You recently moved to a different house. Write a letter to an English-speaking friend. In your letter, explain why you have moved describe the new house invite your friend to come and visit Write at least 150 words.

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Dear Darshit, Hope you are doing well and had a great Thanksgiving! I am writing

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letter to invite you to my new apartment. Remember I told you about my ongoing interview with Ashland? I am excited to tell you that I received an offer from them about two weeks ago, and due to that I had to move to a different place, which is closer to my new company. The new apartment is a bigger, two-bedroom, unit in a newly constructed building near downtown. It has all the basic amenities like air conditioning, heating, a microwave and especially a dishwasher, which was missing at my previous place, so now I don't have to wash plates by hand!

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, surprisingly, It has an open kitchen design, so I can watch my favourite TV show while I cook. It

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has a big living area with a fireplace. I recently finished decorating the house, so now you can

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visit me for the holidays. I am planning a small party during that time and I would like to invite you

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that. It will be great as we have not met since Christmas. I can't wait to see you again, my friend! Best Regards, Vimal Thakkar.

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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: 7.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 7.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 8.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

8 paragraphs

205 words

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You recently moved to a different house. Write a letter to an English-speaking friend. In your letter, explain why you have moved describe the new house invite your friend to come and visit Write at least 150 words.

Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately

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