Last month you had a holiday overseas where you stayed with some friends. They have just sent you some photos of your holiday. Write a letter to your friends. In your letter: thank them for the photos and for the holiday explain why you didn’t write earlier invite them to come and stay with you

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Dear Abi and Bran, How are you? I hope all is well. I just received the photos you sent. The photos were amazing! Staring back at them made me miss you even more. It was indeed a wonderful experience to spend the holidays with you. Anyways, I want to thank you both for the photos and for letting me stay at your

place

. I really had a great

time

Time

flew too fast but thankfully we were able to use it well. I'm sorry I was not able to write back the soonest because I was so swamped with work the moment I came back to the office. It was like back to reality again! I wish I could extend the holidays and not be dragged into my daily boring routine. And since we already spend the holidays at your

place

this

time

why not here at my

place

? Summer holiday is just around the corner and

this

time

of the year is great for outdoor activities. We have a great trekking

place

and we can visit the temple ruins here in Cambodia. Don't worry about your accommodation. Both of you can stay at my house. I have a vacant room which you can use. Write back soon and let me know if the plan suits you! Warm regards, Alex

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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
2
Word repetition
meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
0
Grammar mistakes
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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: 7.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 9.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 8.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

8 paragraphs

220 words

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