Q: You are going to visit New Zealand for an 'English and Homestay' program. You have just received details of your homestay host family. Write your first letter to the family. In your letter 1. introduce yourself 2. ask the family some questions to get information that is important to you 3. tell the family about your arrival date and time

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Dear Jessy, I am Rose. Hope you are fine. I am writing

this

letter to inform you that I am the person who is going to stay at your

home

from the 6th of march. With regard to

this

, I need to know how far the city called Nesinland is from your

home

as I want to attend one English class from there. Actually, it would be a 3 days program. After that, I would like to see famous tourist places in New Zealand.

Moreover

, I do not have any idea regarding

this

. Kindly give me some information regarding

this

and I would appreciate it if you can arrange a tour guide for me as I am not familiar with all those places. Apart from

this

, I booked my ticket for the 5th of march and I will reach there the

day.

Additionally

, I have got the details of an airport taxi driver. So,

definitely

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I can reach safely at your

home

by 6.00pm. I am really excited to stay at your

home

. You can directly contact me if any additional information is required at the end. Looking forward to meeting you soon. Yours faithfully Rose Sin

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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
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Word repetition
meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
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Overall Band Score

Coherence and Cohesion: 9.0

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

7 paragraphs

197 words

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