A friend has agreed to look after your house and pet while you are on holiday. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter • give contact details for when you are away • give instructions about how to care for your pet • describe other household duties

Dear Subash, Hope
this
letter finds you in good health and great spirit.
First
and foremost, I would like to thank you for your generous offer to look after my house and care for my dog, Julius Ceaser, during my vacation. I will be starting
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my holiday to Sri Lanka on the 20th of March, 2020. I will be staying in a resort near Bentota
that is
on the West Coast of Sri Lanka. While away, I will be available to take calls in my current mobile number (+91 4342343432) as I have enabled
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Roaming feature. As far as Julius Ceaser is concerned, he is very docile and friendly and will move around just about fine with you. He has to be fed three times during the day with dog food. I have stashed Ceaser's food supplies to
last
the entire duration of my trip. You can call him by name when it’s time to feed, he’ll respond. His usual feed timings are 8:00 AM, 1:00 PM and 7:00 PM. Apart from taking care of my pet, please ensure that the trash is disposed of and the kitchen garden is watered on a daily basis. Thanks again for your generous help during times of dire need. Yours truly,

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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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