You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. A good friend has just changed schools and is having difficulty fitting in and needs your advice. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter • make suggestions as to how they could make friends • suggest joining clubs, participating in school activities • give any extra general advice You do NOT need to write any addresses. Begin your letter as follows: Dear..., You should write at least 150 words.

Hello Billy, It 's
long
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a long
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time ago
what
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that
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I
hearing
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heard
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about you. How are you? I heard that you are part of our school already. I
thing
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think
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that you
make
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a great choice, because
of
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this
school is so amazing.
This
University is
a
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very good for sports
activity
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activities
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like
fotball
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football
or basketball and
what
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from what
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I remember, you have been always
good
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fotballer
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footballer
. So I am able to help you find some
frineds
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friends
here. First of all, I have
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idea how you can make more friends in the
fotball
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football
team
. I know
few
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a few
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guys from the
team
and they meet every Monday and Wednesday in the
fotbal
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football
club at the
stadion
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station
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after 4pm. I am more
like
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sur
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sure
they will be very happy to see
now
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new
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face in the
team
. We could visit
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the fotball
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fotball
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football
club together on Monday and I will introduce Pavel
capitan
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of
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to
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the
team
. You are very funny guys so I think you
havn't
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haven't
be
problem
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a problem
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for
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if
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you find some
frinds
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friends
on
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at
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the university.
And if
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so, let
my
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me
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know and
i
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I
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could
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help you
how
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as
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much
I
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as I
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can. I hope that will be ok for you and please let
my
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me
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know
vwhere
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where
we meet you on
the Monday
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Monday
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. Warm regards, Petr
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Grammar
Start with a friendly salutation, for example, 'I hope you’re doing well.' and then respond to the letter with 'It's been a long time since I heard from you.' rather than 'It 's long time ago what I hearing about you.'
Task Response
Make sure to include specific examples to support your claims, such as describing clubs or activities in detail that your friend may be interested in rather than general statements.
Grammar
Avoid spelling mistakes by proofreading your letter. For instance, 'fotball' should be 'football' and 'frineds' should be 'friends.'
Writing Tone
The letter expresses a supportive and encouraging tone, which is suitable for the context of giving advice to a friend.
Task Response
You've included some specific suggestions for ways to make friends and get involved, such as joining the football team.

Structure your letter

A letter needs to be written using a proper format, including the following:

  • A greeting (Dear sir/madam, Dear John, Dear Mr. Smith)
  • The main body (consisting of paragraphs for each part of the letter)
  • A closing (Yours sincerely, Yours faithfully, Best wishes, Kind regards, Love)

When writing a letter as part of the IELTS General Training Writing Task 1, it is important to include the bullet points presented to you in the question.

All three bullet points need to be presented. And remember that some bullet points contain more than one element. So, make sure to watch for ‘and’ and plurals.

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