IELTS Task 2 (a letter)- Request for a one-day leave

Write a letter to you supervisor asking for a one-day leave, so that you could help your friend. In your letter -Describe the problem of your friend. - Say how you are going to help him/her. - Suggest how you will complete work tasks on the requested date.

Dear Prof. Kaufman,

I am writing to request for one day off on the coming Monday, 13th of June, to do a work in favourite of my friend on the mentioned day.

My friend is an employee of a steel company and he is going to write a report on the failure analysis of a pipe connected to a direct reduction furnace. As I did my master thesis on this area and could achieve good experiences in fracture characterization, he asked me to help him find the failure modes and complete his report. He must hand in the results of his investigation on 14th of June. Accordingly, he does not have enough time to finish the task on time.

To finish the tasks that I am required to do on Monday, I can work over time on Tuesday and Wednesday to compensate for the time that I lose due to the leave.

I was wondering if you would assist in this case and I would be grateful if you would announce your agreement with my request for one day leave.

Thank you in advance for your help and consideration,
Sincerely yours,
Reza Rezaie

I dont say this is wrong. However, I feel you should have kept it more general without narrowing down to a college set up because this a general English proficiency test. The "prof" part should have been ommitted.


I shall be greatful if you could grant me a day off on ???????? ( type date) for the purpose of assisting my best friend with one of his urgent study committment. ... this is official letter and therefore type the exact date.


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he is required to submit a report ....


This is fine. I wish you includedcsomething to say about the significance as to why it is so important to submiton time. For example how uts going to help his carreer etc.

Thanks dumi for the useful comments.


I could not get what you meant by the correction. Would you please clarify it for me?

Sorry....there are some typos in my post. This what I actually meant;
I reqire one full day to help him with this task and forthcoming Monday would be the best day to take that day off.

Give more focus to you and your commitment - your manager would be interested to know that and not about your friend. So your task is to convince him that you have a valid reason to take a day off. Tell how important that commitment is and why you cannot attend to it without the day off.


... the word that is generally associated with leave is "grant" - granting leave
I shall be thankful to you if you could assist me fulfilling my duty towards my friend by granting a day off on ??? (date)