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Band 8

You recently took a long vacation. In your absence, a friend did you a huge favor. Write a letter thanking your friend. In your letter: Explain what the favor was Describe how this favor helped you Offer compensation

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Dear John, I hope you are doing well and I would like to thank you for picking up my online delivery of "Dyson Airwrap" from Amazon when I was on vacation.It was a great help from your side for taking the time to pick it up from my home during your office hours as well checking whether the device has all the tools mentioned in the kit. First , I would appreciate your help in checking the product after my instruction, because by inspecting we got to know that out of 8 tools in the kit only 7 were there,
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 one was missing.Considering the situation, you lent me a hand in returning the product by booking an appointment with the courier centre and delivering the product there on time. As a gratitude , am planning to host a dinner party for you ,kindly let me know when you are available between April 11th to 13th or if you wanna move to some other week in future, we can work on that too by discussing it. Once again thank you and am excited to plan for our dinner party. Your Love, Soumya Madhavan

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coherence and cohesion
The opening paragraph could be slightly more engaging to enhance the quality of your greeting.
coherence and cohesion
Ensure all instructions or details provided are structured well, as the flow could be improved by separating different ideas, especially in the first paragraph.
task achievement
Consider adding a brief overview of the benefits this favor has provided in your life to achieve a more complete response.
task achievement
The tone of the letter is warm and friendly, which is very appropriate for a thank-you letter.
task achievement
Your gratitude was expressed clearly, indicating how much you value your friend's support.

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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