A family member is coming to stay with you. He/she will be arriving by train in the morning, but you won’t be home until the evening. Write a letter to your relative. In your letter: explain the arrangements you have made for him/her to get keys tell your relative how to get from the train station to your house say when you will be home and suggest what you could do together that evening Write at least 150 words.

Dear Uncle, I hope you are fit and healthy, it's been a
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since we didn't catch up together. First of all, I would like to welcome you to my residence, for choosing it as your vacation destination
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I,d get bored on
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springtime off week. Indeed, I am so excited to see you after a long year. It would be my great pleasure to host you at my place, as I have learnt a variety of cuisines in my part-time culinary classes.
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, I apologise in advance that I would not be available to receive you at the station because I have been scheduled by my boss for an urgent meeting with overseas clients on the largest project of our company. But I have spoken to my bosom friend to pick you up from the station
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of me, so he will wait for you at terminal one on the ground floor, exactly at the spot where the subway stops for departure.
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, I will send you his photo so that you could identify him easily.
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, I will hand over the condo keys to him and
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reserve two spots at Balcony restaurant to have your brunch, probably you would be hungry after a long journey, and my friend will accompany you everywhere before dropping you home. As per the expectation, you may arrive at my place around 1.30pm, and you would have plenty of time to refresh yourself before I arrive home in the evening around 4pm.
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, I have organised some of my childhood games that I enjoyed playing with you at an early age like; the Carrom board and Badminton, after cheering up the cup of tea with you. I can't wait to see you. Lots of love, Mandeep

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Word Count

IELTS says that you should write a minimum of 150 words in writing task 1. If you go under word count you will lose marks in task response.

A very long letter will not give you a higher band score.

Aim for between 160 to 190 words in writing task 1. This will ensure a concise letter and will be realistic in terms of time management. You have only 20 minutes to write the letter and you need around 5 minutes of planning time, so you will not be able to write a long letter in 15 minutes.

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