One of your friends recently had a birthday celebration, but you missed it and you forgot to tell your friend that you couldn't attend. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter, •apologise for missing the birthday celebration •explain why you missed it and why you didn't tell your friend • and say what you would like to do to show that you are sorry

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Dear Ravi, I hope you are taking good care of yourself. I am writing

this

letter to tell you why I missed your

birthday

eve.

Firstly

, I’m very sorry for not being part of your

birthday

celebration. I know there hasn’t been a day where we missed

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and meeting each other on our birthdays. As you know I am planning to move abroad, and it’s been a couple of days

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since I

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was preparing for the IELTS exam. Unfortunately, I got an exam date on the same date

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your

birthday

. I was already nervous about whether I would be able to achieve my desired bands.

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, I wasn’t able to come on your

birthday

Furthermore

, to offset what I did. I have planned to come next week with the gift that you always wanted as a token of love. I hope you will forgive me. I am looking forward to meeting you soon. Regards, Harsh

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4Linking words
meeting the goal of 7 or more
1Word repetition
meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
3Grammar mistakes
 

8 paragraphs

157 words

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Overall Band Score

Coherence and Cohesion: 9.0

Logical structure

Single idea per paragraph

Greeting and closing

Accurate linking words

Variety in linking words

Lexical resource: 6.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 6.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 9.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

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