Last month you had a holiday overseas where you stayed with some friends. They have just sent you some photos of your holiday. Write a letter to your friends. In your letter: thank them for the photos and for the holidays explain why you didn't write earlier invite them to come and stay with you

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Dear Jason and Stephen,
Firstly
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, I would like to express my happiness and gratitude for the days we have spent together. Since our exchange program in
China
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we have been making plans to meet each other but
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finally
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it is done. I received your letter
last
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morning, while I was having my breakfast. As soon as your envelope has arrived, I opened it and started to see the pictures with my mother.
Such
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amazing pictures! For sure they are memories for our entire lives. I would like to apologize
myself
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for writing to you just now, a month after the trip. As soon as I have landed back in Brazil, I have faced a mess at home. My apartment's landlord has contacted me asking my exit from the building in two weeks,
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I spent my
last
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weeks looking for a new place to move. The main reason for writing to you
besides
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expressing my gratitude
,
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is inviting both of you
for
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my birthday party. I have booked an amazing bungalow in
Rio
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the Rio
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de Janeiro countryside, where we can spend some days. It is restricted to family and my closest friend
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than
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I would appreciate to have you there. Call me as soon as you receive
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letter, so I can give you more details about accommodation. See you soon, Rodolfo
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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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