A friend from another country is moving to your city for work. He / she has asked you for advice about living in your city. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter • suggest an interesting part of the city to live in • describe the public transport in your city • say how your friend can meet new people there

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Dear Sarah, How are you doing? I’ve been so happy since I know that you’re going to live in São Paulo, congrats on your new job, you deserve it! I believe we can spend some time together as we used to do when I lived in Montreal. You don’t need to worry I can show you the best part of

this

amazing

city

. I highly recommend you rent an apartment downtown, more specifically close to Paulista Avenue, I know it might be a bit expensive. But believe in me! In

this

location you’ll be able to save money and time as your office is in the centre of the

city

, you can go to work using the easy get around using the public transportation. Unfortunately, in the North of the

city

the public transportation is too crowded so, avoid living in

this

region. I’ve been living in the South of Sao Paulo since I got married, for ,me

this

region is so convenient as me

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my husband work from home. Don’t be worried about making friends, São Paulo is a great

city

, people here are so friendly and there are a lot of bars and restaurants around the

city

Also

, I have some single friends who came from another

city

as well. If you want, I can introduce them to you. Please, let me know what time you’ll exactly arrive at Guarulhos airport. I want to pick you up and we could go to my favourite restaurant. With love, Raquel

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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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meeting the goal of 7 or more
1Word repetition
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Overall Band Score

Coherence and Cohesion: 4.0

Logical structure

Single idea per paragraph

Greeting and closing

Accurate linking words

Variety in linking words

Lexical resource: 8.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 8.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 5.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

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