Last month you had a holiday overseas where you stayed with some friends. They have just sent you some photos of your holiday. Write a letter to your friends. In your letter • Thank them for the photos and for the holiday • Explain why you didn’t write earlier • Invite them to come and stay with you

#month #holiday #friends #photos #didn’t

Dear John, Mon & Lee, I hope you will find

this

letter in good health. I am extremely happy to receive the photos you send me

last

week. A big thank

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all of you for capturing memorable moments and for making my stay a pleasant one. After returning from the trip, I, as usual, got busy with my office workload and daily routine activities. A couple of times, I thought about writing a letter to all of you. But, I got engaged in a new assignment allocated to me by the management of our company. I hope you will understand my position.

However

, I would like to make a request to all of you kindly visit my home city Goa in the month of December after completion of your term exam.

Moreover

, a large international movie carnival is organized in the month of December which I personally believe that all of us will have lots of enjoyment.

Therefore

, I assume that all of you will make

this

trip possible.

Nevertheless

, please don’t worry about your stay as you all are going to accommodate at my house especially in my personal room. Looking forward to hearing from you soon, in case of any new developments in

this

matter due to any reason feel free to contact me. Yours faithfully Amritpal

Sat Aug 10 2019

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The Closing

The style of the letter determine how you have to close it.

Check out the suggested closing sentences for each type of letter in the General IELTS Test. The closing sentence should be the last sentence of your letter.

Formal style (To someone you have not met, whose name you don’t know)

Yours faithfully,

Semi-formal (To someone you may or may not have met, whose last name you know)

Yours sincerely,

Informal (To someone you know well, whose first name you know and use)

Best regards,
Warm wishes,

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6Linking words
meeting the goal of 7 or more
0Word repetition
meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
1Grammar mistakes
 

6 paragraphs

220 words

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Overall Band Score

Coherence and Cohesion: 9.0

Logical structure

Single idea per paragraph

Greeting and closing

Accurate linking words

Variety in linking words

Lexical resource: 8.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 8.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 5.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

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