Your English-speaking friend has asked for your help with a college project he/she is doing about celebrating New Year different countries. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter • say how important New Year is to people in your country • describe how New Year is celebrated in your country • explain what you like about New Year celebrations in your country

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Dear Konsti Thanks for asking my opinion about
New
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the New
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Year
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celebration. In Taiwan, New
Year
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is a huge holiday
persented
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presented
a new beginning
of
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in
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life. We get
together with
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friends or family
in
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on
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New
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Year
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Year's
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evening after work, sharing things
happened
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that happened
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recently when having dinner.
Than
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Then
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everyone will gather
to
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on
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a hill or a place which
have
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has
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a clear sky to enjoy a
fire work
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firework
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show. In order to build up
connection
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connections
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between friends and family,
therefore
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, no one will be left
in
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on
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New
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Year
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Year's
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evening.
However
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, in Chinese culture, we have another traditional New
Year
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on
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in
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February,
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this
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and this
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event will be more important in family bonding than friends. Hope
this
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information will help you a
lots
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lot
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in your project. Best
Rigard
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Regard
David
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task achievement
Try to proofread your letter for small grammatical and spelling errors. For example, 'persented' should be 'presented' and 'than' should be 'then'. This will make your letter look more polished.
task achievement
You can add a bit more detail about why you enjoy the New Year celebrations in Taiwan to make your response even more complete.
coherence cohesion
Consider improving the logical flow by using more linking words and phrases, like 'Firstly', 'Secondly', and 'Additionally', to make the structure clearer.
coherence cohesion
Be mindful of singular and plural forms, as well as verb tenses, to improve overall coherence. For example, 'a fire work show' should be 'a fireworks show'.
greeting and closing
Your closing statement is warm and appropriate for a letter to a friend.
task achievement
You have successfully covered all the points required by the task, making your letter informative and helpful.
suitable writing tone
The letter maintains a friendly and conversational tone which is suitable for writing to a friend.

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:
  • significant
  • reflection
  • goals
  • loved ones
  • fireworks
  • gatherings
  • traditions
  • public events
  • religious ceremonies
  • festive atmosphere
  • reconnect
  • exchanging gifts
  • resolutions
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