BEC Vantage Writing Test | Writing An Email

Example of BEC Vantage Writing Task - an email

Dear Mr Markham,

Late payment

I regret to say that we have not yet received payment for the goods that we delivered to you in march, although the agreement was that you would pay in 30 days. This is causing us severe cashflow problems, and unless you pay us immediately, we will have to stop supplying you with the goods you require.

However, I would also like to warn you that if you do not pay promptly, we will be unable to offer you our usual discounts in the future.

I look forward to receiving your payment shortly.

Yours sincerely,

Georgina Chandler
Accounts manager

BEC Vantage Writing Question

Cambridge Business English Certificate Writing Tasks

You received the above letter this morning.

Write an email to your assistant telling him to:

• Investigate the cause of the problem
• Pay the invoice
• Apologize and explain to Ms Chandler

You should write about 40-50 words.

BEC Vantage sample email answer

Dear Mike,

Please see the attached letter. I’ve checked our records, and everything seems to be correct, so they must have made a mistake at the bank. Could you phone them to find out what has caused the problem? Also, please call Ms Chandler to apologize and to tell her what has happened.

Thanks