IELTS informal letter sample : Your sibling has sent you a letter asking for an update on your life. Write a letter to your sibling. In your letter: – Describe what you did for your last birthday – Ask for photos of your sibling’s last holiday – Talk about something you are looking forward to

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Dear Lei, I hope

this

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letter finds you well. I celebrated my birthday

few

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a few

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weeks ago it was good but

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will

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would

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be great if I celebrated it with you and the rest of the family. I cooked our favorite food and some friends brought sweets and wine. I have attached some photos for you to see. How was your Thanksgiving celebration? Please send me some pictures. I miss everyone. I look forward to

spend

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Christmas and New Year with you. I miss how we

spend

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the holidays back

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. Whenever I see old photographs makes me miss and reminisce our memories. It is been how many years since our

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holiday celebration. I hope to hear from you soon. Yours truly, Lessah

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Coherence and Cohesion

Try to use consistent tense and ensure fluency in your sentences. For instance, "it was good but I will be great if I celebrated it with you" could be clearer.

Coherence and Cohesion

Make sure each paragraph focuses on a single idea to improve clarity and prevent mixed topics.

Task Response

You have successfully included all the necessary parts of the task: describing your last birthday, asking for photos, and sharing something you're looking forward to.

Task Response

You used a warm and friendly tone that suits an informal letter to a sibling very well.

Coherence and Cohesion

The greeting and closing are natural and appropriate for an informal letter.

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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meeting the goal of 7 or more
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Word repetition
meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
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Overall Band Score

Coherence and Cohesion: 7.0

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: 8.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

7 paragraphs

123 words

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