Advanced Writing with English in Use

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g ravity...:b razen ; hattli ng;la r ge , low moo n;

huge... nn-dallto n. hig h melodrama:crashing;

set ...Oilfire.

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6 FORMALLETTEHS

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00 2(KII k-lstnki

Finla nd

)"OIlTS faithfully,

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knclu-nsta ll:therewerefOIlTpeoplein a room, andthefoodwas\"('ryordinarvindeed ,

Ia mwriting to ('xprt'SSmy di ssati sfactionwiththeadventureholidayI havej ust hadwithyour

o rgani sation, fro mth e 12thtothe 25thofth is1II01lth. The holiday. forwhic hIpaid C3S0,

failedsigllifk an tly tolivetipto thep romise s madeinyou radvertise ment.

Invi ewo f theIllall)'waysillwhichth e holiday failed 10 lin' up to youradvertlscm cn t. which

canonlyhe describedasext rem ely m isleading,Ifedthata re fundofa t least CWOwoul d he

appropriate .Sho uld thi srefun d no t l x' fo rt hco ming,I shall Ix'obliged 10 refe r the ma tterto

the BritishTo uri stBoard ,

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Para gra ph1:Heuse nfor writingthe le iter

Paragra ph 2:Relevan tinfo rmation fro m he rC V

Pa ragra p h3:Why sheis ap p l)i ng fo rtln-job

68 Applyingforjobs,coursesand

scholarships

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thefami lym o rethan anemployee.

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TheManag er

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wouldbeabletochoosefrom'awide-ra nge'ofactivities,inn',;litythen 'wasonlyevera.

chotec oftwo.Ihadp lanned 10 spendthe who lefo rtulghts;\i!inga ndwindsurfing .b utfor

(>ightd aysof the holid ayneither o f t hes e was 011 offer.

F irs t , altho ugh the ho liday wasadvertisedas bei ngbasedat Wildsid ell all.Ifoundmys d f

insteadat avout hhostelseven mth-sawnv.Thisuu-anttha t,withnoca r orbusesavailable.I

hadnoaecc~stoth eIlairsfaclltttcs(p ool.sa una,et c ):at the host e l, th eonlyleisurefadlitil 's

wen-atabletennistuhlc-a nd apacko f cards.

Saman ta Brunoni

I' mg lad yOIlaskedrm-uboutadvent ure

holidavs because I cante llvu u.DO~TCO

wrn i\\'I:\'DEH~IEHE\\'IL DS IDE! The "

wereth eOIlt' SIwentwtthlastsumnu-r(£3 80

perpersollp Cffo rtnigh t ), amiit wasa

ni ghtmare ,Soifyou do go.choo seO utward

Bound.1\ ·('heardthey'regood, h iltI can't

te ll yOIla boutthei rp rice s,

Allthebest.

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the two le tt e rs.
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\'011ta kea holldav inthe Bahamas'
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' It' sy OIlwhosho uldpay for it.
''''h ile\UIlta kea holtdavin the
Baluu n;ls.
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n (I )(·obltged.
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thethird and, happily. last smallproblemth atI
urn confidentvouwillwish tore solve ,Threeo f
th e windows('10not e!OS{' p ro perly:twoatthe
fro n tof tht·[ronst-,andOIl('at the hack.T his.
comb inedwit ha1I1l111I){'ro fbrokenandcracked
windowpmit's,co ntributesto an e normo us hea t
loss, no ltonu-ntlcuthede-te-riorationofth e flat
causedhy tln- colda ndti l{' rain wa terentering
th rou ghth ecracksandbroken windows.
OIJ\i OllSIvthewindo ws.Hkethe cookerandthe
heating,~1Tt·amatter thatrt'l juiresImmedi ate
attention. Pe rhapsdoubleg lazing(the solutlcn
adop t ed hy the propri et ors ofmosto f t h t , other
housesinthostre et) would he aworthwh ile
Investmen t:it wou ldcc-rtuiulvp ro tPetthr-value
ofthep ro pert y.

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A 1repai r :2bo ugh t :3 guarantee
--tassured 5 found 6 appe a rs
i replaced Sgrateful Uarrange
10 ca rryont I Iconvenient 12 faithfull y
B fe slXlIIS(' :2cl aims 3 failure
4 re tumtng 5 refund 6 rece tvtn g
-;convenience Sordered 9 sorr...
10 IIIlIst II replace 12 Plls u rilli
13 ({' ( 'OWT 14 Iwaring

6A Lettersofcomplaint:tact

6eOtherformalletters

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A I I D 2:\ 3 D 4B 5C 6D 7A 8A

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2 To com plainaboutinsu ran cecompanies;

te llth r- storvofthewriter'sdaughter. 10

askfora(hi~o n ho w 10 d eal with

insu rance companies.

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