You have a Facebook friend living in another country and s/he is curious to learn about a major news item in your country. Write a letter to your Facebook friend. In your letter • describe a news story in your country • explain why people are interested in it • say how the story personally relates to you You do NOT need to write any addresses. Begin your letter as follows: Dear ..., You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. You should write at least 150 words.

Dear Jannett, I hope you are doing well. I received your letter inquiring about the new Hydro Runner Bike named, “Wike’”. I must admit, it is one of the finest and creative technical projects
that is
doing wonders in my country, ever since its launch
last
month. Being an engineering student, I understand your sheer interest in
this
new development and would like to answer your queries
accordingly
. Thomas
Evary
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Every
Avery
is a young boy aged 27 who decided to build a
two wheeled
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bike that completely operates by energy generated via water. He published his draft idea in his final year project, but the practical execution took 3 years to complete. I must admit that’s
rather
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short period for
such
an innovative invention.
General
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public in my country demonstrated
keen
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interest in Wike because it is extremely
cost efficient
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and
pollution free
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. It neither emits carbon monoxide nor any other harmful gasses that pollutes the air. Thomas is being offered $200,000 USD to sell his idea to an automotive company in Germany, so they can manufacture these bikes at a commercial level and make
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readily available to people across the globe. They have
also
promised to keep the selling price lower than expected as a gesture to promote their corporate social responsibility towards global warming and climate change. In my opinion, I think it is a great initiative and even better technological development. We as engineering students can take ideas from
this
project and come up with something similar yet unique,
such
as a Solar Runner Bike. Let me know what you think of
this
and we can plan something together. Take care of yourself, hope to hear from you soon. Yours Faithfully, Anna

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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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