Mrs Barrett, an english-speaking woman who lives in your town, has advertised for someone to help her in her home for a few hours a day next summer. Write a letter to Mrs Barrett. In your letter - suggest how you could help her in her home - say why you would like to do this work - explain when you will and wil not be available

Dear Mrs Barrett, My name is Mariana, I am 26 years old and I am a student at Insper University. I saw your advertisement and I would like to offer my help
next
summer
.
Next
summer
, I won’t be able to travel, as I always do during my
summer
break, since I plan to save some money for my exchange abroad. As that being said, I am free to help you anytime between 10am and 16pm from
monday
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to
friday
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Friday
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as you prefer. I will be able to help you with all the household tasks,
such
as cooking lunch and dinner, cleaning the kitchen and the rooms, helping you with the garden and with the pets (if you have any)... By the way, I love animals and I would be more than welcome to take the dogs out for a walk. I could
also
water the plants, make
you
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your
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company or organize your closet. I would love to help you out
next
summer
.and
hopefully
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we will be able to work something out so I can help you
next
summer
. I would
also
like to better understand your needs and expectations, so feel free to call me anytime so we can talk about it. Thank you for your attention and I can’t wait to hear
it
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back from you, Mariana.
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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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