Your friend invited you to his/her party, but you are unable to attend. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter •explain why you cannot come •give your reason for not contacting your friend sooner •suggest another time to meet Write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write any addresses. Begin your letter as follows: Dear ____,

#friend #party #•explain #•give #reason #•suggest #time #addresses #____

Dear Henry, Thanks for the invitation to your birthday

party

but I

afraid

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am afraid

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, I won’t be able to make

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it to

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your

party

. On the day of your

party

, I need to attend a team

event

organised by my company. In order to attend the

event

, I need to travel to

different

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a different

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city which is far from my home. Even if, I leave early from the

event

, I will not

able

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be able

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to come on time. I was not able to contact you earlier because the

event

was scheduled on

different

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a different

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day but

due to

venue booking issues, my company scheduled

this

event

on the day of your

party

. I

apologies

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apologise

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for any inconvenience caused

due to

short

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the short

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cancellation notice.

Although

, I still like to catch up with you and discuss various interesting things. If you don’t have any other

plan

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plans

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for

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coming

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the coming

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weekend, I would like to invite you for

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apply

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dinner at my home. I will make your favourite dishes and it

would

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will

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lot

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a lot

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of fun. Again, thanks for inviting and Happy Birthday! Lots of Love, Kunj

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Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately

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firstly
secondly
thirdly
in additional
moreover
also
for example
for instance
therefore
however
although
even though
despite

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3Linking words
meeting the goal of 7 or more
2Word repetition
meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
13Grammar mistakes
 

8 paragraphs

178 words

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Overall Band Score

Coherence and Cohesion: 7.0

Logical structure

Single idea per paragraph

Greeting and closing

Accurate linking words

Variety in linking words

Lexical resource: 4.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 4.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 7.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

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