Your friend has a baby recently and you bought a present for baby. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter: Describe what you bought. Why you choose the present? Suggest some arrangements to visit your friend to bring the present.

Dear Mike, How are you and your little one doing? By the way, congrats again, it's very heartwarming to see you having a kid. I am sorry I couldn't come to meet you guys as I have been caught up in work. That's why I have bought a small
cradle
as a gift for your baby. It is nice, cosy and has your favourite blue colour. There are some really useful functions in-built into the
cradle
so I thought it would come in handy.
Last
time we talked, you had talked about how you don't really own a
cradle
, but borrowed it from your sister for the time being. I decided
then
and there that I would give you a
cradle
as it will fulfil an important need of the baby.
Also
, I was planning to buy it earlier, but the shopkeeper asked me to wait for the newer model to come out, and he was not wrong. It is really marvellous how many features they have added in
such
a small, simple thing
.
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As I haven't seen you in a long time, I would like to personally bring the present to your house. I
also
want to meet your cute boy and hold him in my arms. There is a long weekend next week, so how about I plan a trip to your place
then
? It has been
long
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due anyway, please let me know if your family is free
then
. I would love to hang out with you guys for a day or so. See you
then
! Your friend, Mihir
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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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