Last month you had an overseas holiday with some friends where you stayed at their house. They have just sent you some holiday photos. Write a letter to your friend . In your letter: a. Thank them for the holiday and the photos. b. Explain why you didn't write earlier. c. invite them to come and stay with you

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Hi Yan and Lyn, How are you? I hope you doing fine both of you, thank you for sending me the picture.

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really appreciate it,it is

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a memorable time for me. I hope to have a chance to do it again. It is pleasure to stay at your place. I am sorry for the late reply to your letter

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come back from there, I fall sick for about 3 days, maybe because of changing the weather so suddenly, but now I am getting better, so do not be worried about me. Christmas eve is coming in a few weeks, I want to invite both of you to

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my place and we can celebrate together, both of you can stay at my place, I have

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plenty of room and space to have activities together. I hope to hear from you soon. Your loving friend, Lynda

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The Closing

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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: 5.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 5.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 5.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

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