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Band 5.5

You are living in a city in a foreign country, and a friend from your home country is soon coming to visit you for several days. Write an email to your friend. In this letter: Asking him or her to bring some things from home which you are need Saying why you need them Making arrangement to meet

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I
hope
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 you are great and
good
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healthy. I am happy to hear from you that you
visit
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are visiting
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australia
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Australia
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 next month
gor
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or
for
 just relaxing and travelling for several days.
Firstly
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, I can not express
my
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the
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happines
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happiness
 in
world
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the world
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, first of all, I can and should say that we are going to meet after one year and I
hope
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 you have been doing great all
this
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 time. I am writing to ask you a big favour and do not forget about it. I
hope
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 and need my
sepecial
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special
 things from my home. I would be
blessfully
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blissfully
 happy if you could come and bring them
along with
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 you. The first thing
my
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is my
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 essential book about being
successful
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a successful
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 businessman. It was given to me by my best friend. It is
absolutelly
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absolutely
 necessary to me for my life.
secondly
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 I
wan
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want
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 to eat the cake which was prepared by my mother. Because
that is
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 really yummy. I
hope
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 it is not difficult and you will cause you
comfident
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confident
. Do not worry, call me and send your location when you visit
australia
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Australia
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. I try to pick up you from the airport

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single idea per paragraph
Work on organizing your paragraphs better by focusing on one main idea in each paragraph. This will improve the overall clarity and coherence of your letter.
complete response
Pay attention to spelling and grammatical issues to ensure your letter reads smoothly and professionally.
greeting and closing
Your greeting and closing are clear and appropriate, creating a friendly tone for the letter.
complete response
You have successfully covered all aspects of the task: asking for things, explaining why you need them, and making arrangements to meet.

The Greeting

Depending on the style and aim of the letter, you will need to adapt your greeting.

Always start an informal letter in the ways:

  • Dear + name
  • Hi / Hello + name

‘Dear...’ is more appropriate, so stick with this.

For a formal letter there are two options for the greeting:

  • Use Dear Sir or Madam if you don’t know the name of the person you are writing to.
  • Use Dear + surname if you do know their name, e.g. Dear Mr Smith or Dear Mrs Jones.

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