You recently moved to a new address. You want to tell a friend who lives in another city about your new home. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter: • explain why you moved • describe your new home • invite your friend to visit you

Dear Maria, Hope you are doing well! It’s been an incredibly long time! I was overloaded with work, so I didn’t have enough time to write
you
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. Actually, I moved to the other flat a few days ago and due to that I want to arrange a get-together and you’re invited! I decided to move
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because I found a new flat in the
center
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of our city. It’s really comfortable
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when everything is very close to you.
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, it takes just
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min walk to get to the underground or a bus station and I don’t have to wake up earlier to get to my work.
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this
flat
located
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in
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old historical building, surrounded
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shops. If I want to buy something immediately I just need to go downstairs and that’s it!
Although
the location is amazing,
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flat is quite small. I have just one
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living room
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living-room
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and a small bathroom. By the way,
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flat really needs a new refurbishment, because the
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system is broken and sometimes I have electricity issues.
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the furniture is old-fashioned, but I hope, that I will deal with these problems soon. I really hope that you will be able to join my little party and I will wait for your reply! I look forward to hearing from you soon! Love, Eva
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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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