CELPIP Reading Part 1Reading Correspondence Practice

Hi Ethan,

I wanted to check our plans for our trip to the Harbour Room concert on Friday. You planned to drive us from my building at six and use the venue parking pass. I was looking forward to it, and everything seemed settled until this week. I need to change the plan because your work shift now ends too late for the original pickup. A coworker called in sick and your manager extended the evening coverage. As a result, we would miss the opening performance if we waited for your car.

I first checked the regional train schedule and the venue shuttle times. The five forty train connects with a free shuttle that reaches the doors before seven. Before suggesting a change, I reviewed our earlier messages and the details already confirmed. One detail to keep in mind is that the parking pass can be cancelled without charge until Thursday. My preferred solution is meeting at Birch Station and travelling by train and shuttle. That would work best because it gets us there on time and neither of us has to rush from work.

That approach would preserve the parts of the plan that still work for everyone. If that works for you, I can update everything else as soon as you reply. Another possibility is keeping the car plan and skipping the opening performer. The difficulty with that option is that we bought full-event tickets mainly because we wanted to hear that performer. I thought about dropping the plan completely, but that would create more trouble than it solves. I’d rather use one of the practical alternatives that is already available.

The practical detail I have not resolved is that my digital ticket account still lists your vehicle plate for parking. Please tell me what you think we should do about that part of the plan. I kept the records about our trip to the Harbour Room concert on Friday together for this review. No other related plan needs to change while this matter is reviewed. A written reply about meeting at Birch Station and travelling by train and shuttle would prevent confusion.

Thank you for considering the timing and practical effects of this request. I need your answer by Thursday at noon. I must cancel the parking pass before its free-change period ends. What I’m hoping is that you can take the train with me and confirm the Birch Station meeting time. Once I hear from you, I will remove the vehicle plate and buy our train fares.

Talk soon,

Sofia