Every weekend you and a few close friends meet to play a team sport. Last week one of your friends had an accident and was hospitalised. Since he was not able to make it you decide to write a letter to him, telling him about the match. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter,

Dear Harry How are you? Hope you are recovering well after you met that car accident. Every week during
a cricket matches
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a cricket match
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we are immensely missing you.
Last
week we had a
match
against a Trichy
team
and we won the
match
by 45 runs. It was a nail-biting
match
till the
last
ball. We will
very
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confident. We won the toss and elected to bat first. It was a cloudy and windy day. We had
tough
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a tough
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time
in
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hitting the boundaries. We lost all wickets very quickly and
whole
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the whole
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team
collapsed at 85 runs still we did not give
a
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hope and decided to fight. We performed well in the bowling and fielding. Our
team
bowlers were giving a very tough to the opponent
team
batsman. They
were struggled
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struggled
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to get the runs in each over,
eventually
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eventually,
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we
restrict
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them to score 40 runs and we had a fantastic victory. We won by 45 runs. Our
team
and friends were feeling very happy. We all
were missing
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you dearly. Next month we have a
match
with Mumbai. I hope you will recover soon to come to
stadium
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the stadium
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visit
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the
match
. As your presence will be very motivating. I wish you a speedy recovery. I will come and meet you next week. Yours friendly James
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coherence cohesion
Remember to break down your ideas into separate paragraphs for better clarity and flow. Each paragraph should convey a single idea.
grammar
Make sure to double-check for any grammatical errors and phrasing issues to improve the readability of your letter.
task achievement
Your tone is very friendly and suitable for writing to a close friend.
coherence cohesion
The opening and closing of your letter are well done, providing a nice personal touch.

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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