You have just heard some good news about your friend. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter • say how you heard the news • arrange a time to visit your friend at his/her house • explain what you will bring with you

Dear Ashraf, How are you? At ,

first

I want to express my happiness with the good news I had heard about you, and let me congratulate you on the new

baby

. I was known that you have got a new

baby

when our common friend Ibrahim met me in(at) the morning at the bus station and I asked him about you, he was very glad to tell me that good news. I ask you to permit me to visit you at your home. I am very interesting to take a glance at the new

baby

and your wife, I will visit you

Friday at 8pm if

this

time is not suitable for you please inform me when I can visit you. I would be proud to bring a gift for the

baby

. It will be the

first

gift you being for him, it contains a new shirt, cap and a pair of socks.

In addition

, for the

baby

`s ,gift I will bring a pocket of flowers for your wife. I look forward to seeing you soon. Yours sincerely Ahmed shaky

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Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately

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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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4Linking words
meeting the goal of 7 or more
1Word repetition
meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
0Grammar mistakes
 

8 paragraphs

181 words

8.00

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: 9.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 9.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 7.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

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You have just heard some good news about your friend. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter • say how you heard the news • arrange a time to visit your friend at his/her house • explain what you will bring with you

Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately

In many countries around the world, rural people are moving to cities, so the population in the countryside is decreasing. Do you think this is a positive or a negative development?

what are the advantages and disadvantages of getting married

Some say you should always marry for love; other say that in an uncertain world it wiser to marry for money. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

some people think that cities are the best places to live. others prefer to live in a rural area. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of living in the city to living in the countryside.

You arranged to visit a friend in Canada but an important event at home now means that you must change the dates of the visit. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter explain the important event apologise for the situation suggest a new arrangement