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 You should write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear ..................,

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Dear Manpreet, I just want to start my letter by saying thanks to you
as agreed
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for agreeing
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to look after my house and pet
while
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i
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I
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am on my holiday. I just want to give some tips regarding my
tony
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Tony
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(pet) as you know he is very friendly and very
clam
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calm
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. He always
obey
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obeys
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all the order and does not make any mess so it will be very comfortable for you but his eating habits are strange as you have to provide his food in his
favorite
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favourite
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bowl which is blue. Always give him his water in the black bowl
As well as
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potty bags
in
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on
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the second counter in the front locker. There are not too
much
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many
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household
duites
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duties
to do but
i
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I
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always care for my home as you know. The one thing
i
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I
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forgot to tell you
this
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coming
friday
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Friday
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their
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there
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is garbage day please can you take out the
balck
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black
garbage out
.
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I already do the grocery for you so
i
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it
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will
easy
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be easy
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for you. If you want to buy anything the money is
in
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on
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the right counter of the kitchen. You can contact me on my number or if
its
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it's
it is
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not
avaulable
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available
you can contact me on the hotel number 2357775 and if
i
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I
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am away just leave
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am away just leaving
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a message and
i
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I
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will contact you on my own. Thanks
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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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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Dear
  • Thank you
  • I am writing to
  • Housesitting
  • Pet-sitting
  • Responsible
  • Phone number
  • Emergency contact
  • Feeding
  • Walking
  • Playtime
  • Cleaning
  • Watering plants
  • Taking out the trash
  • Collecting mail
  • Security
  • Well wishes
  • Best regards
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