You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. A friend you met last year has invited you to visit him/her in his/her country. You have never been there before and need some information before you leave. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter: request advise about a gift for his/her family ask about activities and clothing in his/her country find out about the food You do NOT need to write any address. You should write at least 150 words

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Hi Sarah, Hope you are doing well.

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the time I have started the preparation

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my trip to your country. I am writing

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letter to gather some important information so that I can organize my travel in a much efficient way. Hope you will definitely help me.

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and most importantly I seek your advice regarding the gifts which I want to get for your family, right now I am in a confusing state and unable to decide what to get for your family members. Your suggestion over

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will help in making up my mind. Apart from

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wanted to know about the common activities and apparel of your country and

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but not least brief me

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about the available type of food in your surrounding. Your response will eagerly be awaited and I cannot wait to meet you. Hope to see you soon. Till

then

take care of yourself and your family. Your Friend, James

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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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5Linking words
meeting the goal of 7 or more
0Word repetition
meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
2Grammar mistakes
 

6 paragraphs

162 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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