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Task 20 · Apologising and rescheduling a meeting

Task 1 · Writing an Email — a realistic situation requiring a 150-200 word email: complaint, request, apology, recommendation, cancellation, workplace or neighbourhood issue

Writing Task 1W1-20Advanced
150-200 words

Apologising and rescheduling a meeting

You missed an important meeting with a client because you wrote the wrong date in your calendar.

Write to: A client · Formal tone

Write an email to the client apologising and arranging a new meeting.

Write an email of 150-200 words. Read the situation, then write to the person named. Cover every required point, keep the tone appropriate, and organise your email into short paragraphs. You have 27 minutes for both writing tasks in the real test; aim for about 15 minutes here.

You must include

  • • Apologise clearly for missing the meeting
  • • Explain briefly what happened
  • • Say what you will do to prevent it happening again
  • • Propose new times for the meeting

Question 20 of 30

Every question is prewritten and always available — no AI credits needed.
  1. 1. Greeting
  2. 2. Opening purpose
  3. 3. Point 1
  4. 4. Explanation
  5. 5. Point 2
  6. 6. Explanation
  7. 7. Point 3
  8. 8. Explanation
  9. 9. Closing
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0 words · target 150-2000 characters