You have recently been to stay with an old friend for a few days. You haven't seen each other for a long time and was happy to meet him/her. Now write a letter to this friend. In your letter: - say how you felt about the visit - refer to something enjoyable that you did while staying with him/her - invite your friend to visit you

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Dear Mohamed, How are you? It was nice to meet you recently after a long time we did not see each other. During my stay with you, I felt extremely happy as it brought to me a lot of great memories and like old days we had great moments talking about different things and doing various activities, but I need to mention that, staying late at our favourite place " Spot cafe" was one of the best things I ever had since ages, if you remember we used to go to

this

place frequently when we were studying at university and playing cards till dawn, so it goes without saying, doing

this

again was one of the best things I had from a long time. In the end, I would like to mention again how I was happy, and I am thinking of doing it again, but

this

time I am inviting you to come to visit me in my new city and I promise you we will have perfect days together. I wish I can hear from you soon. Best Regards,

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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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1Linking words
meeting the goal of 7 or more
0Word repetition
meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
0Grammar mistakes
 

6 paragraphs

182 words

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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: 9.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 9.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 6.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

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