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

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Hi Anny, Riya and Pinky, Hope

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letter finds you all in radiant health and the best of spirits. I’m writing to thank you all for the wonderful memories we had and the awesome snaps I received.

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heartily

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thanks for the indelible impression you all made on me. It will really be a

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lifetime

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life time

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moment to cherish. The photos I got were stunning and it took me again to those venturesome days. Some pictures were really funny and my sisters laughed out a lot after seeing those.

Actually

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after returning from Singapore, I did not get

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time to write

you

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as I went to see my aunt who was admitted to a hospital in Noida .Now she is discharged and am totally free. I am inviting you all

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my place, Bangalore, India whenever you are free. There are a plethora of places to visit here and will have

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of fun again.

Hoing

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to see you all soon. Yours Lovingly, Neha

chinmay.cs56Fri Nov 29 2019

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The Greeting

Depending on the style and aim of the letter, you will need to adapt your greeting.

Always start an informal letter in the ways:

Dear + name
Hi / Hello + name

‘Dear...’ is more appropriate, so stick with this.

For a formal letter there are two options for the greeting:

Use Dear Sir or Madam if you don’t know the name of the person you are writing to.
Use Dear + surname if you do know their name, e.g. Dear Mr Smith or Dear Mrs Jones.

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meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
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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: 4.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 4.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 5.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

8 paragraphs

167 words

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The Greeting

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