You have been offered a job that will require you to move to a city that you have never visited before. You have an acquaintance who lives there. Write a letter to the acquaintance. In your letter •explain your situation •say why you feel unsure about living in the city •ask some question about life in the city.

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Hi Tracey, Greetings of the day! Hope you are keeping well. The reason for my letter is that I have been offered a job in

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prestigious FMCG company,

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, they request me to move to

Colombo

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due to the working schedules. Since you have been living in

Colombo

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for a long period of time, I'm sure you can help me to make myself comfortable here.

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is my

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time in

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city I would require your assistance for a few days until I settle down. I am still not comfortable in terms of public transport which includes the bus and train schedules, which I need to get to know since I have to travel daily to work.

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, I am planning to move in all by myself so I need to know a few things about the surroundings as well. Please let me know how are the people in

Colombo

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generally. Can you please tell me if is it safe security-wise to live alone? Are there places that I could buy food for a considerably cheaper amount close by to my area ? What is the average accommodation cost here? While I am excited about the opportunity I hope I could get some tips to adjust and fit in here in

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from you. Looking forward to your earliest response. Thank you! Andrea

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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: 4.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

9 paragraphs

225 words

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