On a recent holiday you lost a valuable item - GT Writing Task 1: Sample 50
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IELTS Letter Writing / GT Writing Task 1:
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
On a recent holiday, you lost a valuable item. Fortunately, you have travel insurance to cover the cost of anything lost.
Write a letter to the manager of your insurance company. In your letter:
- describe the item you lost
- explain how you lost it
- tell the insurance company what you would like them to do
Write at least 150 words.
You do NOT need to write any addresses.
Begin your letter as follows:
Dear Sir or Madam,
Sample Answer 1:
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing this letter to inform you that I have recently lost a mobile phone during my holiday in Pondicherry and this item is insured. It was an Apple iPhone 12 which cost me approximately 95,000 rupees. Since I have insurance coverage for my mobile phone from your company, I am hoping to get my insurance money.
The incident occurred when I was on a holiday trip to Pondicherry between 26 May 2021 to 29 May 2021. I was on Paradise beach on 28 August when I lost my mobile phone in the sand. I vigorously searched for the item for more than an hour but it was nowhere. I immediately lodged an FIR in the nearest police station and the FIR registration number is CH-25470145.
Since I hold insurance coverage for the mobile phone, I would like to claim the insurance amount for the lost phone. As per the policies of the insurance, I am liable to claim an amount of 85,000 as an insurance refund for the lost item. Please find the invoice and the FIR copy for the lost mobile phone with this letter.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours faithfully,
Aakash Saurabh
[Written by - Saurabh]
Sample Answer 2:
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing this letter to inform you that I have lost my professional Canon camera during my trip to Perth and would like to claim my insurance for the lost item. I have availed one of your insurance services recently, and my insurance number is 25478410.
I stayed in Perth with my family between 18th June and 24th June and I had clicked so many amazing pictures during this time. Luckily, I transferred all the pictures to my cloud storage. I clearly remember that we took our last photo at the entrance of the hotel and left for the airport. I wanted to capture the last moment of our journey so I was looking for my camera and unfortunately, I could not find it. I called the hotel staff to look for it where we took the last photo but he confirmed that he could not find it.
As per the travel insurance, I am entitled to receive coverage of the lost item. It was a Canon UX-324 model camera which is hard to get due to its high demand. I would like to claim for the camera's original price as it was a fairly new camera. I would appreciate it if you could transfer the money into my account.
Looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours faithfully,
Naaz Rihal
[ Written by - Naaz ]
My name is Joyce Tan, and I am one of your travel insurance clients. I am writing this letter to you to make a travel insurance claim for a lost item - a digital camera.
The digital camera is from the Nikon brand and its model is A438. I purchased it in May 2021 and cost me RM 3899.00. Unfortunately, I have been pickpocketed during the time I was travelling to Hong Kong on 15th December 2021 for 5 days.
It was an awful experience that I never had before. On the evening of 15 December 2016, I was taking an MRT train to my next destination during the peak hours, which was around 6.30 pm, and the train was almost full of passengers and very crowded. And I could not manage a seat, so I was standing in the crowd. My digital camera was still hanging on my left shoulder. Perhaps I was paying much attention to my station map while the pickpocket took place. When the train reached my station, I stepped out from it and headed toward my destination. I only then realized that my digital camera was no longer with me and the hanger got cut in between. Unluckily, I failed to catch the pickpocket on the spot. After this, I reported the incident to the nearest police station.
For your kind information, I have purchased your company's travel insurance for this Hong Kong trip. I hope you can read through the police report as enclosed and approve my claim insurance claim for the lost item. If you need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact or email me. My email address is joyce123@yahoo.com.
Thank you in advance.
Yours faithfully,
Joyce Tan
My name is Joyce Tan, and I am one of your travel insurance clients. I am writing this letter to you to make a travel insurance claim for a lost item - a digital camera.
My digital camera's brand is Nikon with model code A438, which I bought in May 2019 for $3,899.00. Unfortunately, I had been pick-pocketed during the time I was travelling to Hong Kong on 15 December 2020 for 5 days. It was an awful experience that I never had before.
On the evening of 15 December 2020, I took an MRT train to my destination during the peak hour, which was about 6.30 pm. The train was almost full of passengers and very crowded. I did not find any seat and was standing in the crowd, where my digital camera was still hanging on my left shoulder. Perhaps I was paying attention to my station map which distracted me for a couple of minutes. When the train reached my station, I stepped out from it and headed toward my destination. I only realized that my digital camera was no longer with me and the hanger get cut in between. Unluckily, I failed to catch the pickpocketer on the spot. After this, I reported to the police about my lost digital camera.
For your kind information, I have purchased your company's travel insurance for this Hong Kong trip. I hope you can read through the police report as enclosed and approve my claim.
If you need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact or email me. My email is joyce123@yahoo.com.
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
Joyce Tan
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