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ast 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 holiday explain why you didn’t write earlier invite them to come and stay with you

#month #holiday #friends #photos #didn’t
Dear Mona and Sam, How have you been? I really miss the wonderful time we had together when we were in Dubai three months ago. We had a lot of fun there with you guys. It was fabulous. Anyway, I’ve just received
photos
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the photos
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 that you’ve sent through the Email. Thank you so much both for
fantastic
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the fantastic
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 holiday in your city and for
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the terrific
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 photos. Sorry, it has taken so long to write back and thank you. Almost, as soon as we landed back
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Maldives
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the Maldives
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, we got extremely busy with Jack graduation ceremony .
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, I was busy with my pile up office work because of my days off. I was thinking, perhaps, you’d be interested in visiting
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the Maldives
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.
Maldives
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The Maldives
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 has so many attractions with loads of opportunities for sightseeing. I’m sure you’d fall in love with the attraction my country has to offer. Since the weather is pleasantly warm
in
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apply
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here now, I will take you to the beach for swimming and
sun bathing
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sunbathing
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. Don’t forget your swimsuit. I’m sure you will enjoy your time here. It’ll be a blast! Jack is just as looking forward to seeing you as I am. Tack care and write back. Best, Sarah
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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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