You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. Your friend recently came to your birthday party and bought you an expensive present. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter • thank your friend • explain how useful the present is • arrange to meet up with your friend sometime soon Write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write any addresses. Begin your letter as follows: Dear……………………,

#minutes #friend #birthday #party #addresses #dear……………………

Dear Zachary, I hope

this

letter finds you well. I just wanted to take a moment to express my heartfelt thanks for coming to my birthday party. I really

appericate

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appreciate

the gift you gave me on my birthday. When I saw the

apple

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Apple

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watch inside the box, I was over the moon. I was thinking

to get

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of getting

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the watch. As you know working with children, I

regurally

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regularly

really

need to monitor them time by time. So I need

this

watch not only for my work purpose but

also

beacause

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because

this

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its

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numerous functions. Now, I can get phone

call

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calls

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on my watch and it can track my daily activities. I was saving money to buy

this

watch because

this

is so costly. I'm so

greatful

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grateful

that you

spend

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spent

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this

much money

for

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me. I'm lucky to have a friend like you in my life. Why

not

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don't

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we catch up again for dinner next week

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We can hang out and spend time with each other like old days. Looking forward to

see

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seeing

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you again. Until

then

, take care and thank you again for everything. Warm Regards, xxx

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task achievement

Be mindful of small spelling errors such as 'appericate' (appreciate) and 'regurally' (regularly).

coherence cohesion

Try to vary sentence structures to enhance flow and engage the reader more.

task achievement

The letter maintains a warm and friendly tone throughout, appropriate for the context of thanking a friend.

coherence cohesion

Each paragraph clearly focuses on one aspect of the task, such as thanking, explaining the gift's usefulness, and making plans.

Use a variety of complex and simple sentences

You should use complex sentences in your writing, but it does not mean that you should try to make all of our sentences complex.

‘Complex’ sentences are not actually very complex; they are just two or more simple sentences put together. Putting them together makes the essay more coherent and cohesive.

Examples:

I really want to study but I’m too tired.

I wore a warm coat because the weather was cold.

If action is not taken soon on climate change, global warming will get worse.

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3Linking words
meeting the goal of 7 or more
0Word repetition
meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
13Grammar mistakes
 

7 paragraphs

185 words

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Overall Band Score

Coherence and Cohesion: 8.0

Logical structure

Single idea per paragraph

Greeting and closing

Accurate linking words

Variety in linking words

Lexical resource: 4.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 4.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 8.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

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