Last month you had a holiday overseas where you stayed with some friends. They have just sent you some photos of your holiday. Write a letter to your friends. In your letter, thank them for the photos and the holiday explain why you didn't write earlier invite them to come and stay with you

Dear Adam, I hope
this
letter finds you in good health and best of spirits. I want to thank you for inviting me to join you during the summer vacation. I really enjoyed our Vancouver trip. I guess it was the best ever voyage that I had in my life and the photos that we collected are
also
fabulous. I appreciate that you have posted me all the pictures and memories that we collected. I even wanted to write to you earlier unfortunately, I got stuck in my office work as you know well
that
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I am bad at managing my time.
Moreover
, my mother was sick and was hospitalized for 5 days.
Hence
, I had to travel back to Toronto from Collingwood every day to take proper care of her. I would like to extend you the invitation for the winter break in my town Blue Mountains, Ontario.
This
is
also
a very adorable place and we can go skiing during vacations and you can stay with me and enjoy the homemade food from my mother as she cooks delicious meals. I will be waiting to
catch-up
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with you in winter. Yours sincerely, Navneet Kaur.
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Consider providing more specific details about the moments you enjoyed during your trip to make your gratitude more personal.
coherence cohesion
Ensure smoother transitions between reasons for not writing earlier to make the letter flow more naturally.
coherence cohesion
You have effectively structured the letter with clear paragraphs focusing on different ideas.
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The tone of your letter is warm and appropriate for the context.

Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately

Linking words are very important in your essay.

To score effectively on your IELTS exam, you should make an effort to implement short concise sentences coupled with linking words.

Almost every sentence in your essay should have a linking word of some sort.

In fact, the only sentences that can omit linking words are your background sentence and thesis.

Linking word examples:

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

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