Read the situation below and write an email in response. You have 9 minutes. You should write 80–120 words.
You recently completed an evening pottery course at a local arts centre. When you collected your fired stoneware bowls yesterday, you noticed that the glaze had blistered and several pieces were cracked. Write an email to the studio coordinator, Mr Henderson.
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Read the situation below and write an email in response. You have 9 minutes. You should write 80–120 words.
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You are organising a team-building afternoon for your marketing department next month. You want to arrange a private pottery wheel throwing workshop for eight colleagues. Write an email to the manager of a local ceramic studio, Ms Patel.
You are preparing a collection of handmade ceramic mugs for an upcoming neighbourhood craft market, but your pottery wheel has suddenly broken down before you could finish. Write an email to your friend and fellow potter, Alex, to ask for help.
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