A friend has agreed to look after your house and pet while you are on holiday. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter: • give contact details for when you are away • give instructions on how to care for your pet • describe other household duties

Hey jack, It is been a long time

that

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since

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I haven’t heard from you. I hope you will be fine and your family members are

also

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doing well. The reason behind writing

this

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letter to you

that

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is that

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I am really grateful to you as you admitted to

take

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taking

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care of my house and pet during my absence. As

you

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areyou

wereyou

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aware about

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the

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hectic job that I work round the clock. Since

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apply

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I got my vacation approval I was not only anxious

for

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about

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house

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the house

a house

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but

also

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keener

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my dog Tommy. In fact, once I asked you and you agreed

upon

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I was chuffed. I am flying to Toronto on 21 December

therefore

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; I want to inform you

some

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of some

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crucial things. Perhaps my cell phone number will not be working

however

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, I will available to answer your

any

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apply

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query by mail if any rise. My Tommy is very sensitive in terms of morning walk so request to you please don’t miss his morning work. Apart from that, you can give him food twice in

day

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a day

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Furthermore

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, do not forget to open the switch of

outside

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the outside

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light

despite

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apply

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, no one is at home. In

morning

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the morning

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, you will find the newspaper hanging on

door

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the door

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as I have instructed to newspaper vendor so, please keep

inside

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it inside

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. Rest, you know well and you can find the keys

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my house from my neighbour. Looking forward to your reply. Best wishes, MISBAHA

misbahamzahir8

Nov 24, 2022

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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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Linking words
meeting the goal of 7 or more
0
Word repetition
meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
19
Grammar mistakes
detected issues

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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: 4.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 4.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 9.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

8 paragraphs

236 words

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