A friend who lives in a different city has invited you to his/her daughter's 8th birthday. However, you can not accept the invitation due to some personal reasons. Write a letter to this friend. In your letter: thank him for the invitation mention why you can not attend the birthday party offer to meet him some other day Write at least 150 words.

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Dear Wilson, It was great to hear from you and I’m really surprised that Diana has already turned

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8. It sounds as if she has grown so fast. I wish her a happy

birthday

and thank you for inviting me to

this

special occasion. I would love to be at Diana's

birthday

party but I’m terribly sorry that I can not make it due to some deadlines at my office

week. The problem is that I’ve been promoted to the assistant manager position a few months ago and the work pressure has skyrocketed since

then

. The office management has assured me that I will be given an assistant soon but until that happens, I will hardly have time to spend for

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. Perhaps I can visit you sometime

summer when I hope I will stay with you for a couple of days. Please share some

birthday

photos on Facebook so that I get a glimpse of the celebration. I owe Diana a

birthday

gift. Anyway, I must finish today. So thanks once again for your kind invitation and I do hope that we can get together sometime in the summer. Warm wishes, Harris

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firstly
secondly
thirdly
in additional
moreover
also
for example
for instance
therefore
however
although
even though
despite

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3Linking words
meeting the goal of 7 or more
1Word repetition
meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
2Grammar mistakes
 

7 paragraphs

196 words

7.50

Overall Band Score

Coherence and Cohesion: 7.0

Logical structure

Single idea per paragraph

Greeting and closing

Accurate linking words

Variety in linking words

Lexical resource: 7.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 7.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 9.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

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