A friend has agreed to look after your house and pet while you are on holiday. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter give contact details for when you are away give instructions about how to care for your pet describe other household duties Write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write any addresses. Begin your letter as follows:

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Dear Mary, Thank you for agreeing to take care of my pet and house for a week while I travel to my home country due to a family emergency. I am writing
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letter to you to explain how to take care of my cat Lucy and do a
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other household chores.
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, you can always contact me on my Indian number ( +91797387986) or reach out to my brother at +61879766808. He stays an hour away from my place but he can definitely come over if there is an emergency. As you must know, cats are extremely independent and there are actually just a few things that you would have to keep in mind regarding Lucy until I come back.
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, please make sure that you feed her twice a day, her food will be kept in the kitchen beside the refrigerator.
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, it would
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be great if you could please clear her litter once till I come back. If you are uncomfortable doing so, you can ask my helper to clean it while he is at my place. Apart from Lucy, I would have to ask you to water my plants every two days.
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to that, I am expecting an important certificate to be delivered while I am away, I would appreciate it if you could please collect it on my behalf and keep it at your place. I have shared your contact details with the institution, but in case they forget please follow up with them via e-mail at [email protected]. I am extremely grateful for your support
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week. Please feel free to reach out to me any time. Best wishes, Yukta Muthreja
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Word Count

IELTS says that you should write a minimum of 150 words in writing task 1. If you go under word count you will lose marks in task response.

A very long letter will not give you a higher band score.

Aim for between 160 to 190 words in writing task 1. This will ensure a concise letter and will be realistic in terms of time management. You have only 20 minutes to write the letter and you need around 5 minutes of planning time, so you will not be able to write a long letter in 15 minutes.

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