Last month you had a holiday overseas where you stayed with a friend. He/She has just sent you some photos of your holiday. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter ● thank him/her for the photos and for the holiday ● explain why you didn’t write earlier ● invite them to come and stay with you

#month #holiday #friend #photos #didn’t

Dear Harneet, I hope

this

letter finds you in

radient

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radiant

health and in the best of spirits. I am writing

this

letter to thank you for sending me the pictures from our

last

overseas

holiday

. I really appreciate your efforts

for

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sending

our

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the photographs. They all are so amazing.

Also

, I want to thank you for the

holiday

. It was great and much needed to get a pause from the hectic schedule. That

holiday

helped in relieving my stress.

Besides

this

, I am sorry for writing

this

letter a little bit late as I was swamped with my office work. I hardly got any day off since we

return

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from our

holiday

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would really appreciate it if could visit and stay at my place. We will live those loving and funny moments again. Once again, thanks for the photographs and the trip. I am grateful for your friendship. Yours loving, Simran

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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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4Linking words
meeting the goal of 7 or more
1Word repetition
meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
5Grammar mistakes
 

8 paragraphs

153 words

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Overall Band Score

Coherence and Cohesion: 4.0

Logical structure

Single idea per paragraph

Greeting and closing

Accurate linking words

Variety in linking words

Lexical resource: 5.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 5.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 5.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

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