One of your friends recently had a birthday celebration, but you missed it and you forgot to tell your friend that you couldn't attend. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter: -apologise for missing the birthday celebration -explain why you missed it and why you didn't tell your friend -say what you would like to do to show you are sorry

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Dear John, How are you? I hope you are well. I am writing to apologize for missing your birthday party. I felt so sorry not to tell you at the

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moment that I could not attend your birthday on time, and I hope you can forgive me.

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, my original plan was to attend your birth, and I

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prepare your loved gift as a bar of chocolate in advance. But,

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was an urgent issue happening at that time. My mother was broken her leg in the bathroom, so I sent her to a hospital.

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, I forgot to tell you at

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moment that I was not able to attend your celebration. Afterwards, I stayed there to take care of my mother because she had to stay in the hospital overnight in order to monitor her leg situation. I would like to host another dinner party to compensate for my mistake regarding not showing up at your celebration.

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, I hope you and your family can come over to my house

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Sunday and I will prepare authentic Taiwanese cuisine to celebrate our gathering. I look forward to hearing your confirmation by

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Friday if you and your family are willing to visit my house. Warm Wishes, Claire

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Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately

Linking words are very important in your essay.

To score effectively on your IELTS exam, you should make an effort to implement short concise sentences coupled with linking words.

Almost every sentence in your essay should have a linking word of some sort.

In fact, the only sentences that can omit linking words are your background sentence and thesis.

Linking word examples:

firstly
secondly
thirdly
in additional
moreover
also
for example
for instance
therefore
however
although
even though
despite

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Overall Band Score

Coherence and Cohesion: 7.0

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: 8.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

8 paragraphs

212 words

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