You are going for a one-week vacation and your friend agreed to stay at your place while you are away. Write a letter to him/her. In your letter, you should: thank her/him and tell the dates of your holiday explain how he/she enters the house describe what you expect him/her to do.

Dear Dave, How've you been? It was astonishing news that you could come and do house-sit for me. I feel miserable
to ask
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you out like
this
,
however
, I got totally no chance to reject it since my office wanted me to go one-week vacation to a job site. I'll be leaving on
25th
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the 25th
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of April, and I'd like to request you to come
at
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that day or one day ahead if you could spare some time. I'll leave the front door key in the
letter box
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for your access into the house. Please don't worry if you lost it because I got another spare key. I'll drop the main entrance key at my neighbour who lives nearby my house, and his number is 123-456-789. You can contact him as soon as you reach here. I was wondering if you could do watering the plants
at
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the
back yard
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. What's more, please pet my dog, like walking around the house and giving him food twice a day. You can find a bag of dog biscuits beside the fridge. Thank you for your kindness. Best wishes, Tun Naung Win
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Appreciate
  • Grateful
  • House-sit
  • Trust
  • Holiday
  • Dates
  • Entering','Instructions
  • Security
  • Expectations
  • Take care
  • Pet
  • Watering plants
  • Collect mail
  • Maintain cleanliness
  • Potential issues
  • Conclude
  • Confidence
  • Reciprocate
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