Describe a time you sent a message or an email but got no reply for a long time

Band 6

I would like to talk about an email I sent to a music school last January and did not get a reply for a long time. I live in Valparaíso, in Chile, and I wanted to learn the guitar, so I wrote to a small school in Santiago to ask about evening lessons. My friend Camila told me the teachers there were good, so I was excited. I writeLỗi thì: phải là “wrote” about my age, my level and the days when I could go there. After one week nobody answered, and I thought they did not want a new student. I waited for three weekThiếu số nhiều: phải là “three weeks”, and every morning I checked my phone, you knowCụm từ đệm dùng để ngập ngừng, but there was nothing. I was very disappointedTừ nhấn mạnh và tính từ cơ bản, hạn chế Lexical Resource and a little angry. I did not want to look for another school because this one was near my house. Then I used the school’s website and wrote a short message in the contact form, and I also sent a message on their social media page. Two days later the teacher, Mr Rojas, answerLỗi thì: phải là “answered” me. He said sorry and told me that my first email was in his spam folder, so he did not see it. I felt very relievedTừ nhấn mạnh và tính từ cơ bản, hạn chế Lexical Resource, and also, erTừ ngập ngừng tự nhiên, từ đệm không đáng kể, a little silly because I thought bad things about the school. Now I have lessons every Tuesday after work, and I am practising a song for my mother’s birthday. It teach meLỗi thì: phải là “It taught me” that if nobody answers, I must send a message in another way.

Band 7

I’d like to talk about an email I sent to a music school last January that went unanswered for weeks. I live in Valparaíso, in Chile, and I wanted to learn the guitar, so I wrote to a small school in Santiago to ask about evening lessons. My friend Camila had told me the teachers there were excellent, so I was really looking forward to it. I explained my age, my level and the days when I could travel there. After a week there was still nothing, and I started to think that they weren’t interested in taking on a beginnerThì quá khứ chính xác trong một ý nghĩ được thuật lại. I waited three weeks, checking my phone every morning, and honestly, I’d almost given upDiscourse marker tự nhiên, thể hiện sự bực bội. I felt let downCụm tính từ thay cho một tính từ cơ bản and a bit annoyed, but I didn’t want to try another school, because this one was close to my home. Eventually I tried the contact form on their website and sent a message on their social media page as well. Two days later the teacher, Mr Rojas, replied. He apologised and explained that my first email had landed in his spam folderCollocation tự nhiên, which he only noticed by chance. I was hugely relieved, though also a little embarrassingLỗi dạng từ: phải là “embarrassed” because I’d imagined the worst. I now have lessons every Tuesday, I’m even practising a song for my mother’s birthday, and I’ve learned to follow upCụm động từ chính xác để nói về việc liên hệ lại với ai đó in a different way instead of to waitLỗi dạng động từ: phải là “waiting” and assuming the worst.

Band 8

I’d like to talk about an email I sent to a music school last January and then heard nothing back about for weeks. I live in Valparaíso, in Chile, and I’d decided to learn the guitar, so I wrote to a small school in Santiago to ask about evening lessons, explaining my age, my level and the days when I could travel there. A friend, Camila, had told me the teachers there were excellent, so I was looking forward to it. After a week there was still no answer, and I began to suspect that they couldn’t be bothered with a beginnerCách diễn đạt mang tính thành ngữ, với động từ khuyết thiếu chính xác trong một ý nghĩ được thuật lại. I waited three weeks, checking my phone every morning, and to be perfectly honest, I’d all but given upDiscourse marker tự nhiên đi cùng một cụm cố định. I felt quietly let downTrạng từ và cụm tính từ chính xác, though I didn’t fancy starting again with another school, since this one was close to home. In the end I tried the contact form on their website and messaged their social media page as well. Two days later the teacher, Mr Rojas, replied. He apologised and explained that my first email had ended up in his spam folderCollocation tự nhiên, which he only discovered by chance. I was enormously relieved, if a little sheepish, because I’d jumped to conclusionsThành ngữ chính xác để nói về việc đánh giá quá vội about the school. I now have lessons every Tuesday, I’m even rehearsing a song for my mother’s birthday, and the experience taught me to chase things up through another channel rather than sit and assume the worstCấu trúc đối lập mang phần suy ngẫm.