfulltimestudiesandmy parttimejob(20 hours/week).BecauseI
reallymustwork parttime,Ihaveno otherchoicebutto decreasemycourseload.Iam
planningontakingthetwocoursesduringthesummersemester, if they are available,