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

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Dear John, It has been so long

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since we

last

were in touch. I still remembered attending Stephanie's 7th

birthday

last

year

and it still seems just yesterday. It's amazing how fast kids grow up!

Firstly

, I would like to thank you for inviting me to your

her

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8th

birthday

. I haven't missed any of her

birthday

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till

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date.

However

, I'm afraid,

this

time I won't be able to make it. I am travelling to Canada

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the beginning of

month and will be coming back only at the end of

this

year

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is entirely needed for business

purpose

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and unfortunately, I will not have any say in

this

, as the entire trip has already been planned and funded by my company.

Although

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I won't be able to attend Stephanie's

birthday

this

year

, I was thinking of visiting you and your family during

New

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Year

holidays, if it's okay with you. Let me know

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if the plan works out and we can even go somewhere nearby for a small vacation. Give my best wishes and love to Stephanie and Bella. Will be waiting for your reply. Thank you, Amrita

Tue Mar 10 2020

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Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately

Linking words are very important in your essay.

To score effectively on your IELTS exam, you should make an effort to implement short concise sentences coupled with linking words.

Almost every sentence in your essay should have a linking word of some sort.

In fact, the only sentences that can omit linking words are your background sentence and thesis.

Linking word examples:

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

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Linking words
meeting the goal of 7 or more
2
Word repetition
meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
9
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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: 4.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 4.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 9.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

7 paragraphs

191 words

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