4. Thanking a friend for a holiday. You have recently been to stay with an old friend for a few days. You hadn't seen each other for a long time. Write a letter to the 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 Begin your letter as follows: Dear ________ You should write at least 150 words. You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
Dear Nidhi,
Long time no see! How’s the United States of America treating you these days? I’m excited to share about my recent unplanned visit with Bhavya in Greece. I was on
planned
business excursion in Greece and one night stumbled upon Bhavya’s Instagram social profile showing Add an article
a planned
it’s
whereabouts in that area throwing me out of my happiness. I quickly called her and spent nights enjoying Correct your spelling
its
weekend
on the razzle. We woke Add an article
a weekend
the weekend
late
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up late
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at nights
nights
discussing Fix the agreement mistake
night
about
school days and families as we met after 8 years.
During my time there, she gave me Remove the preposition
apply
tour
of the Greece city and Add an article
a tour
it’s
Correct your spelling
its
most
popular tourist destination – “The lookout point” where we had a mouth-watering Mediterranean lunch reminding me of Al Haq’s restaurant in Mumbai which boasted to be Add an article
a most
best
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the best
Mediterrean
food on the globe. We’re so full that we need to call Correct your spelling
Mediterranean
uber
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Uber
for
the way back to Change preposition
on
hotel
.
I will be on cloud nine if you can make it to Mumbai next month during my grand birthday celebration. It’ll be our first meeting after 6 yearsAdd an article
the hotel
,
after you embarked on the journey to Remove the comma
apply
USA
after completing Correct article usage
the USA
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your bachelors
bachelors
. I can’t wait to spend time with you in Disneyworld of Mumbai, which is the world leader among various amusement parks.
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bachelor's
Takec
care
ShaliniCorrect your spelling
Take
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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,