You recently went to visit a friend in their new home. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter tell your friend what you liked about his/her new house say what you did or enjoyed most about your stay with your friend suggest when and where you could meet your friend next

Dear Mayu, It's been a week
after
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my
last
visit
your
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new
home
, and it was very nice meeting you after so long. Thank you for inviting me and I hope you and your family are doing well. Your new
home
is very beautiful and I love it a lot. It is a dream
home
for a small family like yours with 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, an open kitchen with
living
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room and
the
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view of
garden
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the garden
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. I like everything in your house from
furnitures
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furniture
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and decorations. I
remembered
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we spent almost 2 hours in your spacious kitchen just to touch and talk about every
cookwares
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and small appliances. The vintage style of your kitchen attracted me. You have a gorgeous garden
with
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full of flowers which I love the most. I was in your garden for more than half of my visit
due to
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stunning view and comfy. If you
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, I failed
in
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sleep a bit when I was on your double swing chair with comfortable
cuishions
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cushions
cushion
. I love being outside
therefore
we had BBQ and drinks in your
back yard
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, that moment was so much joyful. As you have a new
home
which is ideal for
party
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the party
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so
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our next friend
meet
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would be at your
home
again. If you don't mind, I suggest
to invite
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more of our friends to join
next
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us next
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time on Family
day
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. Please let me know if
this
idea works out for you and your family. Call me if you need to discuss
about
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the location or guess. All the best, Van.
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Coherence and Cohesion
Ensure a logical progression of ideas and create clear topic sentences for each paragraph. While the ideas presented are somewhat connected, a more cohesive flow between them would strengthen the letter.
Greeting and Closing
Consider greeting the friend more warmly and closing the letter with a more personalized touch to better reflect the relationship.
Single Idea per Paragraph
Try to stick to one main idea per paragraph for clarity and impact. While each paragraph generally adheres to this rule, try to avoid intermingling ideas.
Task Achievement
You have addressed all aspects of the task effectively, but with more elaboration on each point, the response could be stronger.
Suitable Writing Tone
The writing tone is appropriate and friendly, which suits the context of a letter to a friend. Continue to maintain a consistent tone throughout.

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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