An Australian friend is coming to visit you, and it will be his/her birthday during the visit. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter: • say how you feel about the visit? • suggest what you could do on his/her birthday? • ask what your friend thinks of your idea? Write at least 150 words You do not need to write any addresses Begin your letter as follows Dear….

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Dear Dilly, I have really missed you, I hope you and your siblings are doing well? I am writing to discuss your forth-coming trip to my city. I must confess, I am really excited about your planned visit to my country. I have been thinking about our

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hangout in London when we went to the O2 Arena with my cousin. Since you informed me about your arrival

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month, I told my Dad about you coming over and he promised to give me the keys to the Banana Island duplex which would be a plus to all the plans I am making for you. Surprisingly, your birthday falls on the fifth day of your arrival, I guess you have forgotten. I was thinking we could use one of the most prominent beach houses in Lagos for a weekend getaway party or we can have dinner/lunch at Koi Japanese restaurant on Victoria Island.

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, we can

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go to the orphanage homes and give alms to the needy along the line. Do you like any of the suggestions I made, I was thinking from my own perspective and I have no idea if you made plans already without informing me? Thank you for being a great friend Dilly. I look forward to reading from you soon. Yours affectionately, Simeon.

Submitted by simeonagbanoma on Thu Jun 30 2022

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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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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: 9.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 9.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 5.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

8 paragraphs

219 words

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