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Band 8

You have heard that one of your friends will be doing voluntary work at a festival. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter ask about what type of festival your friend is volunteering at and when and where it will take place ask what your friend will have to do as part of the voluntary work ask if the organisers are still looking for more volunteers and how you can apply for the work

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Dear Kim, I hope you are doing well. I am writing
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 letter to ask you about the voluntary work that you are going to do at a Maple festival. As you know, I like to be a volunteer at festivals, I'm interested in knowing the details about the event that you will be volunteering at. It would be great if you could share the theme of the festival with me.
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, please let me know the venue and time of the event.
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, I want to know about your duties as well. even though it is voluntary work, it comes with a lot of responsibilities. Can you briefly share your duties as well?
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, if event organizers still need more volunteers to work, I would like to apply for any position. Can you ask them about it and let me know? I am not familiar with the application process, so you will have to share detailed information. Thank you for your time. I will catch you later. Dk.

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greeting and closing
Consider providing a warmer opening to the letter, which can enhance the greeting.
coherence
Try to combine related questions into single paragraphs to improve coherence.
task achievement
You included all the necessary questions related to the festival, showing good task achievement.
suitable writing tone
The letter is friendly in tone, which is appropriate for a letter to a friend.

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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