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You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. A friend has agreed to look after your house and pet while you are on holiday. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter: give contact details for when you are away give instructions on how to care for your pet describe other household duties Write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write any addresses. Begin your letter as follows: Dear………….,

#minutes #friend #house #pet #holiday #contact #instructions #care #household #duties #addresses #dear…………
It’s really appreciable for you to accept my invitation to look after my
house
 and pet when I am away
for
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 vacation. I will be flying off to India on 20 July for a week and you can contact me via my
whatsapp
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 number at 65 97875214 as I will be using the same number over there. In case
if
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you are unable to reach me via text msg, you can pass the message to my sis Gayathiri at 91 78494949 who will be
also
 staying with me in Chennai. As I am flying off on
20th
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 Morning, you may come to my
house
 on the 19th
July
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of July
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 night itself to get some rest. I will be passing a set of spare keys to you including the
mail box
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 key.
Next,
I have a pet dog Jimmy who is 3 months old. He is still a baby so I do not tie him up. He is a golden retriever and they are quite friendly with everyone. You may help to feed him every 4 hrs and his milk is being kept in the bottles compartment in the fridge. The bottle bears the name
as
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Jimmy for
your
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easy identification. Other than that, you can let him play in the
house
 and he might chew some of the furniture. That would not be an issue for me as I will be replacing new furniture soon. Jane, please help to treat yourselves with cakes and pastries in the fridge. I will top up on the 19th
July
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 for you. When it comes to household duties, I appreciate
if
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 you can mop the hall and 2 rooms daily in the morning as Jimmy might pee here and there as he is not toilet trained yet. Thank you for assisting me in
this
. You may help to iron some of the washed clothes in the laundry basket near the kitchen balcony. I would like to extend my advance thanks to you for taking care of my
house
as well as
 my pet. I wish
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you a pleasant stay and see you on the 27 July.
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The Greeting

Depending on the style and aim of the letter, you will need to adapt your greeting.

Always start an informal letter in the ways:

  • Dear + name
  • Hi / Hello + name

‘Dear...’ is more appropriate, so stick with this.

For a formal letter there are two options for the greeting:

  • Use Dear Sir or Madam if you don’t know the name of the person you are writing to.
  • Use Dear + surname if you do know their name, e.g. Dear Mr Smith or Dear Mrs Jones.

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You are not ready for IELTS Speaking, if you

  • Can’t speak smoothly without pauses.
  • Use simple words and lack vocabulary.
  • Feel nervous and anxious when speaking.
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