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 Write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write any addresses.

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Dear John, I hope you are doing well and enjoyed the party

last

night. If you remember, I have planned my holidays

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week and as per our

last

conversation

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you will stay at my home for that week. I have already set up everything for you in advance and have made few notes

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if there is

any

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emergency. You can contact me on my new number 708-549-7888 and I have activated

voicemail

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box on it, to get messages if there is no network. As

you

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already familiar with my dog – Jack and I believe he will not give you any trouble. I have booked an appointment with his doctor for Thursday, so please take him to the hospital for monthly vaccination. One more thing, his food bucket is already full, so don’t give any outside food to him.

Last

but not least, I have placed an envelope for

this

month’s Utilities bills. So, please make sure you will drop

this

while going to

office

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on Monday. I was expecting

visit

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plumber

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yesterday, but he reschedule his visit to Monday Evening, and he will contact you directly before coming.

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the end, I am very thankful for your help and I owe you big time for

this

. See you soon. With Warm wishes, Ketan Sharma

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Linking word examples:

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
0Word repetition
meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
10Grammar mistakes
 

8 paragraphs

217 words

6.00

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

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